Highlights

Business Impact

1k ⁺
Teachers
Assessments
30k ⁺
Students
Assessments
25 ⁺
Schools
Implementation
02 ⁺
Million funding
received

Our Client

Company
Size ¹⁰⁰⁺

Solution approach
through
^assessments

Industry Education

Region USA

Statement
of Problem

Increase awareness, knowledge & skills of educators regarding social-emotional learning
Collaboration between educators, families, and community to address the learning skills of students
Improve educational practices directed towards learning improvements
Provide tools & resources to educators to help improve learning skills
Develop a culture of learning competencies i.e. self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, & responsible decision making

Expected
Outcome

Academic Improvement
Improved classroom behavior
Ability to care for themselves
Early Identification of problems
Better social Interactions
Improved test scores, grades & attendance

Background Work

30 K8 schools spread across different school districts of the USA were selected for running a survey to implement the pilot. The survey included Educators, Students, Teachers, & Parents.
This survey involved an extensive collection of data through interviews of key stakeholders related to the schools
Various assessments were conducted that would result in the identification of areas that were to be covered through the implementation.
Learning methods together with the student’s behavior was closely monitored.
Extensive research on readily available market tools was done to identify the direction of the proposed solution.

Key Findings

Discarded the learning
implementation due
to lack of process
& planning
05 schools
Refused due to the
belief that learning is
still in the early stages
of development
08 schools
Did not have an
action plan for
implementing learning
27 schools
Did not have the
tools or resources to
implement learning
23 schools

Teachers

needed of learning skills development
more than the students
Obstacles & barriers

to effective implementation of learning
was also explored
Elementary schools

were doing better as compared to
middle schools in terms of learning

The Challenges

01

Mixed
results of the study
Lack of
learning awareness of
teachers

02
03

Lack of
Software usage experience
No
standard tools for
implementation

04
05

Risk of acceptance
No
monitoring process for
improvement

06

Why
HiddenBrains

Over 17 years Hidden Brains has established itself as one of the top Educational software development companies in India. Our work includes numerous ed-tech solutions that have helped and continue to help students, teachers, educators, parents, society, consulting houses, training centers, and enterprises in need of training solutions.

17+ years
of experience
Expertise in
innovative EdTech solutions
10+ Across
countries - Solutions implemented
Diverse experience
in multiple education segments
Corporate &
curricular learning solutions
Covering learning,
teaching, assessments & infrastructure

The Solution

A solution built that aims at learning implementation with features and resources for Educators, District Leaders, School Leaders, Teachers, Students & Parents.

Learning Assessment Tool

An algorithm developed after intensive research involving the R&D department of a university, data scientists, and educators. Intended for teachers to identify the lacking areas of learning competencies for self and the students.

Goal Setting Tool

A drag & drop tool to help teachers to set the goals for a class for an academic year based on the assessment of teacher and students both.

Evaluation Tool

Intended to evaluate a class and student’s performance on the learning competencies over the academic year and helps setting up the goals for the upcoming year.

learning Curriculum

A well-designed curriculum was prepared to focus on learning competencies specific to targeted K8 students. This involved VARK (Video, Audio, Read/Write, and Kinesthetic) curriculum building. Fun elements were added through custom characters designed considering the personality types of the teachers and students based on assessments during an academic year.

LMS

Adaptive learning was implemented based on the goal setting for a class that helped teachers focus on required areas within the competencies of a class. The curriculum was blended into the LMS to focus on fun learning for the students and directing the teachers towards the goal through sequential activities against each unit that belong to a competency.

Parent Connection

Focused on helping parents to track the progress of students communicated via sending the student performance reports through the tool. This tool also helps implement learning beyond the classroom by sending activities to parents for home..

PD Tool

The personnel development tool is intended for teachers to learn tips & tricks for implementing the learning. Ability to get certifications & earn badges by the teachers too.

Survey Tool

Helps to collect & analyze the data from various sources, focused on improving the learning implementations across the schools.

learning Library

An extensive library with PDfs, Audio, Video, and podcasts was built to generate awareness among various stakeholders for the learning.

Multi-Tenant

The multi-tenant platform was built that caters to multiple schools through the platform having license based subscriptions for the schools based on several students & teachers.

Results

Successful
implementa-
tion in 25 Schools
across 6 districts

Increased
academic involvement of
students

Improvement of teacher-parent
relationship

Reduction in bullying in schools

Improvement
in learning Competency Skills
of Teachers

100% learning
culture established in 25
Schools

Improvement
in grades of students

What Next

After a successful pilot across 25 schools, the next steps involved
expanding the scope to cover more schools across multiple districts as
well as expanding the solution by adding enhanced features
intended for K-12 students instead of just K-8.