> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.elimuboraerp.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# For staff

> Find your way around the staff workspace.

This page is for teachers and non-teaching staff signing in for the first time. It points to where each part of the panel lives in the sidebar, names the modules you are most likely to touch in your first week, and links the module pages that go into the full detail. If you set the school up yourself, start with the [Quick Start](/quickstart) instead; if you are a guardian, see [Parents & Guardians](/guardians).

## How the sidebar is laid out

Every school signs in at its own subdomain (`<your-school>.elimuboraerp.com`) and lands on the dashboard. The sidebar to the left groups the modules you can reach into named sections. The exact set you see depends on the roles your account holds and the modules your school has switched on; a class teacher's sidebar is shorter than a principal's, and a bursar's is shorter than both.

At the very top is the **Dashboard** — the home page that opens after sign-in, with the leadership widgets and the academic year and term filter pickers. Below it the menu is organised into these groups:

* **People:** Students, Teachers, Staff, and Guardians — the people records the rest of the panel reads from. See [Users & Identity](/modules/users).
* **Register:** the daily attendance sheets (Registers) and the absence follow-ups they generate (Pending Follow-ups). See [Attendance](/modules/attendance).
* **Timetables:** the per-teacher weekly schedules and the lessons they hold. See [Timetable & Lessons](/modules/timetable).
* **Assessments & Grading:** Assessments and Report Cards, where tests are set up, grades are keyed in, and term-end report cards are generated. See [Assessments & Report Cards](/modules/assessments).
* **Finance:** Billables, Billable Groups, Invoices, Invoice Payments, Wallets, Earmarks, Sponsors, and Payment Integrations. See [Finance & Fee Management](/modules/finance).
* **Inventory Management:** Stock, Products, Suppliers, Purchases, Requisitions, and Low Stock Alerts. See [Inventory & Procurement](/modules/inventory).
* **Clubs & Societies:** Clubs, Club Meetings, and Club Activities. See [Clubs & Societies](/modules/clubs).
* **Sports & Games:** Sports, Houses, Teams, Competitions, Fixtures, and Awards. See [Sports & Games](/modules/sports).
* **Settings:** the configuration cluster. Inside it sit the academic structure (Curriculums, Curriculum Stages, Academic Years, Terms, Pathways, Subjects), Grade Levels & Streams, Grading Scales, Roles & Permissions, and the school-wide and module configuration. See [School Settings](/settings), [Curriculum](/modules/curriculum), and [Roles & Permissions](/roles-permissions).

The shared events calendar appears as its own entry, **School Calendar**, rather than inside a group. See [Events](/modules/events).

What is in your sidebar is decided by your role. Two staff members at the same school can sign in and see different menus because their roles grant different permissions, and a sidebar entry that another colleague has will simply not appear for you if your role does not grant it. See [Roles & Permissions](/roles-permissions) for how the seventeen pre-seeded roles map to what each one can reach.

## What to read first

You do not need to read every module page before you start. Pick the page that matches the work in front of you and come back for the others as the term goes on.

If you are a class teacher or a subject teacher, read in this order:

1. [Attendance](/modules/attendance) — marking the morning and afternoon register is the first thing class teachers do each day.
2. [Assessments & Report Cards](/modules/assessments) — how to set up a test, enter grades, and produce the term's report cards.
3. [Timetable & Lessons](/modules/timetable) — read your own weekly schedule and follow lesson changes.
4. [Curriculum](/modules/curriculum) — reference reading for the subjects, streams, and grading scales you teach against.

If you are a bursar or finance staff, start at [Finance & Fee Management](/modules/finance) for billables, invoices, payments, refunds, wallets, and earmarks, then read [Users & Identity](/modules/users) for student records and guardian contacts.

If you are a registrar or HR, start at [Users & Identity](/modules/users) for admissions, staff onboarding, and guardian links. Skim [Curriculum](/modules/curriculum) so you know the grade levels and streams to admit students into.

If you are a storekeeper or procurement, start at [Inventory & Procurement](/modules/inventory) for products, suppliers, purchases, and stock requisitions.

If you run sports or clubs, read [Sports & Games](/modules/sports) and [Clubs & Societies](/modules/clubs) for the workflows you and the teachers under you will use.

Across every role, [Roles & Permissions](/roles-permissions) is worth reading once to understand why the sidebar shows what it shows, and [Events](/modules/events) is worth a quick read because most staff post to the shared calendar at some point.

## All module pages

Every module the school can use is documented in its own page. The cards below link to each one.

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Users & Identity" icon="users" href="/modules/users">
    Students, teachers, non-teaching staff, guardians, accounts, and roles.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Curriculum" icon="book-open" href="/modules/curriculum">
    Curricula, stages, grade levels, streams, subjects, pathways, and grading scales.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Academic Years & Terms" icon="calendar" href="/modules/academic-years">
    The pre-seeded school calendar that anchors every other record to a term.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Attendance" icon="clipboard-list" href="/modules/attendance">
    Daily registers, absence follow-ups, and the notifications that go to guardians.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Assessments & Report Cards" icon="graduation-cap" href="/modules/assessments">
    Set up assessments, enter grades, and generate term-end report cards.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Timetable & Lessons" icon="calendar-clock" href="/modules/timetable">
    Per-teacher weekly schedules and the lessons they hold.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Events" icon="calendar-check" href="/modules/events">
    Plan school events, invite attendees, and send reminders.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Finance & Fee Management" icon="wallet" href="/modules/finance">
    Billables, invoices, M-Pesa payments, wallets, earmarks, and refunds.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Inventory & Procurement" icon="package" href="/modules/inventory">
    Products, suppliers, purchases, stock movements, requisitions, and alerts.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Sports & Games" icon="trophy" href="/modules/sports">
    Sports, houses, teams, competitions, fixtures, results, and house points.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Clubs & Societies" icon="users-round" href="/modules/clubs">
    Clubs, meetings, attendance, and activities.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Activity Log" icon="history" href="/modules/activity-log">
    The audit trail of every recorded change in your school's data.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

<Tip>
  Not every entry above will appear in your sidebar. A page is shown only when your role grants the permission for it and, where the module is optional, when your school has the module switched on under [School Settings](/settings). If a page another colleague has does not appear for you, the issue is one of those two; check with whoever manages your school's roles.
</Tip>

## First sign-in

The welcome email Elimu Bora sent when your account was created has a **Set Your Password** button that opens a one-time password-set link on your school's subdomain. Open it, choose a password, and sign in. If you cannot find the email, ask the office to resend it. The full first sign-in, password reset, and profile workflows are documented under [Users & Identity](/modules/users#sign-in-to-the-panel).