Make life easier for teachers
Educa is a very user friendly product, for both teachers and families. Uploading stories for individual children and connecting children to group learning experiences is simple and easy!
Heather Gunn
Teacher - Childspace Early Learning Centre
E-Profile
Teachers can create a secure e-profile page for each child in their care. They can attach learning stories to individual children's e-profile pages, or assign a learning story to a group of children with the click of a button. All e-profiles and learning stories are secure and easily accessible by teachers and parents at any time.
Learning stories
Educa provides simple and flexible ways for creating learning stories. Learning stories can be linked to teaching goals. If you use Te Whariki or your own philosophies, you can link the teaching outcomes to them with little effort. All learning stories are printable so you can file paper copies in children’s profile books.
Group stories
With Educa, writing a group learning story couldn't be simpler; just write a single story and then link it to the children to whom it applies. Whether it is for the entire class or just a handful of students, Educa's group story system streamlines communication and saves teachers a lot of time.
Story approval
Educa offers a simple review process that enables authorised teaching staff to approve learning stories before they are sent to parents. Early learning centres can use this feature to ensure a consistently high-quality service is provided to every child’s family. This feature is optional and can be switched off if not required.
Whānau voice
We understand how important it is to have engagement and feedback from family and whanau when it comes to a chid's early education. Educa provides an additional communication channel, which encourages a continuous conversation between families and your centre.
Parent stories
We understand the importance of keeping children’s families involved in their early childhood education, so we enable parents and families to write learning stories within Educa. With Parent Stories teachers will stay informed about how children progress out-side of their care.
Centre-wide messages
Say goodbye to paper newsletters with Educa's centre-wide messaging system. Whether you want to send a newsletter, daily update or event reminder, Educa makes sure that all parents will receive these important updates direct to their inboxes to read in their own time. In addition, parents can directly comment on or respond to centre-wide messages.
Simple photo sharing
Teachers can easily attach and upload photos to learning stories and send them to the parents and family of the children in their care. This helps teachers document their progress and gives parents the comfort of knowing what their child has been up to.
Secure video
We take centres' and parents' privacy seriously and understand that posting children’s video on YouTube, Facebook or other public video sharing services could cause security concerns. All videos posted in Educa are kept securely and access is strictly restricted to the centre and each child’s parents.
Automated notifications
Educa is set up to automatically notify the intended recipients by email, so you can be confident that your messages are always getting through. All individual updates, and centre wide communications are also accessible through the website, so lost emails and files will never be a problem again!
Secure access
We take the security of your centre's data seriously. No one can access any of your centre's information or communications until they are invited to use Educa and have been given a valid login. Learning stories, photos and other relevant information about individual children is securely held, so only the children’s own parents can view it.
No software installation
Educa is fully delivered online via internet browsers. Different from traditional desktop software, there is no software installation required. You don’t need to worry about the painful upgrade and maintenance process - all you need to do is to use it. We will take all the hassles away from you, so you can focus on the important stuff.