Understanding Roles and Permissions

Every Elevate user has a role. The role decides what they can see and do — and, for school-based roles, which school they're limited to.

District-level roles

These roles work across the whole district:

• Tech admin — full access: configure the district, manage schools and users, and view all observations and analytics.
• HR director — manage users, view all observations, and view district analytics.
• Cabinet — district and school analytics only (no observation access or user management).

School-level roles

These roles are tied to a specific school:

• Principal — create observations, view all observations at their school, manage teachers, and view school analytics.
• Assistant principal — create and manage their own observations, and manage teachers.
• Evaluator — create and manage their own observations, and manage teachers.

At a glance

For the exact capability-by-role breakdown, see the Role permission matrix.

Note: Principals see observations across their whole school; assistant principals and evaluators see their own. This keeps each person focused on the work that's theirs.

Changing a role

A tech admin or HR director can update a user's role as responsibilities change. See Managing user accounts.