• Introductory Letter for Teachers - print and place in teacher mailboxes before the trial begins
• Trial Guide for Teachers - email this to teachers after putting the letter in their mailboxes
• Facilitator Guide - for active teachers to lead and support
• Admin Trial Checklist
• A look inside features you might not have time to fully explore, or see the impact of due to the duration of the trial.
What’s Next?
Throughout the 60-day trial, we’ll share resources with your teachers to ensure they feel confident using the platform. We also encourage you to take a look at your admin features and dashboards throughout the course of the trial.
Near the end of the trial, we’ll gather input from your staff to learn more about their experience using Seesaw and provide this information back to you. Please reach out if you have any questions or need assistance along the way. Thank you for embracing this opportunity to explore a tool that can address so many of your district initiatives.
We are excited to have you in the learning loop!
-The Seesaw Team
An Overview of Seesaw
Seesaw’s Core Principles
Seesaw was thoughtfully designed to support the entire elementary learning journey. By tailoring our design to cater to the elementary experience, we embrace joy, inclusivity, and connection as our core principles. These principles play a crucial role in mitigating achievement gaps and enhancing equitable experiences by providing robust support for all learners at this foundational stage of education.
All-In-One Platform
Seesaw’s Learning Experience Platform is a comprehensive PreK-6 solution, that contributes significantly to enhancing student learning outcomes. Successful districts leverage Seesaw to effectively support one or more of the following use cases below. They can be implemented independently or in conjunction to advance multiple state or district initiatives, with various funding options available.
Seesaw’s Learning Experience Platform
Our powerful learning loop fosters stakeholder support and engagement
Want to see the power of Seesaw in action? Watch here!
Evidence Backed
Students who had more family visits to their work had statistically significantly higher reading and math scores compared to students who had fewer family visits.
Association between number of family visits to student work in Seesaw and end-of-year student reading and math outcomes on
Students who had more posts with video or voice had statistically significantly higher
Association between number of posts with video or voice in Seesaw and
Findings from an independent study evaluating the impact of Seesaw usage on students in a suburban district in the midwestern US that used Seesaw during the 22-23 school year.
Introduction to Seesaw Trial
Dear Team,
I am excited to share that over the next two months, our school will be trialing Seesaw! Seesaw is a digital learning platform designed to support joyful, accessible instruction. This trial will allow us to explore how Seesaw can help you elevate what you are already doing in your classroom and save you valuable time each week!
Throughout this trial, Seesaw aims to help you:
• Bring whole class instruction to life with Present to Class Mode.
• Empower students to show what they know in whatever format works best for them. Giving you insights into student learning far beyond what paper and pencil allows.
• Expand your reach with practice mode and the ability to send work back to students.
• Save time with access to a library of over 8000 ready-to-teach lessons, searchable by standard. Content comes with full lesson plans and everything teachers need to implement. Including packages for Early Literacy and English Language Development - perfect for newcomers and multilingual learners!
We value your input on the trial experience and look forward to hearing your thoughts throughout this experience. Seesaw has provided resources and guidelines to set you up for success. Please make sure you open and read through all materials.
Ready to get started?
Check out these Trial Guides
Admin Trial Checklist
• Activate your Seesaw account (look for an email titled “Action Required: Activate Your Seesaw Account”)
• Work with Seesaw to roster your teachers and students - this will ensure a smooth experience for the trial and take the lift-off of teachers
• Print the teacher letter and put it in staff mailboxes
• Email out the Trial Guide to teachers
• Check-in with Facilitators. Make sure they received the Facilitator Guide.
• Take the Seesaw Survey (sent in your Welcome email)
• Gather feedback from teachers throughout the trial - check in and encourage use
Look Inside
With only 60 days, you won’t have time to do it all. The following resources help give an overview of some of the top uses of Seesaw Instruction and Insights.
Easily dive into engagement and performance against standards Engage families as partners in learning
Dive into what results can look like with Seesaw aligned to your strategic plans
Administrative Dashboard English Language Development Family Engagement
Outcomes Early Literacy
Reach the growing population of MLLs with our English Language Development package
Provide teachers with an evidence-backed supplemental curriculum with everything they need to implement successfully.
You have access to Seesaw Professional Learning Curriculum Alignment Services. Seesaw partners with you to align our content to your curriculum in a way that honors your district’s goals and priorities, while leveraging the rich and engaging content in Seesaw!
