How to Approve Lessons, Weekly Plans and Assessments

Access the Admin Learning Module Dashboard

Only users with administrator permissions can access the Learning Module admin dashboard. Once you open the dashboard, you will see an overview at the top that summarizes each of the sections described below. This overview helps you quickly understand pending items across learning plans, lessons, and assessments.

How to Review Upcoming Weekly Learning Plans by Group

The first section of the dashboard lists all groups in your center along with any upcoming weekly learning plans created for each group. You can quickly filter the view to focus on specific timeframes:

Pay attention to the color coding of each plan:

• Green: The plan has already been certified by an administrator.

• Yellow: The plan has been submitted for certification and is pending admin review.

• Red: The plan was rejected by an administrator.

To review a specific plan, click into it.

How to Certify or Reject a Weekly Learning Plan

After reviewing the contents of the selected weekly learning plan, confirm that all details meet your center’s standards.

In the top-right corner of the plan screen, you will see two options:

• Certify the plan

If you certify the plan, it will be marked as certified, and the Share with Parents toggle will automatically turn on. Parents of the relevant group will then be able to see the plan in their parent portal.

• Reject the plan If you choose to reject a plan, a feedback box will appear so you can provide clear instructions to the room educator about what needs to be adjusted before resubmitting the plan for approval. The educator can then revise and resubmit the plan.

You can also view and approve all pending learning plans in this section as well.

How to Approve or Reject Individual Lessons

Scroll down to the next section of the dashboard to manage individual lessons submitted by room educators for certification. This section displays all lessons awaiting admin review.

To process a lesson:

1. Click into the lesson you want to review.

2. Review the lesson details and content.

3. Choose whether to certify or reject the lesson, following the same review standards you apply to weekly learning plans.

How to Approve Individual Child Progress Report Assessments from the Learning Dashboard

Scroll down to the last section of the dashboard.

This section displays all progress report assessments that are pending approval for individual children.

To review and approve assessments:

1. Click into the child whose report you want to review.

2. On the child’s progress report, any outcome awaiting admin approval will be highlighted in red.

2. Click into each red outcome to review more details.

3. Choose to certify or reject each grade individually based on your review.

If you want to approve all pending assessments for that child at once, you can use the bulk action within the child’s record by clicking the Certify All button.

Note that while the admin dashboard is very useful for approving individual student assessments that appear throughout the year, there are times when you may need to approve many different children's grades on progress reports, all at once. To do so Navigate to the Reports tab of the Learning Module-> Select Group Progress Report.

For more detailed instructions on completing child progress reports, refer to the dedicated training video on how to complete child progress reports.