Instructional Coaching That Doesn’t Collapse Under Real School Conditions
Kinwise Coach brings the personalized, evidence-based coaching that transforms teaching practice to every teacher, not just the ones who happen to get time on a coach's calendar. It works from their actual classroom, fits their schedule, and is designed around professional dignity rather than evaluation.
Built from educator interviews, coaching, and instructional best practices.
The Coaching Experience, Step by Step
Step 1: Record
Teachers open Kinwise Coach and hit record before a lesson. Audio only, no video, no special equipment needed. When class is over, they stop and the audio is processed and prepared for coaching.
Step 2: Transcribe and Analyze
Kinwise Coach automatically converts the audio to text and identifies key moments from the lesson: areas of strength, potential growth opportunities, and patterns aligned to the popular frameworks.
Step 3: Coaching Conversation
This is the core of the experience. The AI coach opens with a reflection question. It's curious about the teacher's perspective before sharing its own observations. Together, they explore specific moments from the transcript, using quotes to anchor the conversation in evidence rather than generalities.
Step 4: Action Plan
The teacher chooses one focus area. The coach suggests a specific technique and creates a concrete action plan: what to try, when to try it, and what to notice. In the next session, the coach checks in on how it went, building continuity across coaching cycles.
Privacy architecture that earns teacher trust.
Kinwise Coach was designed with one foundational principle: coaching only works when teachers feel safe. Every technical and policy decision flows from that premise.
What we need to coach
Audio recordings of classroom instruction (teacher-initiated only)
Automated transcripts generated from those recordings
Coaching conversation logs
Action plans and practice notes created by the teacher
What we never do
We never capture video. Audio only.
We never use classroom recordings to train our AI models.
We never share recordings or transcripts with administrators without explicit teacher consent.
We never use data punitively or in evaluation contexts.
What district and school leaders see.
Kinwise Coach is built for teachers first, but it gives administrators meaningful visibility into school-wide professional development without requiring access to individual teachers' private coaching sessions.
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Progress summaries that individual teachers choose to share
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Individual recordings or transcripts without explicit teacher consent
Private coaching conversations or action plans
Any data that identifies individual teacher performance issues
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Their action plan and progress summary with a principal or instructional coach
A coaching report showing techniques practiced
Build a coaching solution for your context
Kinwise is supporting districts in applying for NC’s Digital Learning Initiative Instructional Innovation Grant. Learn more about how we can co-create what’s possible together.