School Administrator Guide
The School Administrator role exists for the work a school does on its own, on top of what the district configures. In practice that comes down to two things: assignments, when the district delegates them, and school-wide prompts, when a school wants its evaluators working from a shared set.
Most other configuration arrives from the district, and most schools accept it as-is.
:::note Head Principals already have this role The Head Principal role automatically includes School Admin, so at many schools there's no separate School Admin — the head principal does this work. See Roles in eVAL. :::
Your Main Task: Assignments
Districts commonly delegate evaluator assignments and plan types to schools. When yours does, this is your real start-of-year work: give every evaluatee at your school an evaluator and a plan type.
Principals can do this too. Delegation goes to the school, not to a specific role — School Admins and principals both work the same Assignments page.
See Assignments & Plan Types for the steps.
:::tip Can't edit assignments? Your district is handling them centrally. That's a district setting, not a permissions problem — ask your District Admin to delegate to your school. :::
School-Wide Prompts
Any evaluator can create their own prompts, so a school-level prompt set is about sharing a common set across the school's evaluators rather than enabling something otherwise impossible.
It's most useful at a larger school where three or four principals evaluate teachers and everyone should be working from the same questions. School prompts are additive — they combine with the district's rather than replacing them.
What Else You Can Do
| Area | What You Can Do |
|---|---|
| Settings | Override district settings where allowed — though most schools accept the district defaults |
| Resources | Add school-level resources for evaluations |
| Oversight | Monitor evaluation progress at your school |
What You Control vs. District
| Task | You | District Admin |
|---|---|---|
| Select evaluation frameworks | No | Yes |
| Enable/disable optional modules | If allowed | Yes |
| Override module settings | If allowed | Yes |
| Assign evaluators & plan types | If delegated | Yes |
| Configure DTE/DPE assignments | No | Yes |
Key Concepts
Settings Inheritance
Your settings layer on top of district settings. See How Settings Are Inherited:
- Additive areas (prompts, resources): Your additions combine with district's
- Override areas (module settings): Your settings replace district's (if allowed)
School Override
For each optional module and setting, the district controls whether you can override. Look for the "Allow Schools to Override" toggle - if it's not enabled at the district level, you'll see the setting but can't change it.
See Modules and Settings for what each setting does.
Teacher Evaluations Only
School-level settings only apply to teacher evaluations conducted by school principals. They're bypassed for:
- Principal evaluations (always use district settings)
- Teacher evaluations by DTEs (district-level evaluators)
See Settings Inheritance for the full matrix.