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Tick off a skill

Mark what a child can now do. It is thirty seconds after class and it is the thing parents notice most.

Progress & assessments Instructor, head instructor 2 min read

Each level in your curriculum is made of skills. Ticking them as a child masters them is what makes progress visible — to the parent, to the next coach, and to whoever decides the child is ready for an assessment.

1. Open the student

Management → Students, open the child, and find the Skills Progress section. It shows the skills for their level, with the ones already achieved marked and dated.

ScreenshotA student's skills for their current level, some achieved

2. Tick what they can do

Click a skill to mark it achieved. The date is recorded automatically.

Click an achieved skill again to undo it if you ticked the wrong one.

Cannot click them? Whether instructors may tick skills is an academy setting. Where it is off, only senior staff can, and you should pass it to your head instructor.

Why it is worth the thirty seconds

are right there, instead of a vague "not quite ready".

on a date and failing half of them.

cheapest retention tool in the building.

Tick honestly. A skill ticked because the class ended nicely turns into a failed assessment later, which is worse for the child and worse for you.

Related: Schedule an assessment · Write a progress update · Build your curriculum.