Waterford Early Learning: Updating Your Program Start and End Date for a New School Year for District Administrators Only
Administrators can manually update program start and end dates within the Organizations tab; however, this method is intended only for limited or one‑off adjustments—such as setting dates for a summer program without completing a full school‑year reset.
For districts preparing to transition between school years, administrators should instead use the End‑of‑Year Tools workflow. This ensures that all data is properly reset and archived, and that reporting reflects the new school year accurately.
When to use this option
Use this process only if you need to:
- Adjust reporting dates without resetting student data
- Create a temporary or alternative program period (e.g., summer school)
To update your reporting parameters:
- Log in to your Waterford account and visit the Organizations tab.
- Select the View button next to the school or district for which you would like to change your program date range.
- Scroll to the Program Start Date and Program End Date calendar menu bars. Adjust both to your school or district’s start and end dates for the school year.
- Select Save to confirm your choices.
Here’s a step-by-step walkthrough in video format.
The reporting parameters for your district will now reflect the date range for the current school year.
Updating program start and end dates directly will immediately change the reporting range for your district. As a result, reporting data outside of the selected date range will no longer be visible in reports.
Last Updated: 05/21/26
