Prepare with purpose. Capture reading-instruction evidence. Turn each visit into a practical coaching conversation.
Choose a standard K–5 visit or use a temporary K–3 assessment reference to help select an instructional focus.
Select the teacher, grade, and lesson context. Choose relevant look-fors, record factual classroom evidence, and rate what you can observe using indicator-specific anchors. Use Not Observed when the visit does not provide enough evidence.
Review a suggested instructional focus based on a school-approved benchmark export. Confirm it, change it, enter a focus manually, or continue with a Standard Walkthrough. Your confirmed focus opens the same observation workflow.
Open the guide from the walkthrough start panel without leaving an in-progress observation. Review preparation, nine domains, grade and lesson context, rating guidance, and coaching follow-up. Print or save the guide as a PDF.
A six-step setup covers privacy, observer details, school, academic context, teacher roster, and review. Import and preview a roster CSV, add teachers manually, or defer the roster. Manage existing teachers in the Teachers view.
Record lesson context and specific evidence, review and edit generated coaching notes, and document an agreed next step and follow-up plan. Keep the conversation grounded in what was observed.
Create an editable Word-compatible summary and a printable conference copy with observation evidence, coaching notes, and follow-up. Review the content before sharing through your school’s approved process.
Grade-filtered indicators help leaders look closely at both the content of reading instruction and how students experience it.
A brief walkthrough is a sample of instruction. Select indicators that fit the lesson, and interpret ratings alongside context and other evidence. Walkthrough scores do not measure student achievement or establish a teacher’s overall effectiveness.
Connect an existing screener export to relevant classroom look-fors while keeping the instructional decision with the observer.
Use a CSV or CSV-formatted UTF-8 text file, up to 5 MB and 20,000 rows. Match columns when needed and review the grade, benchmark window, and available classroom scope. PDFs and spreadsheet workbooks are not supported.
Review the suggested focus and the limits of the evidence. If the group is too small or the signal is unclear, widen the scope, select a focus manually, or use a Standard Walkthrough.
Confirm or change the focus before starting. Use the highlighted look-fors as a starting point, then capture your own observation evidence and coaching next step.
The imported data does not live in the application. The file, student rows, raw scores, and temporary assessment results are not retained. LiteracyLens saves the confirmed instructional focus and observation evidence. Keep student identifiers and assessment scores out of observation notes.
Assessment results help frame a question for the visit; they do not diagnose a student, assign an intervention tier, or prove that a teacher’s instruction caused a result. Read the assessment-guided workflow →
Review classroom patterns, plan professional learning, and export the information your team needs.
Review recorded domain and grade patterns in the dashboard, including the five content categories. Use Trends to discuss changes in observation scores over time and identify questions for follow-up.
Maintain your teacher roster and review walkthrough counts and recorded patterns. Gap Analysis ranks lower-scoring domain–grade combinations to support discussion of where more observation or coaching may help.
Review ranked needs, suggested programs, teacher-to-program mappings, and learning cohorts. Export the plan as CSV or PDF, or include it in a consolidated CSV. Program suggestions are starting points for professional review.
Export observations, gap analysis, trends, teacher profiles, and the School PD Plan. Select multiple report sections for one consolidated CSV. Check column mappings and your receiving system’s requirements before importing. View the export specification →
The School PD Plan focuses on professional learning needs and groupings; it does not calculate program prices, budgets, or investment totals.
LiteracyLens supports informal instructional walkthroughs and coaching conversations alongside your school’s existing observation process.
Licenses are based on named instructional leaders, with unlimited teachers and walkthroughs. See current plans and pricing.