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Notice Your Learners
Tell Powerful Stories of Learning

Do believe it’s important to notice dispositions and values?

Are you an intentional documenter of learning?

Have you felt the power of learning stories?

SMATA is made for you.

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Observe more
Attune to what moves learners. Keep note of it. Have your actions informed by its insights.

Grow engagement
Write learning stories and help learners see themselves as capable learners.

Reflect more
Sit with learners and reflect together over meaningful evidence.

Understand the learner
Take a strengths-based approach. See the potential in all learners.

Build meaningful relationships
Celebrate with learners. Share meaningful stories of growth that motivate.

Uncover what matters
Interpret, unpack and respond to learning. Help learners see their power.

  • I have used the app, am a regular reader of the newsletters, and have engaged in PLD with Bevan. All of these have contributed to me finding my own voice within my practice, with support on developing and strengthening values within education. SMATA helps join the dots of what makes for great connections and relationships with students and other educators alike. It's creating a network of educators who are looking to get to the heart of what makes schools an alive and exciting place to be for students. I highly recommend any engagement with SMATA to deepen your journey in education. It's empowering stuff!

    Andrew Carey, Secondary School Economics teacher

  • I absolutely love the SMATA App! It has changed my life. I used to have folders full of disorganised paper observations and photos in my photo library (that I could never actually find again). Thankfully I found SMATA and I have never looked back. This app pulls all information together (written and visual) into one place. It is adaptable, so you can enter the data that suits YOU. It is also incredibly helpful if wanting to share information on a child; reporting to parents, sharing with children. This app is a gift to educators!

    Rebecca St Clair, Year 1 teacher

  • Wellington Girls College

    Smata app encourages educators to think about ākonga in a far more holistic way and really makes you observe the learner and focus on their strengths.

    Melanie Eade, Secondary School English teacher

Using SMATA is easy.

What’s hard is the pedagogical shift it enables.

If you’re ready to do the work, let’s talk.

ENQUIRE

Connect over evidence of engagement

Notice

Tune in to learners

Pay attention and notice what drives learners. Capture photos, video and audio as evidence.

Interpret

Get meaningful data

Harness your teacher superpower: use a strengths-based approach to link the evidence to the curriculum.

Reflect

See the small clues

Drill into the data to see what matters, and the opportunities for learning enrichment as a result.

Connect

Grow learning relationships

Reflect in partnership with colleagues and learners. Easily create and share learning stories.

Plan for responsive teacher action.

Supports a growth focused, learner centred pedagogy

Review observation data to inform responsive teacher actions

View either whole class or individual student graphs

Curriculum linked learning is recorded for the class and each student.

Generated spotlight questions highlight interesting learning trends

The SMATA Effect

On Teachers

Teachers who use SMATA become more

✔ Observant


✔ Reflective


✔ Responsive

CURIOUS?

On Learners

Learners whose teachers use SMATA feel

✔ Trusted


✔ Included


✔ Motivated

CURIOUS?

How it works

1. Add students

2. Capture an observation

3. Observation is graphed

4. Review student data