Case Study: Explore Schools boosts teacher effectiveness and coaching transparency with SchoolMint Grow (SchoolMint)

Enhancing Teacher Efficacy Through Data-Driven Instructional Coaching

Explore Schools, a network of eight Brooklyn public charter schools serving about 2,050 students (user since 2018), faced inconsistent and inefficient instructional coaching—notes were kept in Google Drive, email, or on paper—leaving leaders without a central view of classroom practice. To solve this, Explore Schools partnered with SchoolMint and adopted its coaching platform, SchoolMint Grow.

SchoolMint implemented SchoolMint Grow via a thoughtful, opt‑in rollout across the network, standardizing coaching workflows, closing feedback loops, and increasing transparency between teachers and leaders. The result: measurable improvement in teaching practice ratings (Solid rose from 40.74% to 42.27%, a 3.09% year‑over‑year gain), higher morale, and smoother, network‑wide adoption driven by SchoolMint’s phased approach.

Explore Schools

Jarren Kanze

Senior Director of School Support