the shape of a texas pre-k day
the day sits inside an isd bell schedule with morning circle, small groups, centers, outdoor time, lunch, rest, and pickup. tiny signals holds the writing end of that day, not the state reporting.
cli engage / circle, in plain words
circle progress monitoring produces the ratings; tiny signals writes the sentences around them. the observation helper produces language that names growth in a domain (early literacy, phonological awareness, math) without pasting rubric text into a family's inbox.
bilingual family handoffs
spanish is the second language in most texas pre-k rooms. the daily handoff writes english and spanish side by side by default; the teacher keeps the last look before anything is sent.
the fall and spring conference
the conference write up produces a one-page draft in about fifteen minutes. it asks the questions a family will actually ask, then writes them into plain language.
what stays with the teacher
class list, drafts, and observations live against the teacher's account. cli engage ratings, tea reporting, and district attendance 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 texas rooms that layer head start with pre-k
- family child care, for fcc homes serving texas pre-k eligible children
- 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.