Admins and Managers are able to manage and delete staff members on the website and mobile app. Admins can remove a staff member with any role and Managers can only remove staff members with the role of Manager, Lead Staff, or Staff.
Once a staff member has been removed from a program, they will no longer have access to any school, student information, or take actions such check-in/out, log activities, etc.
🚩 It's also important to note that removing a staff member will also delete direct messages sent between the staff member and admins. However, you can follow the steps in this article to restore their staff account if you need access to those past messages.
Remove Staff Members
On the Web
Navigate to the Staff & Payroll page on the website
Use the search bar, Room filter, or Role filter to narrow down the list and locate the staff member
Once located, click the Actions dropdown menu on that staff member's row
Click Delete
Click Delete [STAFF NAME] to confirm the action
On the Mobile App
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Remove Multi-Site Staff
For smoother management, we recommend removing staff from multiple locations via the multi-site dashboard. Since Multi-Site Admins can only be removed from the dashboard, please follow the steps below:
Click on the Workspace tile in the bottom left corner above your profile name tile
In the pop-up, click Organization to open the multi-site dashboard
Navigate to the Staff tab
Optionally, search by staff name, or filter by location and role
Select Actions > Edit role & Locations next to the desired staff name
Click Remove next to the desired staff
If removing a Multi-Site Admin, you must first change the staff role
In the Role drop down, select Admin, or Staff
Click Remove
To remove a staff from their Default location, you must exit the dashboard and navigate to default location. Click the My School > Staff & Payroll tab to remove them there.
To exit & save, click Close
ℹ️ To update a Multi-Site Admin to a new staff role with different permissions (E.g. Staff, Lead Staff, Manager, Admin), please visit our Manage Staff Access.
Restore Deleted Staff
Admins do have the ability to reactivate staff members who have been deleted from the program. This is great for staff that are seasonal, have decided to return to your program or were deleted on accident.
For detailed step on how to do this, check out our Adding Staff Profiles help center resource.
🚩If the staff member’s email address is now in use for a new brightwheel account or they deactivated their account, you will receive an error message when restoring their staff profile. Please add them as a new staff member or contact our Support Team for more assistance.
Export Employee Records
Once a staff member has been removed from brightwheel, you can still access their past timecard records if needed. They will still appear as an option in the Employee Name filter for the Timecard Report and Time Summary but will be moved to the bottom of the list with (Archived) in front of their name.
For more information, check out our Staff Time Tracking help center resource.
Shared Login Information
We do not recommend having staff members use shared login information. Room Device Mode is a feature we recently built to avoid having staff members share logins.
If staff members already share login information, please make sure that all passwords are changed when terminating a staff member. Please also contact the Support team to have a forced logout done on all devices.
Temp or On-Call Staff Members
In cases where a staff member or teacher is not regularly working, such as a substitute or on-call teacher, administrators/managers can still create staff accounts for these employees.
When this employee is called in, simply update their room assignment to reflect where they are working that day. When they are no longer needed in that room, remove all room assignments for that user. This allows check-in records to be logged for that employee but does not give them access to school records when they are not actively working.
Deactivate Staff Members
There are times when staff accounts need to be fully deactivated in brightwheel outside of being removed/deleted from a program. For example, if they need to move to a new center or use their email address for a parent account.
In addition, if the error message "User email address is already in use by a different organization" appears when adding a new staff member, deactivation may be necessary. Deactivations can only be initiated by the brightwheel Support Team.
ℹ️ If you need to request a account deactivation for yourself, or staff member, please contact the brightwheel Support Team.