Assign section override roles (instructors)

Overview

Use section override roles to assign section-specific permissions that may differ from the global permissions on an organization-level role.

Contact PowerSchool Support to enable this feature.

Section override roles can grant or revoke permissions:

Grant permissions: A user with restricted organization-level permissions can gain permissions in a section with an override role.
Revoke permissions: A user with broad organization-level permissions can lose permissions in a section with an override role.

Contact your organization’s Support Contact for clarification on user permissions.

Default role categories

Section-level roles	Potential user roles
Edit Grades/Edit Materials	Co-teacher Special education co-administrator Substitute teacher (long-term)
Edit Grades/View Materials	Teaching assistant
View Grades/Edit Materials	Teacher advisor Grade-level lead
View Grades/View Materials	Principal Mentor teacher Student teacher
No Grades/Edit Materials	Curriculum team Office managers
No Grades/View Materials	Paraprofessionals Substitute teacher (short-term) Tutor or advisor Visiting teacher

Assign roles in a course section

Navigate to a course and select Members.
Select the gear icon and choose Make Admin from the list.
Click Confirm to make the user an admin in the course section.
Select the gear icon again and choose Set Section-level Role.
Choose to keep the user’s organization-level role or choose section-level roles.
Click Save.

Icons

The shield icon indicates admin status in a course or group. However, different icons may be used if your organization has enabled the Section Override Roles feature.

The shield-with-star icon indicates a user is a course admin and their organization-level role permissions apply within that section. This icon also applies to group admins.
The blank shield icon indicates a user is a course admin with a section override role assigned in that section.