Managing Your Teacher Roster

In Elevate, teachers are the people being observed — they aren't users and don't log in. They're records you keep so observations and reports can be tied to the right person.

Adding teachers

You can add teachers ahead of time from the Teachers area, or create one on the spot while setting up an observation. Each teacher has a name and the school they belong to.

[SCREENSHOT: Teachers list]

Importing teachers from a CSV

Tech admins and district leaders can choose "Import CSV" on the Teachers page to add a roster at once. Download the template, fill in the name and school columns, then upload the CSV. Use each school's full name or short code.

Review the school selected for each teacher. If a school does not match, select it manually or skip that row. Active teachers with the same name at the selected school are marked "Duplicate" and skipped by default. Rows without a teacher name must be skipped; correct those names in the CSV before uploading again.

Choose "Import teachers" when the included rows are ready. The final screen shows how many were created, skipped, or failed, with CSV line numbers for failed groups. Close the dialog to refresh the roster.

Who can manage teachers

Tech admins, district leaders, principals, assistant principals, and evaluators can all add and manage teachers. Tech admins and district leaders work district-wide; principals and school-based roles work within their own school.

Keeping the roster current

When a teacher is no longer being observed, you can mark them inactive. They'll drop out of the lists you pick from for new observations, while their past observations and reports stay intact.

Note: Because teachers aren't users, they have no email and no login, and they never see your evaluator notes. Teacher names are kept as-is in reports, while Elevate uses AI to detect and replace student names. Review the final report for any remaining names before finalizing it, and avoid typing student names into Report Builder edits because those edits are not scrubbed again. See Student name scrubbing explained.