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Base roles

A role [>>] is derived from one of a few standard types or base roles. A base role, which consists of a set of permissions, acts as both a starting point for new roles and a means of resetting the permissions of existing roles.

By default, PowerSchool SMS provides the following base roles:

= Administrator: Can view and change information on all students and staff at all schools in the district. Synonymous with District Administrator. The short name is "Admin".
= School Administrator: Can view and change information for staff at the administrator's school. The short name is "SCHAdmin" [Figure 125].
= Teacher: Can view information on students who attend the Teacher's classes. Cannot change a student's demographic or contact information. The short name is "TCH".
= School Secretary: Can view and change information on students who attend the secretary's school and on staff who work at that school. The short name is "SECRETARY".
= District Health Professional: Can view and change information on all students at all schools in the district. The short name is "DISTHP".
= School Health Professional: Can view and change health information on students who attend the professional's school. The short name is "SCHHP".
= School Counselor: Can view information on students who attend the counselor's school and change information for students assigned to him or her by a District or School Administrator. Typically, a counselor is assigned to a student's Academic Plan [>>]. PowerSchool SMS has a Counselor-specific home page [>>] the unique characteristic of which is a link to a list of students to whom the Counselor is assigned (this link is labeled My Students). This role's short name is "CNSL".
= Guest: Is intended for School scope [>>]only and roles created from this base role must be assigned permissions. If the District Administrator does not assign a specific role to user account, PowerSchool SMS assigns this role.Caution: Creating a role named "Guest" may cause a software upgrade to fail. This is because during software upgrading PowerSchool SMS needs exclusive use of the Guest base role.

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