Levels and skills

Levels give your students a path to follow. You set up a ladder of levels, each with a checklist of skills and what it takes to move up. Teachers tick off skills from the class roster, and when students are ready, you move them up to the next level. Families see their child's progress in the portal.

Don't see it in the menu? An owner or admin can turn on Levels and skills in Settings, under General › Sections.

Open levels and skills#

Open Classes in the menu, then choose Levels & skills. Until you have levels, the page shows only Set up your ladder. After that it shows your Ladder.

Set up the ladder#

1. On the Levels & skills page, find the Ladder section. If you already have levels, select Edit ladder. When you're finished, select Done.

2. If you have no levels yet, you can select Start with, which adds a suggested set of levels for your kind of studio. Or type a name under Add a level, like "Level 1", and select Add level. Add your levels from first to last.

3. Use Up and Down to change the order.

4. For each level, set what it takes before moving up:

   • Weeks in level: how long a student must be at this level. 0 asks for none.
   • Classes attended: how many classes they must attend at this level.

   Select Save on the level when you change these.

5. Under Add a skill to (the level's name), type a skill and select Add skill. Repeat for each skill on the level's checklist.

To take a skill off a checklist, select the × on it. To take a level off the ladder, select Remove next to the level, then Remove again. Anyone at that level keeps it on their record, but it no longer has a place on the ladder or a checklist.

A student's level is the Level you enter when you add them, or the level you move them to later (see below). It counts on the ladder when it matches the name of one of your levels.

Tick off skills in class#

When a class's level is on your ladder and has skills, its Roster tab shows a skills sheet.

1. Open Classes in the menu and open the class.
2. Choose the Roster tab and find the skills card for the class's level.
3. Tick a skill when a student has it. Each tick saves on its own.

See a student's progress#

1. Open Students in the menu, open the menu at the end of the student's row and choose View Profile.
2. In the Students card, choose the student's tab and find Levels and skills.

You'll see their level, how long they've been in it, how many classes they've attended, and either Ready for the next level or what is still missing. The checklist shows each skill as Done or To do, along with the open classes at their level.

Move a student up#

On the student's Levels and skills card, choose the new level under Move to… and select Move. Their time in the level starts again from today. You can move a student who isn't marked ready yet, too.

What families see#

In the portal, each student on your ladder has a Levels and skills card on the Family page. It shows their level, the checklist with each skill Done or To do, what is left before the next level, and the classes open at their level.

Who can do what#