Program Area Team Roles
Understand the four Program Area Team roles and their permissions in PEARS Extension organizations.
Program Area Team roles are an Extension-only feature. They are not available in SNAP-Ed organizations.
Program Area Team roles are optional designations that identify staff involvement in program area governance. These roles are assigned per program area and per reporting period by Organization Administrators and User Managers via the Program Area Members section in Manage Users.
Program Area Team Leader
Leaders have the most permissions of any Program Area Team role, including the unique ability to grant other users permission to view program area data.
View all data tied to specified program areas
Grant other users permission to view data in specified program areas (unique to Leaders)
Create, edit, and copy Action Plans at the state level
Share surveys at the unit or organization level
Leaders can grant Viewable Program Area permissions directly from their own Account Settings page without needing a User Manager or Organization Administrator.
Program Area Team Consultant
Consultants share most permissions with Leaders but cannot grant other users access to view program area data.
View all data tied to specified program areas
Create, edit, and copy Action Plans at the state level
Share surveys at the unit or organization level
Program Area Team Member
Members are identified as part of a program area team. This role does not grant any additional permissions within PEARS.
Program Area Team Follower
Followers are designated to receive team communication without being formal members of the team. This role does not grant any additional permissions within PEARS.
Comparison
View all program area data
Yes
Yes
No
No
Grant others viewable program area access
Yes
No
No
No
Create/edit state-level Action Plans
Yes
Yes
No
No
Share surveys at unit or org level
Yes
Yes
No
No
Assigning Program Area Team Roles
Organization Administrators and User Managers assign Program Area Team roles via the Program Area Members section on the Manage Users page. Each assignment includes:
Program Area — The program area the user is assigned to
Role — Leader, Consultant, Member, or Follower
Reporting Period — The reporting period for the assignment
A user can only have one role per program area per reporting period. Only current and future reporting periods are available for assignment.
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