How to change teacher passwords in mass - South Central RIC

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As a result of the v9 upgrade in PowerSchool, Teacher Access cannot be disabled for the summer. As a work around, districts have the option to change their teacher passwords in mass. Teachers will need to be notified when the district is ready for teachers to be able to access their information for the upcoming school year and provide them with the generic password that was set, and they should update their password at that time. If a district uses one login and password for all of their applications (LDAP), this will not be an option. This is only for districts who have a separate login and password for their PowerSchool application.

1. On the Start Page, select “Staff”

2. Select “Teachers” from the drop down and click the search icon

3. Here you will get a list of staff whose staff type is “Teacher”. Click the “Functions” box at the bottom of PowerSchool: How to change teacher passwords in mass

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the page.

4. Select “Set Staff Field Value”

5. This screen will verify the number of records (teachers) in your selection. • Click on the (Fields) link and in the pop up box type in the Filter: TeacherloginPW • Click on the selection and it will backfill this information into the Value field. PowerSchool: How to change teacher passwords in mass

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6. In the “New Field Value” type in the generic password you want to use (i.e., changeme) for this group of selected teachers and “Submit”.

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