Invite Assistants Without Giving Up Ownership
Add trusted adults as teacher assistants by email when your class sits on a school. The primary teacher stays the owner; collaborators help run points, students, and routines—without sharing one login.
Support Staff Work Best With Clear Roles
Aides, intervention teachers, and co-teachers often need the same tools as the lead teacher. Classroom Hero routes that through invited assistants so accountability stays with the owner and access stays intentional.
Email Teacher Assistants Into the Class
Send an invite from class settings. Pending invitations show until the teammate accepts; accepted collaborators appear in your assistant list. The class must be associated with a school—otherwise invitation controls stay disabled.
For aides
Help with rewards and student updates during the block they support.
For co-teaching pairs
Both adults operate inside the same roster and point system.
For intervention
Specialists stay aligned with visible student history and goals.
Owner, Assistants, and the Rest of the School
Owners and invited assistants can manage the class. Other same-school teachers may be read-only until your school enables Enterprise-wide editing and visibility rules—so student points and edits stay predictable.
Shared passwords & mystery edits
- No audit trail of who changed what
- Support staff wait on the lead for every click
- School colleagues may see data they should not
- One login ends up doing everything
Invited assistants in Classroom Hero
- Each adult signs in with their own account
- Owner and assistants share management in one class
- School visibility rules respect Enterprise settings
- You choose who is on the team list
The Primary Teacher Still Owns the Class
Ownership messaging stays tied to the lead teacher—so parents and staff know who is responsible, while assistants operate as named collaborators rather than anonymous shared credentials.
Clear lead
Ownership does not bounce between adults mid-year.
Named helpers
Assistants show up as individuals in settings.
Revocable access
Remove a collaborator when the placement ends.
Assistant Seats Scale With Your Subscription
On the free teacher tier, only a limited number of teacher assistants stay active at once—upgrade to Heroic to activate everyone you invited. School Enterprise bundles assistant seats and upgraded features; teachers usually access those benefits once their school leader adds them to the school plan.
Co-Teachers and Assistants FAQ
Can I invite a teaching assistant?
Yes. From class settings, invite someone by email. The class needs to be on a school; assistants accept the invite with their own Classroom Hero account.
Is a “co-teacher” different from an assistant in the app?
The product uses one invited role—teacher assistants / collaborators. Co-teachers and aides use the same invite flow.
Can I set different permissions for each assistant?
Invited assistants share management access with the owner inside that class. Finer school-wide visibility and editing rules depend on your Enterprise settings for other teachers at the school.
Does the primary teacher stay in control?
Yes. The owner remains the class owner; assistants are named collaborators you can remove.
Why can’t I invite yet?
Teacher assistant invites require the class to be part of a school. Add the class to a school first.
Do school plans include upgraded teacher access?
School Enterprise often covers assistant seats and premium features. Individual teachers typically receive those benefits after their school leader adds them to the paid school roster—check with your admin if you are unsure.
Add Assistants the Right Way—Named, Invited, Revocable
Put aides and co-teachers inside the same class economy with clear ownership and school-aware visibility.