Roles on Curriculum Maestro

·         Maestro administrator

• Has full permission to invite, edit and delete users, sync classes and pupils, manage the school curriculum and manage the system. Can use all planning and assessment tools

·         SLT

• Has full permission to manage the school curriculum, add projects, create plans and assign teachers and classes. Can use all planning and assessment tools.

·         Teacher

• Has permission to manage class plans that they are assigned to. Can use planning and assessment tools for their own class.

·         Teaching assistant

• Has read only permission to plans and assessment for classes that they are assigned to.

Note: We advise that you have more than one Maestro administrator. Usually, this is the Headteacher, Curriculum Lead and Office Administrator.

To add a new user

1. From your homepage, click Settings > School Settings on the sidebar menu.
   
2. Click on Invitations.
   
3. Click on New invitation in the top right corner.
   
4.  Enter the email address of the new user.
5. Choose the role.
6. Click 'Send invitation'.
   

The member of staff will receive an email asking them to register and set their own password. Once they have registered, you will be able to assign them to a class.

If you already have your classes added to Maestro, you will be able to assign the new user to their class when sending their invitation.

Assigning users (assigning teachers to classes)

Once users have registered, they can be assigned to the relevant class/es.

1. Go to Classes and Pupils > Classes in the left-hand menu.
2. Click 'Edit' next to the class name.
3. Select the teacher's name from the drop-down list (multiple teachers may be added).
4. Click off the drop-down list to close it.
5. Click 'Save'.

To edit a user or send a request to reset their password

1. From your homepage, click Settings > School Settings on the sidebar menu.
   
2. Open either the Maestro admin or School users sections
   
3. All users within the school will be displayed. Click the settings button then Manage next to the relevant user.
   
4. Click the Security tab.
   
5. To update the email address, enter in the new email address then click 'Update email address'. This will send the user a verification email to complete the update.
   
6. You can send the user an email for them to reset their password by clicking 'Reset password'.
   
7. To edit a user's access level, click the School tab at the top of the page and and the 'Role' box. Then click 'Save'.

To remove a user

1. From your homepage, click Settings > School Settings on the sidebar menu.
   
2. Open either the Maestro admin or School users sections
3. All users within the school will be displayed. Click the settings button then Manage next to the relevant user.
   
4. If the user is only in one school, click the Security tab.
5. Scroll down the page and click 'Delete user'.
   
6. If the user is in several schools, and only needs deleting from one of them, click the School tab at the top of the page then click the red Delete from school button for the appropriate school.
   

Note: When you delete a user, you will still see their timetable, assessments and any attainments. A Maestro administrator can delete these if required.

Additional invitations

When a user is deleted, their invitation becomes free to allocate to another member of staff. Schools can also request additional invitations by contacting us in the office on 03333 20 8000 or via live chat (Monday - Friday from 8:00 - 16:00 GMT) or by emailing us at maestro@cornerstoneseducation.co.uk.