Admin Portal walkthrough
For new admins10 stepsStep 1 of 10
Where do I start?
Where: AdminPortal landing page
Everything on this AdminPortal.
On this screen
- Welcome video
- Help for each role and a rollout checklist
- Your teams, with links to every report
Good to know
A new portal starts empty. Steps 2 and 3 fill it.
Step 2 of 10
What is already set up?
Where: Program menu: Framework, Templates, Settings
Nothing to build. Framework, forms and rubrics are ready.
On this screen
- Framework for Teaching, preloaded
- Observation forms, goal forms, role rubrics, emails
- All settings in one place
Step 3 of 10
How do I bring my staff in?
Where: Participants icon, Program menu: Learning Groups
Upload one CSV or share a sign-up link.
On this screen
- Add people one by one, by CSV or by link
- Organize by building, grade, team or skill
- Groups target resources, goals and reports
Good to know
Start with a few teachers, then invite everyone.
Step 4 of 10
How do my teachers get started?
Where: Progress menu: Self-Reflection
Teachers accept one invitation and they're in: feedback, goals, self-reflection, learning, forms and PD hours, all in one place.
On this screen
- Nothing to install
- Self-reflection: a few minutes per domain. Not a test.
- It personalizes their learning and opens your first conversation
- You see who has finished
Good to know
In a statewide rollout, 93% of educators completed self-reflection within three months.
Step 5 of 10
How do I give feedback?
Where: Feedback menu
You record evidence. AI drafts the narrative. You decide.
On this screen
- One row per teacher: observations, forms, portfolios
- About an hour saved per teacher on narrative writing
- Teachers see feedback mapped to the framework
Good to know
AI never scores a teacher.
Step 6 of 10
Where does my staff stand?
Where: Feedback menu: progress heatmap
See which components to plan PD around.
On this screen
- Ratings by component
- Hover a bar to see who is in it
- Turn any bar into a learning group
Step 7 of 10
How does each teacher get the right learning?
Where: Program menu: Library, Progress menu: Learning
Professional Learning personalized to strengths and areas for growth.
On this screen
- Resources vetted by The Danielson Group, plus yours
- Assign to people or groups
- Track who started and finished
Step 8 of 10
Are goals moving teachers forward?
Where: Goals menu
Every goal links to the framework, with a plan, learning and evidence you track all year.
On this screen
- Who has a goal, and on which components
- Teacher-written or admin-assigned
- Mid-year updates
Step 9 of 10
Is all our evidence in one place?
Where: Progress menu: PDUs, Portfolio, Overall Summary
Reliable, evidence-based records in one place, ready for compliance reporting.
On this screen
- PD hours toward each goal
- Portfolio evidence, tagged to components
- One row per person, ready to export
Step 10 of 10
How do I launch?
Where: Personal portal. You lead, they work on their screens.
3 short sessions. Each one builds on the last.
First sessionLast session
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140 to 45 min
Know the framework
Teachers self-reflect on one domain, then read their results summary together with you.
Talk about: Do the results make sense? Any surprises?
Open exercise 1 → -
245 to 55 min
Find their learning
Teachers open the resources matched to their results, save the ones they like, and track them in Learning.
Talk about: Which resources caught your eye, and why?
Open exercise 2 → -
350 to 70 min
Reflect together
Teachers answer additional Reflection Questions, then discuss them in groups of 5 to 8.
Talk about: What does this mean for our teaching?
Open exercise 3 →
Ask people to answer from what they actually do in practice, not what they think is the right answer.