SmartTeach vs Begin Bright

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.

Begin Bright is a digital literacy platform that delivers on-demand content for parents with young children — and high-quality professional development (PD) for educators working in childcare settings. Begin Bright offers bite-sized training and PD from any computer or mobile device. Experts — including career educators, pediatricians, and librarians —share proven strategies for ensuring that children are reading-ready by kindergarten. With a few clicks, parents can explore common-sense ideas for promoting early childhood literacy — starting at birth. Educators can download completion certificates for PD credits or points — and license renewal. Begin Bright is based on the guiding principle: For children, it’s never too early to nurture a lifelong love of reading. Begin Bright is a project of the Nashville Public Library Foundation, thanks to generous philanthropic support from donors.