the shape of a vpk day
three hour school-year program or the summer intensive, at a public school or a private provider. the teacher is the one writing the family messages and the incident notes either way. tiny signals holds the writing end.
star early literacy, in plain words
star early literacy produces the score; tiny signals writes the sentences a family can read alongside it. the write up helper names growth in domains a family recognizes (letters, sounds, comprehension) without pasting a rubric into an email.
family handoffs a family can actually read
spanish and haitian creole are common home languages in florida vpk rooms. the daily handoff writes english and spanish side by side by default; the write up helper can produce a family version in the language a family reads at home, and the teacher keeps the last look.
the conference, in about fifteen minutes
the conference write up produces a one page draft that a tired teacher can finish in fifteen minutes instead of two hours.
what stays with the teacher
class list, drafts, and observations live against the teacher's account. star scores, oel reporting, and payment paperwork stay where they already live.
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.
- today, the one screen a teacher checks first
- conference write up, a one page draft in about fifteen minutes
- handoff, one minute at pickup, english and spanish side by side
- incident, calm, structured, ready for a family conversation
- behaviors a to z, situation-first support for four year olds
- assessment, prompts and language a teacher can borrow
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.
- head start, for florida rooms that pair vpk with head start
- family child care, for private vpk providers running small groups
- all program pages, the full hub of program-specific pages
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.