SmartTeach vs Head Start Coaching Companion

The SmartTeach® app by Teaching Strategies offers early childhood educators an easy and efficient way to quickly complete essential daily tasks on the fly, online, or offline. The SmartTeach app simplifies teaching, documentation, classroom management, and family engagement throughout the day, enabling teachers to make the most of every moment with easy-to-use tools right at their fingertips. The SmartTeach app is accessible to Teachers and Administrators using Teaching Strategies products such as GOLD®, The Creative Curriculum® Cloud, Kickstart LiteracyTM, and Tadpoles®. Download SmartTeach by Teaching Strategies to access our new and improved features & functionality. SmartTeach offers early childhood educators a single app to support all essential classroom tasks, including: Create documentation and share insights with families View and teach directly from your daily schedule, curriculum, activities, and care routines Communicate with families Save & share photos, videos, and other media across devices View & assess from resources like Intentional Teaching Experiences, Skill Development Cards, and Mighty Minutes®* Identify Infant and Toddler children’s developmental level with the Entry Screener to dynamically populate individualized support for each child* Take attendance, move children or staff, and complete name-to-face checks* Track care routines and share Daily Reports with families* Conduct health screenings for children and/or staff* *Feature availability is dependent on which Teaching Strategies products your classroom licenses.

The Head Start Coaching Companion is now available as a mobile app! This video-sharing and coaching feedback application is for early care and education staff, including coaches, teachers, family child care providers, home visitors, and peer coaching teams. Use the Coaching Companion app to document shared goals and action steps, upload videos for focused observations, and engage in reflection and feedback. Discover a variety of practical and relevant resources from the resource library, like example video clips to watch, share, and use in coaching cycles. Individuals can select an existing organization to join when signing up. It is recommended that each program assigns at least one organization administrator. The administrator is responsible for requesting the creation of the organization (if it does not already exist) and managing the Coaching Companion account. This person does not necessarily have to be an administrator within your program. See the Join page for more information about requesting individual and organization accounts.