Community Discussions

Watch the Customer StoryMindy Rogers, Director of Opportunity Culture at Carlsbad Municipal Schools, shares how Grow supports clearer visibility into coaching and PLC practices and reinforces a growth-focused coaching culture.  Carlsbad Municipal Schools, a district serving more than 7,000 students across 12 schools in New Mexico, uses Grow to support teacher retention and strengthen coaching practices.Before Grow, coaching and PLC documentation lived across separate Google folders, making it difficult for school and district leaders to see trends or support consistency across schools.With Grow, Carlsbad centralized documentation in one place. Principals and district leaders can now review participation, identify patterns, and support accountability—without turning data into a compliance exercise.Grow’s role-based access supports transparency and trust while helping leaders provide feedback more efficiently as the coaching program scales.

Earlier this summer, we hosted our 2025 Level Data User Group. It was a chance to connect with you, share ideas, and explore new ways to make your data work harder for your district. Whether you joined us live or are hearing about it now, the conversations and insights that came out of this event are worth a second look.Over 90 minutes, we showcased tools across our growing products, Grow (Talent), Brolly (Special Education), Return on Instruction, Reporting, and Validation, and discussed how they connect to help solve real district challenges. For many attendees, this was the first time seeing the full scope of Level Data’s capabilities, and the feedback was clear:“It was great to hear and learn more about the programs and all of the options!”Breakout discussions revealed common themes: the need for simpler workflows, better access to Special Education data, and tools that reduce duplication while showing measurable value. You also asked for more role-specific sessions, hands-on demos

A new school year means it's time to think through your coaching timelines and windows, and Grow's cycles feature can help you manage exactly that.Question: What are your coaching timelines/windows for this year and how can Grow’s cycles feature help you manage your needs?If you’re thinking about how to set up or refine your approach, these resources can help you get the most out of cycles in Grow: Cycles Configuration – Learn how to set up cycles to match your coaching plan. Cycles Report Overview – See how to track progress across your coaching windows. Cycles Dashboard Overview – Get a quick snapshot of cycle activity and timelines. Drop your timelines, challenges, and ideas below so we can learn from one another! 🚀

Hi Grow Admins! 👋 One question we hear often from Grow Admins is the difference between coaching groups and user tags, and when to use each in your workflows. This topic comes up especially as teams configure dashboards and want to optimize how they assign and review forms. Let’s break it down ⬇️ 🧠 What’s the Difference? Coaching Groups are primarily used to assign visibility and access to observation forms, dashboards, and coaching data. They work well when you want groups of users to be seen and supported by specific coaches or leaders. 🔗 How do coaching groups work? User Metadata (Tags) are flexible labels you can apply to users for filtering, reporting, and organizing your coaching and observation data. These tags don’t affect visibility, but they make it easy to pull targeted reports. 🔗 User Metadata Explained  ✅ Pros & Cons Feature Coaching Groups User Tags Affects form visibility ✅ Yes ❌ No Useful for reporting filters

We’re excited to have you here as some of the very first members. This space is designed to bring together educators, technology leaders, and data professionals to connect, share insights, and get the most out of Level Data’s solutions.Since this is a brand-new community, we’ll be growing and evolving over time. You might notice some small changes to the layout, look, and features as we fine-tune things based on your feedback. Nothing major, just little improvements to make this space even more valuable for you!We’d love to hear your thoughts as we build this together. If you have ideas or suggestions, drop them in the idea belowor reply here!Thanks for being part of this journey with us. We can’t wait to grow this community with you!