This article will cover everything you need to do to get started using Educa as a new Teacher. Educa is your platform for documenting children's learning, sharing their progress with families, and managing daily centre activities. Your Site Admin will have set up your access and assigned you to your children, so you're ready to start creating and connecting.

Once you have been sent an invite from your site admin to join, you should see an invite in your email inbox to accept. Once accepted, you'll be able to login and start using Educa.

To ensure easy future access, you can save your sites link as a bookmark on your computer. For accessing on your phone or tablet, you can save the site as a shortcut to your homescreen.

More information on accessing your site here: Logging into Educa

More information on accessing Educa on your mobile device here: Mobile web experience - for Teachers

Now that you have logged in, here are the some places to check first.

You can view any Child's profile you have access to through My Children on the left. You'll only see children in the classes or groups your Site Admin has assigned to you.

Now that you are in the child's profile, you can access all their information through the options on the left.

Think of each child's profile as their homepage. It's the central hub for everything related to that child. From here you can:

You'll return to these profiles throughout the day as you document learning moments and check information.

Create stories to share children's learning moments with families. Add 2-3 photos and a short description of what happened.

To create your first story, click Create Story on the left. You can create an individual story for a specific child or a group story for multiple children.

You can Publish it right away or save it as a draft to work on later.

Depending on your centre's settings, your stories may need approval from a senior teacher before families can see them. If approval is required, published stories will show as 'Pending Approval' until reviewed.

Check here for more information on how to create stories:

Learn how to navigate Educa to complete day-to-day tasks.

Click My Stories to view or edit all your Draft and Published stories you've created in one place.
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Use this to:

While you will receive email notifications from Educa, you can also view any updates through your Inbox.

Make sure to check your notifications for updates including:

Tip: Responding to family comments helps build strong partnerships—even a quick "Thanks for sharing!" shows you value their engagement.

If your Site Admin hasn't already invited families, you can send connection requests to ensure parents can see your stories and updates. See How to Invite Family Members for more details.

In the top left of the site, you can click on your name then My Profile to be taken to your individual Teacher profile.

From your profile you can access everything under your profile picture.

Now you know the Basics of how to navigate Educa and create Stories, here are what you can explore next depending on what features your site is using.

Here's what you can explore next depending on what features your site is using: