# School Staff

> Academium Surepass Help › School Staff
> For: School Owner, School Admin
> Web page: https://helpcenter.academium.com.ng/academium-surepass/article/sp-school-staff
> Last updated: 2026-10-06

Open **School Staff** to manage your instructors and admins.

## If your school uses Academium SMS

Import staff from SMS instead. They sign in with their Academium password. See [Importing from Academium SMS](https://helpcenter.academium.com.ng/academium-surepass/article/sp-importing-from-academium-sms.md).

## Adding a member of staff

1. Click **Add Staff**.
2. Choose the **Role**:
   - **Instructor**: creates and manages tests, and can be assigned to classes.
   - **School Admin**: manages instructors and day-to-day operations.
   - **School Owner**: full access to everything in the school.

   School Admins can add Instructors only.
3. Enter the **Name** and **Email**.
4. Enter a **Password**, or click **Generate**, and confirm it.
5. For instructors, **Assign to classes** (optional).
6. Click **Add**.

## Importing staff

1. Click **Import** and download the template.
2. Fill in **name** and **email** (required), and **phone** and **specialization** (optional).
3. Upload the file (Excel or CSV, up to 10 MB).

Imported staff get the default password **password123**.

## Managing staff

Click **View** to see a teacher's profile, with their tests, questions, attempts and average score. **Edit** changes their photo, name, email, phone, specialization, address or password. **Reset Password** sets a new one.

Staff brought across from SMS show **managed by Academium**: edit their profile in SMS. You can still reset their password here.

## With Academium SMS

Add staff in SMS, then import them so they can sign in to Surepass with their Academium password. See [Adding staff in SMS](https://helpcenter.academium.com.ng/academium-sms/article/sms-adding-staff.md).

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