How to add an Administrator School Year

This article provides administrators with the information needed to create a school year, which can then be adopted by teachers or automatically created for them.

Please note that this feature is only available to Administrator accounts in Planbook.

For school or district accounts, we recommend that an administrator creates a school year, and then ask teachers to Connect to the Administrator School Year. This will ensure all teachers have a consistent date range, schedule type, and lesson layout for the school year. An administrator created school year also allows administrators to take advantage of the Report on Teacher Plans feature.

To add a new school year for your school or district:

From the Planbook Bar, select School Years.
Click the Add Year (+) icon in top-right menu.
Enter a Name for the school year.
Enter a Start Date for the school year. This will typically match the first day of student attendance.
Enter an End Date for the school year. This will typically match the last day of student attendance.
Select a default Lesson Layout for the school year.
Under Classes are Scheduled, select the type of schedule for the school year.
If you have a Cycle Schedule, enter a name for each cycle day in the Day Names section.
If desired to auto-create this year for all teachers, select the box next to Auto-Create School Year for Teachers.
If desired, enter a grading scale (letter grades) in the Grading Scale section.
If desired, enter grading periods (terms) in the the Grading Periods section.
If desired, adjust the days of school in the School Days section.
If desired, enter a Start Time and End Time for the school day in the School Times section.
Click the Save (checkmark) icon in top-right menu to save your changes.

Please Note:

If Auto-Create is selected, a prompt appears. Please select continue to add the year to all connected teachers.
All connected teachers and administrators will receive an email notification when the year is added.