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How to Manage Frameworks in Educa

Learn how Site Admins can activate, customise, or create frameworks in Educa.

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Your Framework Library allows you to activate pre-loaded frameworks, customise them for your centre, or create your own. Frameworks can then be linked to stories, plans, and teacher portfolio posts. You can also have multiple frameworks active at the same time ā€” for example, a national curriculum alongside your centreā€™s values or philosophy.

Activating a Framework

Site Admins can enable any framework already available in Educa.

Steps:

  1. Go to Tools > Framework Library.

  2. Browse frameworks by region to find one that applies to your centre.

  3. Tick the box to activate it.

  4. Choose where the framework should appear:

    • Stories

    • Teacher Portfolio Reflections

Once activated, all teachers can link stories, plans, or portfolio posts to this framework.

Screenshot showing the Framework Library with a list of frameworks organised by region. The checkbox to activate a framework and visibility options for ā€œStoriesā€ and ā€œTeacher Portfolio Reflectionsā€ are highlighted.

Customising a Framework

You can adapt an existing Educa framework to better fit your needs.

Steps:

  1. In Framework Library, find the framework you want to adapt.

  2. Click Customise.

  3. Rename the framework, then click Copy.

  4. Refresh the page ā€” your customised version will appear under Owned Frameworks.

  5. Click Edit to:

    • Add, delete, or update standards, categories, goals, or descriptions.

    • Add simplified text using the Alt Story Label field.

Important: Parents will always see the full outcome if they click on it, even if you provide simplified wording.

Changes save automatically and are available immediately.

GIF showing the ā€œCustomiseā€ button being clicked next to a framework, renaming the framework, saving a copy, and the customised version appearing under Owned Frameworks.

Creating Your Own Framework

Many centres create their own framework to reflect their unique philosophy, values, or approach, linking it to stories and plans.Ā 

Steps:

  1. Go to Tools > Framework Library.

  2. Select Create Framework.

  3. Start by creating a Category.

  4. Add sub-categories or Goals

Important: Goals are the outcomes educators check when linking frameworks to stories, plans, or portfolio posts.

Your framework saves automatically and is available to all educators.

GIF showing the ā€œCreate Frameworkā€ option in the Framework Library, adding a new category, then adding goals under that category.

Best Practice

  • Use parent-friendly language for outcomes.

  • Avoid duplicating goals across frameworks.

  • Pair your centreā€™s framework with national or regional ones to show how your values, principles or philosophy connects to standards.

Share a Custom Framework With Another Site

You can share a custom framework with other Educa sites where you have site admin access.

To share a framework:

  1. Go to Tools > Framework Library.

  2. Find the framework you want to share under Owned Frameworks.

  3. Select Share next to the framework.

  4. Select the site or sites you want to share it with.

  5. Confirm the share.

Sharing creates a separate copy of the framework on each receiving site. Changes made to one copy will not update the framework on other sites.

Note: The copied framework is not automatically enabled for use. On the receiving site, go to Framework Library and activate it in the same way as other frameworks. You can then choose where the framework should appear.

For more information, see Share Content Across Multiple Educa Sites.

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