Improving early education outcomes through smarter support.
Designed for Early Learning Centers (Ages 3–6)
CHALK helps you professionalize your workforce and retains skilled educators while improving program quality. Set your Center apart - for your teachers and for your parents!
We are NOT a new curriculum or an educational portal for students - CHALK works across ALL curricula and early education classrooms.
CHALK was formed in the classroom and its development was funded by the National Science Foundation.
Based on work supported by the National Science Foundation under grant #DRK-12-1813008. Opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed are those of CHALK’s developers and do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. National Science Foundation.
Early learning education, elevated.
Instant feedback
Traditional development practices often result in a delay between the observed lesson and the conversation about what went well and what could have been better.
With CHALK, instructional coaches can access instant, user-friendly results with built-in guidance to help guide them as they review the summary of the observation and develop next steps. Teachers and their instructional coaches can see and celebrate their growth as it’s happening.
Nothing is subjective
CHALK’s focus on specific, objective behaviors takes the guessing out of the equation. With more subjective observations, teachers often have no clear path forward for improvement.
With CHALK, instructional coaches and teachers can identify and quantify what’s happening in the classroom and work to set targeted and measurable goals.
Directly tied to gains
CHALK guides coaches to observe targeted instructional practices that have predicted academic and self-regulation gains for children across hundreds of early learning and kindergarten classrooms.
These targeted instructional practices came from research funded by the National Science Foundation and are the result of hundreds of hours of dozens of classroom observations conducted over the course of two years.
Collaborative development
Reduce Burnout & Stress
Clear, objective feedback replaces guesswork— helping teachers feel more confident, supported, and less overwhelmed.
Provide Meaningful Professional Development
Data-driven insights lead to targeted growth plans, equipping teachers with practical tools for continuous improvement and career advancement.
Boost Morale & Job Satisfaction
When teachers see measurable impact from their efforts, their confidence rises—and so does engagement.
Strengthen Coaching & Mentorship
CHALK fosters a feedback-rich culture, where Mentorship is consistent, supportive, and grounded in real data.
Create a Sense of Purpose & Investment
When teachers are involved in their own development journey, their connection to your mission deepens — and so does their commitment.
“The thing that makes CHALK different than other solutions…teachers are able to have control over their results and their data, and they’re able to be reflective and build goals for themselves that are practical and useful and helping them make a difference in their students’ lives in their classrooms.”
-Morgan McCranie, Instructional Coach United Way of Greater Nashville
Powered by meaningful classroom data
How CHALK works
CHALK is personalized to every teacher, giving them actionable insights with real classroom data.
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CHALK makes it easy to capture meaningful classroom observation data
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CHALK uses the observation data to find teacher up-leveling opportunities.
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Instructional coaches and teachers create improvement plans together on CHALK.
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Observation data is tracked and progress is measured against the action plan.
