Free for teachers
Teacher observations generator
Give Sparky your notes from a classroom visit. Sparky sorts what you saw from what it might mean and writes feedback with strengths, questions and next steps, aligned to your framework when you ask.
Used by 250,000+ teachers, and built to FERPA, COPPA and GDPR standards.
How the teacher observations generator works
Add your notes
Paste your walkthrough notes, attach the file, or press the microphone and talk through what you saw. Say who the feedback is for.
Read the draft
Sparky lists the evidence, then strengths, questions to explore with the teacher and next steps. Evaluative language is marked as a draft for you to review.
Align it and share it
Ask Sparky to align the feedback to your framework, such as Danielson, or to your district's rubric. Copy it, or ask for a document to print or send to Google Docs or Word.
What goes into the feedback
What you saw, kept apart
Sparky lists what you observed, with times and counts from your notes, before it says what that might mean.
Strengths
Specific moves worth keeping, each tied to a moment in your notes, such as a question that got a group to test its thinking.
Questions to explore together
Reflective questions for the debrief instead of conclusions, such as why two groups weren't visited.
Suggested next steps
One or two moves to try next, such as five seconds of wait time or a hard stop before the bell.
Your framework or rubric
Name the components, such as Danielson 3b and 3c, or attach your rubric, and the evidence is sorted under each one.
Ratings left to you
Any rating Sparky suggests is marked as a draft for the observer to confirm before the teacher sees it.
Ways teachers use it
Walkthroughs
A short note after a ten-minute drop-in: what you saw, one strength and one question.
Formal observations
A full write-up from a scheduled observation, with evidence under each component of your rubric.
Coaching new teachers
Feedback written for a coaching conversation, with questions the new teacher can reflect on.
Observation forms
A walkthrough form with a space for evidence and one for interpretation, to print or fill in during visits.
Data privacy
Safe to use with student work
What happens to the files you upload and what your students write in Flint.
Not used to train AI
Student data in Flint is never used to train AI models.
Not shared
Flint does not share student data, or any other user data, with third parties.
Kept separate
Each school's data is kept apart from every other school's, and the AI providers Flint runs on can't reach it.
Signed agreements, on request
Flint signs a data processing agreement with any school that needs one, written to US state law and EU GDPR.
What teachers say about Flint
"Students have learned they can use the tool on their own to get feedback and instruction whenever they need it. They have leveraged Flint to democratize individualized tutoring, ensuring that academic support is accessible to all."
Mica Mulloy
Assistant Principal for Instruction & Innovation at Brophy College Preparatory
"Flint allows students to track their progress and identify areas for improvement in real-time. This has fostered more self-directed learning as they actively use AI tools to reinforce concepts and explore topics beyond the standard curriculum."
Jessica Shan
World Language Teacher & Instructional Coach at International School of Beijing
"We have rolled out Flint to our staff and students as their personal tutor. This has allowed students to gain additional support as well as provided teachers with “Additional hands” in the classroom."
Steve Buettner
Technology Integration Specialist at American Overseas School of Rome
Frequently asked questions
Is the teacher observations generator free?
Yes, it's free, and there's no limit on how many observations you can write up.
Can it make a teacher observation form?
Yes. Ask for a walkthrough or observation form and Sparky makes a document with the visit details, a focus for the visit, and a space for evidence and one for interpretation under each area, such as learning objectives and student engagement. Print it for handwritten notes, or save it to Google Docs or Word.
Can it use our evaluation framework?
Yes. Name the framework and components, such as Danielson 3b and 3c, or attach your district's rubric, and Sparky sorts your evidence under each component and its levels.
Does it rate the teacher?
When you ask for alignment to a rubric, Sparky suggests a level for each component and marks every rating as a draft for the observer to confirm. The rating, and what you share with the teacher, stay your decision.
Will it add things I didn't see?
Sparky is told not to invent evidence and to keep what you observed apart from how it reads that evidence. Read the draft against your notes before you share it.
How do I give my notes to Sparky?
Paste them into the chat, attach the file, import it from Google Drive or OneDrive, or press the microphone and say what you saw. Sparky keeps the times and counts from your notes, such as "10:24, group 6 has measured 2 objects", in the evidence.
Can I share the feedback with the teacher?
Copy it from the chat, or ask Sparky to turn it into a document, then print it, save it to Google Docs or download it as a Word file.
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