Waterford Early Learning: Steps for Rollover or a New School Year for District Administrators
- 1. Confirm or update your program start and end dates.
- 2. Determine whether your district will reset all students to Placement tests. New Waterford Partners, please skip to step 4.
- 3. Decide whether to remove all class and student associations. New Waterford Partners, please skip to step 4.
- 4. Enroll students and staff in their classes. For all new and existing Waterford partners.
- 5. Assign courses and goals on the district, school, or classroom level. For all new and existing Waterford partners.
Complete these five steps, if applicable, to get your district ready to use Waterford Early Learning at the start of a new school year. All applicable steps must be completed before your students can start Waterford sessions.
1. Confirm or update your program start and end dates.
Updating your district’s start and end dates for the school year is essential for accurate reporting parameters. If you did not change these dates at the end of last year to reflect the next school year, now is the time to do so.
Once you have changed your program start and end date, reporting data from last year will no longer be available to view. This step will not affect whether a student will be able to begin where they left off at the end of the last school year.
You can find instructions here for updating your program reporting parameters.
2. Determine whether your district will reset all students to Placement tests. New Waterford Partners, please skip to step 4.
Resetting all students to a Placement assessment gives them an opportunity to take a new Placement test at the beginning of a new school year. Districts that wish to give students a fresh start each year should consider this option.
However, if you reset to Placement, students will not continue from where they left off last year. Instead, their starting level will be based on their new Placement score.
If you decide to reset placement exams for your district, follow the instructions here.
3. Decide whether to remove all class and student associations. New Waterford Partners, please skip to step 4.
Removing class and student associations for all teacher accounts from the previous year releases Waterford licenses from all accounts, allowing you to re-assign licenses and courses more smoothly at the beginning of a new school year.
Like resetting Placement tests, this action cannot be undone after it has been completed.
If you decide to remove all associations from the previous year for your district, follow the instructions here.
4. Enroll students and staff in their classes. For all new and existing Waterford partners.
Clever or Classlink users can sync district information using those systems. Manual imports are available for all other districts, or you can add staff and student accounts individually.
For assistance with rostering, schedule a meeting with Waterford Support using Calendly:
5. Assign courses and goals on the district, school, or classroom level. For all new and existing Waterford partners.
Once you have updated rostering information for your district, assign Waterford courses by grade level for your district or individual schools and classrooms. You can also assign courses to individual students. Remember to review your district’s licensing information before doing so.
You can then adjust learning goals by grade level on the district, school, or classroom level. This includes session length, minutes per day, starting level, and end-of-year goal. You can also set goals for individual students.
Last Updated: 7/18/25
