Every task, one minute

167 how-to videos — real screen recordings of a real school, 60 seconds each, no fluff. Grouped by feature, labeled by who does it: admins, teachers, families, or students.

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Start with a tour

The whole product in one sitting — the full tour, plus a shorter cut for each kind of school.

The full Pearspark tour: run your whole small school in one place

Pearspark for micro schools: run an entire small school in one placePearspark for micro schools
Pearspark for hybrid schools: run a campus-and-home week end to endPearspark for hybrid schools
Pearspark for classical schools: records as rigorous as the curriculumPearspark for classical schools
Pearspark for homeschool co-ops: run meeting day, the library, and familiesPearspark for homeschool co-ops
Pearspark for Montessori schools: mastery-based records, one observation at a timePearspark for montessori schools

Then find your task

Gradebook, report cards & transcripts

About this feature

Enter grades in a spreadsheet-style grid, post them once, and watch report cards and transcripts assemble themselves — plus the What-If views families use on their side.

Set up grading categories and drop-lowestTeachers
Add an assignment to the gradebookTeachers
Enter grades in the gradebook gridTeachers
Copy assignments from another classTeachers
Project a student's grade with What if…?Teachers
Post term grades for a grading periodTeachers
Print report cards for the whole class at term endTeachers
Review class averages, missing work, and trendsTeachers
Export the gradebook to CSVTeachers
View a child's grades and assignments for one classFamilies
Check missing and upcoming assignments in the Needs attention panelFamilies
View and print a report card or the full transcriptFamilies
Project a grade with the What if calculatorFamilies
Check your overall grades and what needs attentionStudents
See your assignments and grades for one classStudents
View and print your report card or transcriptStudents
Project your grade with the What if calculatorStudents
Excuse a student from an assignmentTeachers
Fill empty scores for a whole assignmentTeachers
Import grades from a CSVTeachers
Link library books to an assignmentTeachers
Post work habits for the termTeachers
Print report cards for a whole classAdmins

Standards-based grading & mastery

About this feature

Tag assignments with standards, rate mastery where the latest evidence wins, and report skills to families — separate from GPA transcripts.

Set up grade scales and the standards catalogAdmins
Tag an assignment with standardsTeachers
Rate students on an assignment's standardsTeachers
View the class mastery matrixTeachers
Post term mastery ratings (standards-based class)Teachers
Review skills and standards mastery for a classFamilies
See your skills and standards mastery in a classStudents

Lesson planning & Home Days

About this feature

Plan the week in a drag-friendly grid, bump what slips, print the sub packet, and share plans with families — including checklist-driven Home Days for hybrid schools.

Plan a lesson in the week gridTeachers
Copy last week's lessons into this weekTeachers
Bump a lesson to the next class meetingTeachers
Plan a home day with a family checklistTeachers
Publish the week's plans to familiesTeachers
Work through the This Week home checklistFamilies
Bump a whole day forward when the schedule blows upTeachers
Lock a lesson to its dateTeachers
Save a lesson as a template and reuse itTeachers
Map units in the Year at a glance viewTeachers
Write the class runbook for a substituteTeachers
Tag standards and library books on a lessonTeachers
Check standards coverage and find the gapsTeachers
Differentiate one lesson for a multi-age classTeachers
Create a gradebook assignment from inside a lessonTeachers
Discuss a lesson in commentsTeachers
Print a week of lesson plansTeachers
Print the sub packet for a sick dayTeachers
Choose what families see from your lesson plansTeachers
Share lesson plans with a read-only linkTeachers
Set up Home Days for a hybrid scheduleAdmins
Attach files and photo moments to a lessonTeachers
See how home days went on the dashboardTeachers
Flag a home-day struggle for the teacherFamilies
Check off your work in This WeekStudents
Flag a task you're stuck on for your teacherStudents
See what your child is learning this weekFamilies
See what you're learning this week and notes from schoolStudents
Print this week's home plansFamilies
Print your week as a take-along checklistStudents

Admissions, enrollment & re-enrollment

About this feature

A public application form that feeds a checkpoint pipeline, interviews with named interviewers, one-click enrollment, and spring re-enrollment that chases its own responses.

Set up the public online application formAdmins
Apply to a school through the public application formFamilies
Add an applicant and enroll them as a studentAdmins
Import applicants from CSVAdmins
Schedule an applicant interview and assign interviewersAdmins
Open re-enrollment and chase responsesAdmins
Confirm your child is returning next yearFamilies
Let the school know your child is not returningFamilies
Convert an accepted applicant into a studentAdmins

Attendance, schedule & calendar

About this feature

A tap per kid on attendance, bell periods and breaks behind the schedule, and one school calendar every family and student sees in their portal.

