This platform provides tools for instructional coaches and administrators to collect and visualize classroom observation data. It facilitates collaborative action plans and tracks changes over time, enabling educators to improve instructional quality in early education settings.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Early education programs often struggle with inconsistent instructional quality due to a lack of objective data and effective feedback mechanisms. Traditional teacher development methods can be subjective, infrequent, and disconnected from specific classroom practices that impact student outcomes. This makes it difficult for coaches and teachers to identify areas for improvement and track progress toward measurable goals.
Solution
CHALK is a teacher development platform that uses real-time, in-classroom data to improve instructional quality in early education settings. The platform enables instructional coaches and administrators to collect objective observation data, visualize results, and share insights with teachers. CHALK facilitates collaborative action plans based on targeted instructional practices tied to student gains in language, literacy, math, and self-regulation. By focusing on specific, measurable behaviors, CHALK helps educators identify and quantify what's happening in the classroom and work together to set targeted and measurable goals, fostering a collaborative development relationship between instructional coaches and teachers.
Target Audience
CHALK is designed for instructional coaches, administrators, and teachers in early learning and kindergarten programs who want to improve instructional quality and student outcomes through data-driven coaching and professional development.
Features
- Digital platform for capturing and visualizing classroom observation data
- Objective, research-based observation protocols focused on key instructional practices
- Automated feedback and suggestions based on observation data
- Collaborative action planning tools for coaches and teachers
- Progress tracking and reporting to measure improvement over time
- Leader dashboard to view data and track progress across multiple schools or sites
- Curriculum-agnostic design that works across all early education classrooms
- Embedded training process provides professional development for instructional coaches, teachers, and administrators