How-to guides
Step-by-step walkthroughs of Melaa, the staff-facing tool that helps teachers and ML program leaders turn WIDA ACCESS scores into classroom supports, language plans, family letters, and compliance records. These are the same guides districts see inside the app. Students never use Melaa.
Want to follow along? Try the teacher demo with fictional students, or see pricing.
For teachers
Classroom and ML teachers: find your students, plan with the AI assistant, read growth, and share supports.
Teacher Quick Start
Log in, find your students, and get your first WIDA-differentiated suggestion in under five minutes.
5 min read
AI Assistant, Organizers & Group Planning
Get scaffolds, printable graphic organizers and worksheets, and plan for multiple students at once.
7 min read
Scores, Growth & Academic Context (Teacher View)
Understand the score history chart, the ACCESS growth trajectory, and academic assessment context.
6 min read
Notes, Accommodations, Service Log & Language Plans (Teacher View)
Record observations, suggest accommodations, log the service sessions you deliver, and use the student's signed language plan.
8 min read
Small Groups & Sharing Snapshots
Band your roster into proficiency groups for stations, and hand a co-teacher a read-only student snapshot.
4 min read
For district and school admins
ML coordinators, EL directors, and school admins running the program side of Melaa.
Getting started and access
Admin Quick Start & Overview Dashboard
A tour of the admin area and how to read the Overview dashboard.
6 min read
Staff, Roles & Access
Invite staff, understand the five roles, scope access by school, and preview any teacher's view.
7 min read
Settings, Policies & Roster Sync
District policies, state configuration, and roster integration (Clever, ClassLink, or your SIS through OneRoster).
6 min read
Shaping the AI: District Context
Teach the assistant how your district works so every answer sounds like it came from your team.
5 min read
Students and assessment data
Students, Score Uploads & Score Policies
Manage the roster, import score files, and control who can change scores.
8 min read
Assessment Data: ACCESS & Academic Score Uploads
Import WIDA ACCESS files and academic assessment scores from any provider, and see where they appear.
6 min read
ACCESS Testing, Service Delivery & the District Program Plan
Manage the annual ACCESS window, pre-register supports and exemptions, track service sessions against plans, keep the district LIEP plan, and pull Title III counts.
10 min read
Identification, progress and exit
Identification & Intake
Walk newly enrolled students from Home Language Survey to family notification, on deadline.
6 min read
Progress, Redesignation & Monitoring
Use the watchlist, mark exits with supporting evidence, and run reporting exports.
7 min read
LTEL Early Warning
Spot students on a path to becoming long-term English learners while there's still time to change the outcome.
4 min read
Plans, letters and meetings
ELD Plans / Individual Language Plans
Draft, edit, sign, and release language plans - and what signing changes for teachers and the AI.
7 min read
Family Letters
Generate bilingual parent/guardian letters with a review-before-print gate.
5 min read
Family Notices (Batch Letters)
Generate the annual EL family notice for many students at once, review it, print it as one document, and track delivery.
5 min read
Notes, Accommodations & Review Meetings (Admin)
Approve accommodations, manage note visibility, and document decision meetings.
7 min read
Reports, records and privacy
Reports & Exports: Getting Data Out
Every way to get Melaa data onto paper or into a spreadsheet, in one place.
6 min read
Audit Binder & Student Snapshots
One-click compliance packet per student, and expiring read-only snapshot links for colleagues.
4 min read
Student Work Samples
Optionally keep examples of student work as evidence for exit decisions and monitoring, after your account owner accepts the addendum.
5 min read
Privacy, Security & the Audit Log
How Melaa protects student data, and the record it keeps of every sensitive action.
6 min read
For district IT: rostering and sign-in
Setup guides for technology teams live in our documentation.
ClassLink Setup (District IT)
Connect your district's ClassLink to Melaa: add the SSO app, share your roster, link the connection, run the first sync, and load ACCESS scores.
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Clever Setup (District IT)
Connect your district's Clever to Melaa: authorize the app, share your English learners with their sections and teachers, let Melaa confirm the district, run the first sync, and load ACCESS scores.
6 min read
Connect Your SIS with OneRoster (District IT)
Connect PowerSchool, Skyward or Infinite Campus directly through OneRoster 1.1: get credentials from your SIS, test and save the connection, review student matches, and run the first sync.
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Connect PowerSchool with the Melaa Plugin (District IT)
Roster from PowerSchool without a partner license: choose your English learner fields, download the read-only Melaa plugin, install it in PowerSchool, test and save the connection.
8 min read
Can't find what you need? Email support@melaa.app.