A group account covers a set of teachers under one subscription. It's how schools and districts buy PlanbookEdu, and it adds an administrator layer that individual accounts don't have.
What you get
A lower price per teacher. Rates fall as the group grows — see Group rates and discounts.
One bill. Pay by purchase order, check or card, rather than reimbursing individual teachers — see Group invoices and purchase orders.
An administrator dashboard. See what teachers have turned in, read their plans, and check standards coverage — see The administrator dashboard.
Turn-in and comments. Teachers submit a week to you; you leave feedback on it. See Ask teachers to turn in planbooks and Review and comment on plans.
What it means for teachers
Each teacher has their own account and their own planbooks. A group doesn't pool plans — teachers write independently and privately, exactly as they would on an individual subscription.
What changes: administrators can see weeks a teacher has turned in. Weeks not turned in aren't viewable.
One thing worth telling your staff: administrators can see hidden plans. Hiding keeps a plan out of share links, not out of an administrator's view. Teachers' private notes are never visible to anyone.
Teachers who already have their own account
Common when a school adopts PlanbookEdu after individuals have signed up. Two options:
- Merge the existing account into the group, keeping all their plans — ask support to do this.
- Keep it separate, by changing the email on the personal account — see Change the email address on your account.
Either way nobody loses plans. PlanbookEdu doesn't delete plans or accounts unless specifically asked.
Teachers who leave
They keep their account and their plans — see What happens to a teacher who leaves your group.
Setting one up
Contact us with roughly how many teachers you're covering and how your school needs to pay, and we'll quote it.