the shape of a 3-k day
arrival, breakfast, choice time, a small-group table, outdoor play, lunch, rest, another play block, pickup. tiny signals sits at the pickup end of the day, and at the evening when the teacher opens a laptop to catch up on gold entries and a family note that has been waiting.
the today screen holds who is here, what needs a message home, and what is still unwritten from earlier in the week.
teaching strategies gold, in plain words
gold is the assessment nyc 3-k uses. tiny signals does not replace the myteachingstrategies platform where ratings are entered. it helps with the writing around a rating: a two-line observation that names what the child did, not a label; a family-facing summary that reads like a conversation, not a report.
the language matches gold's objectives and dimensions without pasting the rubric into a family's inbox.
family handoffs in the languages families speak
3-k classrooms in the bronx, queens, and brooklyn often carry six or more home languages in a single room. the daily handoff writes side-by-side in english and spanish by default, and the write up helper can produce a family version in the language a family reads at home.
no automated translation of a legal or medical detail. the teacher keeps the last look before anything is sent.
behavior support for three year olds
biting, hitting, big feelings at drop off, and the long transition back from outdoor time are on the behaviors page as calm, specific reads. the language stays on the situation and the plan, never on a label on the child.
what stays with the teacher, what stays with the site
the site holds first names, an optional date of birth, home languages, allergies, family contact names the teacher chooses to add, and the drafts the teacher writes between sessions. gold ratings, attendance for payroll, and doe reporting 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 end of day note, english and spanish side by side
- conference write up, family-facing progress notes in about fifteen minutes
- incident, calm, structured, ready for a conversation at pickup
- behaviors a to z, situation-first support for common three-year-old moments
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.
- nyc pre-k for all, the four-year-old year after 3-k
- nys birth-to-five, the age band below 3-k
- nys upk outside nyc, the statewide version of pre-k for all
- head start, shared elof language, same age band
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.