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AI-powered coaching plans and trend visibility for instructional leaders across multiple schools.
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Transforms informal notes into well-written, formal evaluations—while cutting evaluation time by over 90%.
| Metric | Result |
|---|---|
| 3x | Increase in clarity around school-wide trends |
| 100% | Use of shared language across multiple school leaders |
| 10/10 | Rating on usefulness for school-level coaching alignment |
| Enrollment | Network 9, School District of Philadelphia |
| Profile | Lorenea Meskill – ELA Content-Focused School Leader Coach for Network 9. Supports 15 schools by coaching principals, assistant principals, and school-based teacher leaders on instructional walkthroughs, coaching strategies, and performance trends |
| Challenge | Fragmented feedback systems, inconsistent rubric interpretation, and difficulty surfacing actionable trends across schools |
| Outcome | Shared calibration, AI-generated coaching plans, and full rubric alignment across principals and school-based leadership teams |
In Philadelphia's Network 9, instructional leadership is expected to be both rigorous and reflective. But with only one content-focused coach for 15 schools, Lorenea Meskill had to find ways to maximize impact across multiple teams—each with varying experience levels and documentation styles.
From assistant principals to teacher leaders, Lorenea supported them all in developing strong coaching systems, walkthrough practices, and alignment with the district's Danielson Framework and EL 3–5 rubric.
What she needed was a platform that could bring consistency, intelligence, and visibility to walkthroughs—without adding complexity.
Prior to Swiftscore, walkthroughs were recorded on paper or in spreadsheets, and PD reflections were often stored separately from trends and coaching notes. Some leaders typed directly during observations, others relied on handwritten notes. There was no central tool that allowed:
Rubric-aligned scoring across schools
Centralized trend tracking at the school level
Efficient creation of coaching plans based on real data
Our leaders were diagnosing symptoms without addressing the underlying issues. We needed a way to go deeper—together.
Lorenea integrated Swiftscore directly into her workstream, using the platform to:
Simulate walkthroughs with real observation scenarios
Track teacher scores longitudinally to monitor growth
Create AI-powered coaching reports tailored to building trends
Align all leadership coaching to district-approved rubrics
With Swiftscore, even minimal observation notes produced high-quality evaluations. Components like "structured protocols", "learning targets", and "differentiated scaffolding" were automatically surfaced through the platform's intelligent analysis engine.
It's so detailed and accurate. This is the kind of feedback I want leaders to internalize and use.
Now, coaching conversations aren't just reactions—they're guided by consistent insights.
Swiftscore is now fully embedded into Lorenea's work with Network 9 leadership. She uses it to prep for PD, model best practices for walkthroughs, and support leaders across schools with:
Fictionalized but realistic walkthrough scenarios that align with district frameworks
AI-generated summaries and growth paths for faster, smarter coaching
School-wide dashboards showing trend data across multiple teachers
Flexible input methods—principals can type in real time or upload handwritten notes
This isn't just about a tool—it's about alignment. Principals now speak the same language when giving feedback.
This platform lets me go from a walkthrough to a school-wide coaching strategy—without leaving the dashboard.
From paper to platform - Observations are captured digitally, scored in real-time, and translated into growth actions
Rubric fidelity, without the guesswork - Built-in Danielson and EL rubrics ensure consistency across evaluations
AI-generated coaching plans - Teachers receive custom, time-bound development plans that span 2–6 weeks
Whole-school trend tracking - Visual dashboards let Lorenea and her principals identify school-wide instructional needs quickly
PD-ready interface - Leaders train using real scenarios and see how walkthroughs drive coaching cycles
Philadelphia's Network 9 no longer treats each walkthrough as an isolated snapshot. Swiftscore has become a central hub for rubric-aligned evaluation, coaching plan creation, and cross-school instructional consistency—helping leaders at every level stay focused on what matters most: great teaching in every classroom.
Network 9's single content-focused coach uses Swiftscore to generate rubric-aligned coaching plans, track teacher scores longitudinally, and view school-wide trend dashboards across 15 schools.
It aligns to the district's Danielson Framework and the EL 3-5 rubric, surfacing components like structured protocols, learning targets, and differentiated scaffolding from even minimal notes.
Swiftscore produces custom, time-bound development plans that span roughly 2 to 6 weeks.