Take attendance for a classTeachers
Set up periods, breaks, and rotation daysAdmins
Add a school event or closure to the calendarAdmins
Check a child's attendance historyFamilies
Check the family calendarFamilies
Check your attendance history and calendarStudents
Check your calendar for due dates and today's scheduleStudents
Put a class on the timetable with time slots and a roomAdmins
Set your class's weekly meeting timesTeachers
Cancel or move a single class meetingAdmins
Switch to a block rotation (A/B day) scheduleAdmins
Set a teacher's availability and daily class capAdmins
See today's schedule for your familyFamilies
See today's class scheduleStudents

Health, behavior & safety

About this feature

Allergies that badge the student everywhere, medication logs, printable emergency cards, behavior notes families actually read, and volunteer check-in at the door.

Record allergies, conditions, and emergency infoAdmins
Record immunization doses and exemptionsAdmins
Add a medication order and log dosesAdmins
Log a health office visit or injuryAdmins
Print field-trip emergency cards for a classAdmins
Run annual health confirmationsAdmins
Complete the annual health information confirmationFamilies
Send a correction to your child's health recordFamilies
Log a behavior incidentAdmins
Log a positive behavior note and share it with the familyAdmins
Review and lock a behavior entryAdmins
Read behavior notes shared by the schoolFamilies
Add a volunteer and run check-inAdmins
Print emergency cards for your classTeachers
Log a classroom observation on a childTeachers
Share or unshare an observation with the familyTeachers

Tuition & billing

About this feature

Put each family on a plan, run billing once a month, and let Stripe and automatic reminders do the collecting — families pay right in the portal.

Create a tuition plan and add studentsAdmins
Connect Stripe for online tuition paymentsAdmins
Run this month's billingAdmins
Record a payment on an invoiceAdmins
Send a payment reminder or void an invoiceAdmins
Pay a tuition invoice onlineFamilies
Build your fee catalog with reusable fee typesAdmins
Assess a fee to a class, grade, or group of studentsAdmins
Waive a student's fee or cancel a fee batchAdmins
Create a one-off invoiceAdmins
Put a student on a tuition planAdmins
Export invoices and payments for your bookkeeperAdmins
Check your balance and payment historyFamilies

Library, resources & reservations

About this feature

Barcode labels you print yourself, a scan station for checkout, holds families place from home, and shared equipment reserved with dates instead of arguments.

Add a book and print barcode labelsAdmins
Check library books out and inAdmins
Review checkout history and chase overdue booksAdmins
Manage the hold queue on a library bookAdmins
Track a school resourceAdmins
Reserve library books and school resources for your classroomTeachers
Place a hold on a library bookFamilies
Reserve school equipment or a resource for specific datesFamilies
Cancel a book hold or resource reservationFamilies
Place a hold on a library bookStudents
Reserve a school resource for specific datesStudents
Cancel a book hold or resource reservationStudents
Print barcode labels for books and resourcesAdmins
Book a resource out to a student and log its returnAdmins
Check your child's library books and due datesFamilies
See which library books you have out and when they're dueStudents

Messages & announcements

One compose reaches every family's portal inbox — plus teacher-to-family threads and an oversight search so leadership can stand behind every message.

Send a school-wide announcement to all students or all teachersAdmins
Send a message to a class, student, or colleagueTeachers
Investigate messages with oversight searchAdmins
Read messages from the school and teachersFamilies
Read messages from your school and teachersStudents

Family & student portals

About this feature

One login per family: every child's grades, attendance, this week's plans, library books, and invoices — and a student portal that answers "what do I owe and when."

Set up your parent portal account from the school's invitationFamilies
Open a child's full record from the portal homeFamilies
Switch between siblings with the child switcherFamilies
Find and contact a child's teacherFamilies
Set up your student portal accountStudents
Look up your teacher's contact info and class timesStudents
See classroom observations shared by the teacherFamilies
Read notes and observations your teachers sharedStudents

Student records & compliance

About this feature

Add or import students, print a complete records packet when a family transfers, bring years of academic history in from CSV, and audit every change in the activity log.

Add a student and their guardianAdmins
Import students from CSVAdmins
Import past academic history from CSVAdmins
Print a report card, transcript, or records packetAdmins
Withdraw a student (and reactivate them later)Admins
Review the activity logAdmins
Add a guardian and set the billing contactAdmins
Print a student's transcriptAdmins
Reactivate a withdrawn studentAdmins

School setup & the year cycle

Configure the school once — branding, years and terms, classes, staff, roles — then let the June rollover wizard carry it all into the new year.

Configure school profile, grade ladder, and required immunizationsAdmins
Upload your school logo and set brand colorsAdmins
Add an academic year and grading termsAdmins
Create a classAdmins
Enroll a student in an existing class (and remove one from the roster)Admins
Add a teacher profileAdmins
Update your teacher profileTeachers
Create a custom roleAdmins
Add a staff user and scope their accessAdmins
Run the year-end rollover wizardAdmins
Add a second campusAdmins
Rename grade levels to match your programAdmins
Choose your school type and switch modules on or offAdmins
Set up work habits & conduct for report cardsAdmins
Assign a class to a teacher, co-teacher, or assistantAdmins
Add a staff user and choose their roleAdmins
Customize one user's access with an overrideAdmins

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Everything in these videos is live in the demo school — admin, teacher, and parent views, no signup. Sample data resets daily.