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Pear Practice assigns a role — teacher, administrator, or student — when an account is created. If your account is in the wrong role, the Pear Practice experience is different from what you expect: teachers see a student view, or a student sees teacher controls. This article explains how to diagnose the cause and fix it.

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Quick Check: Confirm How You Are Signing In

Pear Practice role assignment depends on how you sign in. The most common cause of a wrong role is signing in with the wrong Google account.
  1. Open Pear Practice and check which Google account is shown at the top.
  2. If it is not your teacher or administrator account, sign out and sign back in with the correct account.
  3. After signing in with the right account, confirm your role in the top navigation. Teacher accounts show a class roster and assignment tools. Student accounts show a practice interface.

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My Account Is Stuck in Student Mode

If your account is signed in with the correct email but still shows a student role: Cause 1: You joined through a student link If you ever joined a Pear Practice class using a student join link, your account may have been created as a student. To fix this:
  1. Sign out of Pear Practice.
  2. Go to app.peardeck.com/practice and click Sign Up as a Teacher.
  3. Sign in with your Google account.
  4. If the account is already registered as a student, you see an option to switch roles. Click Switch to Teacher Account.
If the option to switch roles is not available, contact Pear Deck Learning support. Some role corrections require a manual update on the account. Cause 2: Your Google account is associated with a student record in your district’s roster If your district uses Clever or Google Classroom to provision Pear Practice accounts, your account role is set by the district’s SIS data. If your email address matches a student record in the SIS, your Pear Practice account is created as a student. To fix this, ask your district admin to:
  1. Confirm your email address does not appear as a student in the SIS.
  2. If it does, remove the student record or update the email in the SIS.
  3. Trigger a Clever sync or Google Classroom sync to update your Pear Practice account role.
Cause 3: Role mismatch in your district’s Pear Practice administrator console If your district manages Pear Practice through the administrator console:
  1. Ask your district admin to open User Management in the Pear Practice administrator console.
  2. Find your account and confirm the assigned role.
  3. Update the role to Teacher or Administrator as needed.

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I See a Teacher View but I Should Be a Student

If you are a student and your Pear Practice account shows teacher controls, your account was created with the wrong role. Ask your teacher or district admin to correct your role in the administrator console or contact Pear Deck Learning support. Do not use a teacher account to submit student work — student responses in a teacher account do not appear in the teacher’s class reports.

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I Cannot Access Pear Practice at All

  1. Confirm your district has Pear Practice as part of its Pear Deck Learning plan. Contact your district admin to verify.
  2. If you are using Clever SSO, confirm your account is included in the Pear Practice app share in Clever. Ask your district admin to check the Clever app permissions.
  3. If you receive an authorization error when signing in with Google, see Reset Access to Your Google Account in Pear Practice.

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Contact Support

Contact Pear Deck Learning support. When you open a case, include the email address on your account, what role you currently see, and how your district provisions Pear Practice accounts (Clever, Google Classroom, or manual).
Last modified on July 16, 2026