the shape of a pfa day
a school-day or half-day model with morning meeting, small groups, centers, outdoor time, and family communication at the ends. the writing helper holds the family messages and the observation notes.
gold and iels, in plain words
the write up helper produces language that names growth in gold's objectives and dimensions, crosswalked to the iels domains a family and a coach both recognize.
bilingual family handoffs
spanish is the second language in most illinois pfa rooms. the daily handoff writes english and spanish side by side by default; the teacher keeps the last look.
the fall and spring conference
a one page draft in about fifteen minutes, in language a family can read.
what stays with the teacher
class list, drafts, and observations live against the teacher's account. gold ratings, isbe reporting, and district attendance 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.
- today, the one screen a teacher checks first
- gold write ups, language that matches the objectives and dimensions
- handoff, one minute at pickup, english and spanish side by side
- conference write up, a one page draft in about fifteen minutes
- incident, calm, structured, honest
- behaviors a to z, situation-first support
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 illinois rooms that pair pfa with head start
- family child care, for community-based pfa in fcc settings
- nys upk outside nyc, a comparable state-run pre-k on the other coast
- 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.