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Hāpara Hall Pass continues to evolve to make student movement easier to manage across schools. This month’s updates give schools more flexibility with staff roles, one-way passes and multi-teacher classes, helping ensure students get where they need to go with the right visibility and support.
New roles added: Hall monitor and destination staff
We’ve added two new roles to Hāpara Hall Pass to ensure that all staff have the right level of access at the right time to manage student movement across campus.
- Hall monitor role: Anyone who is responsible for monitoring the hallways, such as security staff, SROs and building administrators. This makes it easier for hall monitors to identify who is supposed to be in the hallway and who isn’t.
- Destination staff: This could be people such as the school nurse, front office staff or counselor. This is helpful for staff that need to issue or approve passes but may not have students assigned to them specifically.
If you are a technical administrator, you can learn more about how to configure roles and permissions here.
One-way passes
In the Hāpara Admin Console, you can now configure one-way passes. One-way passes can be used when the teacher doesn’t expect the student to return. For example, if a student is going to the nurse or their parent is there to pick them up early for an appointment, they need a pass to meet them in the front office. Another example would be when students arrive late to school and the front office staff need to issue them a one-way late pass to class.
Simplified Student Flow for Multi-Teacher Classes
When requesting a pass, students will now select the class that they are currently in instead of the teacher’s name. In Hāpara Student Dashboard, students will see their classes, along with a list of the teachers attached to each class. The request will be sent to all teachers affiliated with the class. For example, this might be helpful in classrooms that have co-teachers or band classes where you might have multiple instructors at the same time.
Get started today
Whether you’re looking to minimize classroom interruptions or gain better visibility into student patterns, Hall Pass is the easy-to-use solution your campus needs. Reach out to a Hāpara team member for a demo and start reclaiming instructional time and securing hallways today.
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