for colorado upk teachers

for teachers in colorado universal preschool classrooms

colorado's universal preschool program (upk) launched statewide in 2023 and now offers publicly funded pre-k in school districts, community-based centers, family child care, and head start partners, coordinated by cdec. teaching strategies gold is the assessment in many rooms. tiny signals writes the sentences around it.

for the teacher in a upk-funded classroom, in any delivery setting.

the shape of a colorado upk day

10, 15, or 30 hour weekly funding tiers depending on eligibility, delivered in whatever calendar the provider runs. tiny signals holds the writing end.

teaching strategies gold, in plain words

the write up helper names growth in a gold objective in language a family can read.

bilingual family handoffs

spanish is the second language in most colorado upk rooms. the daily handoff writes english and spanish side by side.

the fall and spring conference

a one page draft in about fifteen minutes.

what stays with the teacher

class list, drafts, and observations live against the teacher's account. gold ratings, cdec reporting, and provider portal data stay in the systems the program already uses.

what teachers actually open

these are the pages a classroom teacher reaches for on a normal week. nothing here is behind a paywall, a sales call, or a demo request.

programs that share this stack

the same writing helpers fit these classrooms too. if the page you are on is not quite the room, one of these might be.

forward this to a teacher

the fastest way to know if tiny signals fits a classroom is to put it in the hands of the teacher in that classroom. the button below opens a blank email with a short note already written, so it takes one click to send.

prefer to look around first? the home page shows what a teacher sees when they sign in.