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# Roles and Permissions

> Overview of user roles in Pear Assessment and what each role can access and manage

Pear Assessment uses role-based access to control what users can see and do. Each account belongs to one of five roles: District Admin, School Admin, Teacher, Co-Teacher, or Student. Role assignments determine which features, data, and settings a user can access.

## District Admin

District Admins have the broadest permissions in Pear Assessment. They manage the district's configuration and all user accounts within it.

District Admins can:

* Create and manage District Admin, School Admin, Teacher, and Student accounts
* Access district-wide assessment data and insights
* Configure district settings and integrations
* Enable or disable features for the district
* Assign the Super Admin permission to other District Admin accounts

**Super Admin** is an elevated District Admin permission. Only Super Admins can access district or school settings. If you need Super Admin access, contact your current Super Admin or your GoGuardian point of contact.

**Insights-Only** is a restricted District Admin permission. Insights-Only users can view assessment and insights data for the district but cannot access user information, assignments, or district settings.

## School Admin

School Admins manage users and settings within their assigned school. Their permissions are scoped to the school level.

School Admins can:

* Create and manage School Admin, Teacher, and Student accounts within their school
* Access school-level assessment data and insights
* Configure school settings

School Admins cannot create District Admin accounts. Contact your District Admin to make district-level account changes.

## Teacher

Teachers create and manage classes, build and assign assessments, and review student performance data.

Teachers can:

* Create and manage classes
* Build, assign, and grade assessments
* View student results and performance data
* Access class-level insights and standards reports
* Proxy into student accounts to verify assigned tests

Teachers do not have access to district or school settings. A teacher who also serves in an administrative capacity (for example, a team lead or instructional coach) needs a separate admin account. Use the [Add Account and Switch Roles](/products/pear-assessment/add-switch-account) feature to manage multiple roles from one sign-in.

## Co-Teacher

Co-Teachers share access to a class owned by another teacher. This role is useful for co-teaching arrangements, instructional coaches observing a class, or department leads reviewing data.

Co-Teachers can:

* View and interact with classes they have been added to
* View student results for those classes
* Assign and manage assessments within shared classes

Co-Teachers cannot create classes independently. A Teacher or Admin must add them to an existing class.

## Student

Students take assigned assessments and view their own results.

Students can:

* Access and submit assigned tests
* View their own scores and feedback when released by the teacher

Students do not have access to class management, assessment creation, or any administrative settings.

## Switch Between Roles

A single sign-in can hold multiple roles. For example, a teacher who is also a school admin can add both accounts and switch between them without logging out. See [Add Account and Switch Roles](/products/pear-assessment/add-switch-account) for step-by-step instructions.

## Resources

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  <Card title="Add Account and Switch Roles" href="/products/pear-assessment/add-switch-account">
    Add a secondary account and switch between roles from a single sign-in.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Create Administrator Accounts" href="/products/pear-assessment/create-administrator-accounts">
    Step-by-step instructions for District and School Admins to create admin accounts.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Create Staff Accounts" href="/products/pear-assessment/create-staff-accounts">
    How to create Teacher accounts as a Pear Assessment Admin.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Sign In as a Student" href="/products/pear-assessment/log-into-pear-assessment-as-student">
    How students sign in to Pear Assessment to access assigned tests.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>