Adding staff to your Playground account will enable you to track and view worked hours, assign paperwork to your staff, and allow your staff to take actions on the Playground mobile application to ensure your students are checked-in for the day and their guardians are updated on what occurs with their student.
Add Staff members to access your Playground center
From the Admin Dashboard, click the Staff tab on the left hand side under My School. On the Staff tab, click on the blue Add staff button on the top-right of your view to select how you'll be adding your staff.
How to add a single staff member
To add an individual teacher, start by clicking Add single staff to open the Add staff member window.
Fill out the teacher's First and Last name
Enter the best email for the staff member
The Classroom and Phone fields are optional
If you're utilizing Playground Payroll, you can complete the additional information or uncheck the Add to payroll option
Once all of the fields in the Add staff member window, click Save.
💡When you click Save, Playground automatically sends the new staff member a sign-up email to join your center and activate their teacher account.
Adding multiple staff members
Adding staff via a roster is recommended when you're adding multiple staff members at once.
Click Add staff in the top right corner of the Staff tab to open a dropdown menu; select Upload multiple staff via roster.
You will be directed to the Upload staff roster dashboard where you can download the CSV template.
Click on the blue download our sample roster to download the template.
Replace the sample information or existing staff information with new staff data. You should have the following column headers in your .CSV file:
Name
Email
Job Title
Classroom
💡 For job title, only enter either Teacher or Administrator. Classroom is an optional field, so leave this blank if you don't want to assign a staff member to a class.
Once your roster template is completely updated with your staff's information:
Navigate back to the Staff tab under My School
Click the blue Add Staff button to open a dropdown menu
Click Upload multiple staff via roster as shown above.
You'll be navigated back to the Upload staff roster dashboard where you can now click into the gray box which reads as click here to choose a file and select your staff roster from the files on your computer.
Click Upload to reach a review page and then Confirm to confirm the upload. Playground will then automatically send an email with a sign-up link to all the staff added via this roster.
Inviting a teacher
Regardless of whether a teacher is added via roster upload or individually, sign-up emails are automatically sent as soon as the teacher is added to the account.
However, you can send a teacher a signup email again by clicking on the ellipsis (. . .) to the right of their name and clicking either:
Send Invite to send the sign up link as an email or SMS message.
"Copy link" to copy a unique link that you can then share with your staff member.
🚨 Teachers need to create an account via the email link they receive. After making their account, they should download and sign into the Playground mobile app. Teachers must be signed into the app to sign students in, message parents, and submit wellness checks.