We've collected exceptional practices
from Kickboard leaders across the nation and coupled them with grounded research on what improves schools like yours.
Every week, BACS prints each scholar's paycheck
from Kickboard and sends it home to parents so they can see how well their children are embracing the school's values and expectations.
Not exact matches
Last year, Drop the Chalk received $ 100,000
from the investment firm First Light Ventures;
Kickboard's beta version is being used in 15 schools.
«It was exactly the right prize for
Kickboard at the time,» Medbery says, noting it's «near impossible» to place a price tag on the insights she gleaned
from the financiers and business analysts she met — not to mention the relationships she forged with potential investors, advisors and senior leaders at the region's public schools.
Entrepreneur Jen Medberry parlayed her experiences
from Teach for America as well as her computer science background
from Columbia University into an education startup dubbed
Kickboard.
Note: If you don't have a
kickboard, any flotation device will work,
from a pool noodle to a submerged basketball.
Kickboard's app allows educators to track and share all sorts of student personal, academic, and behavioral data in real time
from any device.
With
Kickboard, educators can look at data over time to identify trends and needs,
from the individual level to the classroom, school, or district level.
«One semester we had a new principal
from outside the Carmen network who didn't want to use
Kickboard.
New gradebooks like Engrade,
Kickboard and JumpRope support customized deployments but it is still a technical and manual process that will prevent competency - based education
from scaling.
Then, in 2014, it began using
Kickboard to help teachers move
from punishing negative behaviors to recognizing positive behaviors.
«
Kickboard allows us to track each student's behavior as they move
from class to class,» said Dixon.
With guidance
from their coaches, every school is now using
Kickboard technology to consistently track behaviors and feedback across every classroom in the district.
«
Kickboard is great because it's one platform that tracks everything
from attendance to culture data,» Heckendorn said.
Kickboard coaches soon begin to share real best practices
from successful school culture leaders while teachers start to track student behaviors with
Kickboard software.
Whether you're just getting started with behavior management or fully practicing a schoolwide program such as PBIS or Social Emotional Learning,
Kickboard is the best technology for schools that want to see real results
from a better school culture.
Kickboard has some competition,
from school analytics startup Always Prepped, for example (see disclosure below), but as schools continue to embrace technology and use data to drive outcomes it's little wonder that investors see an opportunity in it.
Kickboard's app allows educators to track and share all sorts of student personal, academic, and behavioral data in real time
from any device.