---
title: "Principal"
url: https://docs.growamal.com/en/using-the-app/principal/
language: en
---

# Using the App — Principal

**Principals review the health of one school.** A principal sees the whole school at a glance —
macro-domain status, class health, and growth over time — all at the status level, never as a
single overall percentage. The view is read-only: principals review, teachers decide.

## School overview

The overview is the principal's home: a curriculum picture, a six-tile macro-domain grid, and
class-health counts. Statuses are shown per measure and per macro domain.

![School overview](https://docs.growamal.com/screenshots/principal/principal-home.png)

**How to:**

1. Scan the macro-domain grid for the school's standing per domain.
2. Read the class-health section for per-class counts.
3. Open accessibility and notification controls from the top of the page.

## Schools

For a single-school principal, the **schools** entry resolves straight to that school's overview —
there is nothing to choose.

![Schools](https://docs.growamal.com/screenshots/principal/principal-schools.png)

## Growth over time

The **growth** screen shows each of the six macro domains across the assessment windows
(beginning / middle / end of year), so you can see movement over the year at the status level.

![Growth over time](https://docs.growamal.com/screenshots/principal/principal-growth.png)

**How to:**

1. Read each macro domain across the available windows.
2. Compare the windows to see where the school is moving.

## Leaderboard (growth, not ranking)

The **leaderboard** celebrates measured growth and level progress across the school, with
by-class counts. It uses growth language throughout — never ranking vocabulary.

![Leaderboard](https://docs.growamal.com/screenshots/principal/principal-leaderboard.png)

**How to:**

1. Switch between the **measured growth** and **level progress** views.
2. Choose a period (7 / 14 / 30 days).

> **Note:** The data-sufficiency gauge shows a "collecting data" notice until the school has accumulated
> enough probe coverage (at least three weeks of probes covering most students). Once that threshold
> is met, the full gauges appear. The class heatmap is visible as soon as assessment data is present.
> Both panels are live and pulling from real backend endpoints.

## On phone and tablet

- On a **wide screen** the navigation rail sits on the right.
- On a **phone** you navigate from a fixed bottom tab bar; the overview cards reflow from two
  columns into a single column.

Every status stays per-measure or per-macro-domain at all sizes — there is never a single
school-wide percentage.