Share the magic of early learning

Assessment & family engagement together

Heart-led documentation using Learning Stories

More time for what matters

Learning Stories serve two needs – family reporting and assessment. They change how you spend time – less data collection, more connecting to children.

Connect meaningfully

Regular and reflective sharing of learning in real time builds collaborative relationships. Peer and family feedback helps individualize your teaching.

Make Learning Visible

Educational outcomes improve when teachers and families work together.

Our learning story software helps teachers document and share each child’s unique journey – families and teachers see the same learning, share ideas and collaborate.

Educa gives you room to fully express yourself in your stories – expansive or brief, with images, videos and fancy layouts, or not. This open format applies to planning as well, indeed each step of your program cycle. It’s a complete educational solution – all documentation, collaboration and professional development.

Assessment That Engages Families

Educa uses Learning Stories, a narrative assessment format. Build a purposeful partnership with families – share stories in real time, integrate their feedback into your teaching and create a 24/7 learning clock.

Your Cycle In One Place

Educa supports program or data cycles from end to end, organized around each child – on any device. Individual and group planning, a custom form builder, Learning Stories and assessment rating – all in one place.

Do Justice To Your Approach

Educa supports a reflective Learning Story approach that brings teachers closer to children and to families. Create beautiful stories – online and in print – that show families you care, no need to compromise. Our templates guide you, distractions from data collection are kept to a minimum.

Support for Teachers

Mentoring and collaboration tools help support teachers at all levels. Furthermore, each teacher has a private workspace for professional development. More here

Showcase Your Teaching

Each story, individual or group, provides an insight into your service – a way to showcase your philosophy, your teaching and to show families you care. This builds family trust and confidence in your approach.

Reports Help Decision Making

Reports on learning for each child, on parent engagement, on teacher activity and more help you understand your service and save time in compliance.

See Educa in Action

Any Device, Anytime, Anywhere

Portfolios - Print, Save

Share with families and save to a portfolio in one click. Download or print as needed. Forms & Assessments

Forms & Assessments

Use our Ratings module for DRDP-based assessment and our form builder to put any documentation online. Start fresh or use one of Educa’s many templates.

Any Framework

Upload any framework or goal set or create your own. Then link to anything you write in Educa.

Document Portal

Share policies and resources with teachers only or with parents also.

Planning

Create lesson plans, individual and group plans. Work individually or collaborate. Share with parents, link to stories.

Foreign Language Versions

Users can choose Educa in English (default), Maori, Mandarin, Spanish or Arabic.

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Partners & Endorsements

More on our partners here

“Educa gives us a place to build and grow the picture of a child. This story can be shared with parents and future teachers, who can work in partnership with the centre to build these skills at home. A true partnership, where else can you get this?! It also allows us to set organisational goals for teachers and centres, so that they can be reflective and evaluative of what they do. It allows us to lift the quality of what we do.”

Jackie Lints

Co-Founder, Educare Group

(On Learning Stories) “In the past, families took the pictures out of their portfolios and threw the rest away. Now, they respond to their child’s story. They get to see just how much I see their child, and sometimes they are shown things about their child that they didn’t know. I think it is incredibly powerful for them to see that the staff enjoys their child, and that they are more than welcome in our programs.”

Stacey Lafayette

Early Head Start

“Educa has made our preschool more connected, more efficient and more in tune with parents. Everyone loves it.”

“Fantastic way to communicate with families. Easy, effective and efficient. Saves precious time for teachers by providing a simple format.”

“From a business owner’s perspective the move to Educa has been an investment. It engages our families and educators more than ever. We’ll never look back.”