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title: "Beginning of Year: Teachers and Staff"
slug: "beginning-of-year-teachers-staff"
updated: 2026-05-05T16:43:33Z
published: 2026-05-05T16:43:33Z
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> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Beginning of Year: Teachers and Staff

## Before Day 1

### My Profile

- Update your [profile](/v1/docs/updating-your-profile).

### Aware

- Explore [student supports](/v1/docs/managing-student-supports-for-online-testing) for testing.
- Explore [features](/v1/docs/aware-online-testing) for testing.
- Manage [student monitor lists](/v1/docs/managing-and-viewing-student-access-lists).
- Edit [data views](/v1/docs/editing-data-views-as-a-teacher).

### Strive

- Register for [professional learning courses](/v1/docs/registering-for-professional-learning-courses).
- Register for [conferences](/v1/docs/registering-to-attend-conferences-and-sessions).
- View your [professional learning schedule](/v1/docs/viewing-a-professional-learning-schedule).
- Request [outside professional learning credits](/v1/docs/requesting-outside-professional-learning-credits).
- Optional: [Transfer portfolio](/v1/docs/transferring-a-portfolio-between-districts).

### Beacon

- [Add your preps](/v1/docs/adding-a-prep-to-your-planner) for the new year.
- [Share preps](/v1/docs/sharing-a-prep) as needed.
- Add or edit the [lessons](/v1/docs/lessons) and [resources](/v1/docs/resources) that you plan to use this year.
- Browse [teacher plan templates](/v1/docs/adding-a-prep-to-your-planner) and select the templates you plan to use often for the prep.
- Begin [planning](/v1/docs/adding-a-plan-to-your-prep).

### Forethought

- Navigate the [lesson planner](/v1/docs/navigate-lesson-planner).

## After Day 1

### Aware

- Build and manage [student portfolios](/v1/docs/building-a-student-portfolio).
- Assign [portfolios and scoring milestones](/v1/docs/assigning-portfolios-and-scoring-milestones).
- Share access to [student access lists](/v1/docs/sharing-my-classes-with-student-access-lists-teachers).
- Create and manage [teacher teams](/v1/docs/creating-and-managing-a-teacher-team-in-aware-teachers).
- Create [team tests](/v1/docs/creating-a-team-test).

### Strive

- Create and submit a [professional goal](/v1/docs/creating-and-submitting-a-professional-goal).
- Create and submit a [student growth goal](/v1/docs/creating-and-submitting-a-student-growth-goal).
- Attach a [student portfolio to a growth goal](/v1/docs/attaching-a-student-portfolio-to-the-student-growth-goal).
- Complete an [eCourse](/v1/docs/completing-an-ecourse).

### Beacon

- Continue creating and editing plans.
  - [Add](/v1/docs/adding-a-plan-to-your-prep)
  - [Move](/v1/docs/moving-a-plan)
  - [Duplicate](/v1/docs/copying-a-plan)
  - [Copy from prior year](/v1/docs/copying-a-prior-year-plan)
  - [Edit](/v1/docs/editing-a-plan)
  - [Delete](/v1/docs/deleting-a-plan)

### Forethought

- Set up the [lesson planner](/v1/docs/set-up-lesson-planner).
- Edit the [lesson planner](/v1/docs/edit-planner-schedule).
- Customize the [lesson planner](/v1/docs/customize-your-lesson-planner).
- Optional: Share the [lesson planner](/v1/docs/sharing-and-unsharing-a-lesson-planner).
- Optional: Create a [team planner](/v1/docs/creating-and-deleting-a-team-planner).
- Optional: [Mirror courses](/v1/docs/time-saver-use-mirrored-courses).