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How onboarding & offboarding checklists work

Onboarding in Edventory is built around positions, not people. You write the checklist once for "Music Teacher" or "Bus Driver", then start a copy of it every time you fill that job. The Onboarding view in the sidebar's HR section holds three tabs: In progress, Completed, and Checklists.

Checklists are the templates

A checklist is a reusable list of steps for one process — onboarding or offboarding — belonging to one position. Nothing on a checklist is tied to a person or a date; steps are stored as an offset like "5 days before" or "on the first day".

Runs are the live copies

Starting a checklist takes a snapshot of its steps, turns each offset into a real due date from the start date you enter, and tracks the tick-boxes. Editing the checklist later never disturbs a run that's already going — and finishing a run never changes the checklist.

Phases keep it readable

Every step sits in one of four phases — Before start day, First day, First week, First month (an offboarding checklist reads Before last day, Last day, First week after, Wrap-up). The run view groups the tasks under those headings and shows a progress bar.

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Onboarding lives alongside Staff Leave under the sidebar's HR heading. It's rolled out district by district — if you don't see it, ask us to turn it on for your district.

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