For ECE centres and kindergartens.
Kaiako capture on iPhone, drafts wait for review on the web, and whānau see what your team sends them.
Talk to usThe day’s work, in one list.
Today shows what needs a person: drafts to review, moments that need a name, and replies from whānau.
The Today page in the console, greeting Pania: her draft of the Learning Story “The funnel fixes it” about Ihaia waiting to be reviewed, a photo and a video that still need a name, and an unread reply from Tipene.
You decide who publishes.
Roles
Kaiako, head teachers, admins and owners each see and do what their role allows.
A head teacher’s say
Choose whether only a head teacher can publish Learning Stories, notes, or photos sent straight to whānau.
No unread drafts
Publishing several moments at once never includes an AI draft that nobody has read.
The console’s Head teacher publishes settings for the sample centre: Learning stories on, Notes off, and Photos sent straight to whānau off.
Phones you can sign out.
By default, a new phone joins when a kaiako signs in on it, and a manager can turn on ‘Require approval for new phones’. A manager can see every phone in the console and sign one out remotely. The kaiako app opens with a 4-digit PIN and locks when idle, and a shared phone can switch between kaiako. It blocks screenshots by default. During the pilot, a kaiako can allow them on their phone for an hour, after which it switches itself off.
Set up from your roster.
Import children, rooms and whānau email addresses from a CSV file, with a preview before anything changes. A name you corrected by hand stays corrected next time. Add kaiako with a link you hand over in person.
Records you can hand over.
A child’s record
A head teacher can export a child’s record as a ZIP file that opens offline. Other children in it are written as ‘a friend’.
The audit log
Who did what, and when: publishing, consent changes, phone approvals and record exports, with a CSV export.
Insights
Which tamariki haven’t been seen lately, and how your Learning Stories cover Te Whāriki.
Where Surfaced is today.
Surfaced is in pilot. This is what works now.
Working now
- The kaiako app, on iPhone
- Photos, videos and notes, with dictation on the phone.
- The web console
- Review, Te Whāriki links, rooms, roster import and the audit log.
- Whānau on the web
- Their child’s timeline, comments and choices. An iPhone app for whānau is in testing.
- A child’s record
- A head teacher can export it as a ZIP file.
Comparing Surfaced with Storypark?
Facts from each product’s public pages, with sources and the date we checked them, including where Storypark is stronger.
Pilot Surfaced at your centre.
Surfaced is in pilot, with the kaiako app on iPhone. Tell us about your centre and how you document learning today.
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