Account Types Overview

If you need more than one type of account access, please contact your System Admin and copy us at support@withwayfinder.com. To switch between multiple roles, see How to Change Your Role.

System Administrators manage technical onboarding and configuration settings. They are also district managers who need access to high-level data and metrics. They can: 

  • View high-level data reports + login statistics
  • Conduct and manage rostering + integrations for your schools
  • Schedule summative and formative waypoint assessments
  • Invite new users and resend invitations 
  • Edit user access and roles 

Principals manage implementing Wayfinder at the school-level. They can: 

  • View data reports + login statistics at the school level
  • Manage classrooms and invite users, based on the configurations set by the System Admin
  • View summative and formative assessment results across the school
  • Create custom Formative assessments
  • View and assign lessons
  • View all Wayfinder resources
  • Create Intervention Plans

School Administrators - Administrators have near identical access to the Principal user; this is the suggested account type for counselors, school administrators, vice principals, or related.

Counselors have access to a counselor-specific dashboard and MTSS resources such as Tier 2 and 3 Collections and activities. They can:

  • Create a caseload
  • Create Intervention Plans
  • Create custom classes with a defined MTSS tier
  • Take notes on individual students
  • View all events associated with a student (eg. assignments, assessments, and notes taken by other counselors) 
  • View and assign lessons
  • View summative and formative assessment results across the school
  • Create custom Formative assessments

Teachers are educators that implement Wayfinder in their class. They can: 

  • Manage their own classrooms based on settings set by the System Admin
  • View and assign lessons
  • View answers submitted by their students
  • View activities and collections

Students have different access depending on the Wayfinder product you are using. They can...

  • Take waypoints assessments
  • Complete lesson assignments
  • Complete independent practice activities