Start with actual behavior.
Map what students, teachers, leaders, and families really do before designing the interface.
Bespoke work, tailored to each school community.
Helping schools
keep their promises.
I turn the realities of schools into thoughtful software. Every engagement is bespoke — shaped around the individual needs of your school community, so products help students learn, educators grow, and leaders act with clarity.
Jonathan Tyrrell20+ years in education
In focus / 01 · Foundational learning
BrightPath Reading
A local-first kindergarten literacy prototype built for small steps and stronger foundations.
School experience.
Product perspective.
9+AI-enabled tools built
1,364ELA & math standards structured
394Priority standards identified
01 / Selected work
15 working demonstrations. Original sample content. Fictional records.
Real problems.
Thoughtful products.
From a child’s first reading practice to a leader’s next decision, each product starts with the people doing the work.
01 / Working prototype
BrightPath Reading
A confident start in reading.
A local-first kindergarten literacy prototype with explicit phonics, short practice paths, supportive correction, adaptive review, and a caregiver progress view.
02 / Student learning
Prokope
Find the next useful step.
A standards-linked adaptive engine that diagnoses prerequisite gaps, selects the next useful skill, and makes mastery evidence visible.
03 / Student learning
Placement Studio
Make the starting point clearer.
A placement workflow with sample screenings, illustrative reports, and aggregate insights built from fictional records and original practice content.
04 / Student learning
CreditBridge
Recover learning, not just credits.
A self-paced credit-recovery environment connecting diagnostic evidence, standards mastery, coursework, feedback, and administrator visibility.
05 / Educator development
Elevate Coach
Turn observation into practice.
A coaching system connecting low-inference observation evidence, bite-sized action steps, practice, check-ins, and progress views.
06 / School systems
Northstar Insights
Bring evidence into focus.
A role-based analytics environment joining assessment evidence, projection models, subgroup views, and data-quality checks.
Project index
The wider collection
01BrightPath ReadingA local-first kindergarten literacy prototype with explicit phonics, short practice paths, supportive correction, adaptive review, and a caregiver progress view.Student learning02ProkopeA standards-linked adaptive engine that diagnoses prerequisite gaps, selects the next useful skill, and makes mastery evidence visible.Student learning03Placement StudioA placement workflow with sample screenings, illustrative reports, and aggregate insights built from fictional records and original practice content.Student learning04CreditBridgeA self-paced credit-recovery environment connecting diagnostic evidence, standards mastery, coursework, feedback, and administrator visibility.Student learning05Elevate CoachA coaching system connecting low-inference observation evidence, bite-sized action steps, practice, check-ins, and progress views.Educator development06Northstar InsightsA role-based analytics environment joining assessment evidence, projection models, subgroup views, and data-quality checks.School systems07KIPP CoachAn AI-supported coaching environment connecting observation, feedback, action steps, professional learning, and follow-through.Educator development08Growth NavigatorA personalized learning pathway combining placement evidence, sequenced activities, progress milestones, and student, family, and teacher views.Student learning09Career Pathway StudioA guided assessment translating interests, strengths, and work preferences into explainable career pathways and an actionable plan.Student learning10Principal Growth LabA personalized leader-development workspace combining a growth plan, coaching cycle, deliberate practice, evidence, and school outcomes.Educator development11SchoolConnectA secure family-communication workflow for targeted outreach, approved templates, delivery visibility, and assigned follow-through.School systems12Records Integrity StudioAn intake and reconciliation workflow that identifies missing evidence and creates an auditable path from records receipt to final placement.School systems13Execution ScoreboardA weekly operating system connecting wildly important goals to lead measures, owners, commitments, and visible follow-through.School systems14Poreia StabilizationA coordinated student-support workflow connecting referrals, risk signals, accountable owners, services, alerts, and documented follow-through.School systems15Compliance CompassAn executive dashboard organizing academic, attendance, discipline, special-populations, finance, staffing, governance, and authorizer obligations.School systems
Try working demos with original sample content and fictional records. Explore a workflow, change the evidence, and inspect the result. These demonstrations do not establish validated learning outcomes.
02 / The approach
Technology should carry the complexity.
Good software makes difficult work more coherent while preserving professional judgment.
Make rigor more accessible.
Personalization should scaffold students toward demanding work, without lowering the intellectual ceiling.
Design beyond the screen.
Ownership, data quality, review routines, and implementation capacity are part of the product.
Keep humans accountable.
AI can surface patterns, generate options, and reduce workload. Consequential decisions require informed human review.
03 / Behind the work
A school leader’s perspective.
A builder’s instinct.
LeadershipChief Schools OfficerKairos Academies
ServiceU.S. Army ReserveChaplain
I’m Jonathan Tyrrell.
My work sits where education leadership, product strategy, and responsible AI meet.
Across more than 20 years in schools, I’ve worked on the challenges these products address. As Chief Schools Officer at Kairos Academies in St. Louis, I built 9+ AI-enabled tools spanning placement, intervention, counseling, compliance, enrollment, and school performance.
I led a founding school to top 1% national results on NWEA MAP and helped Kairos Academies reach the top 1% nationally for student sense of belonging.
- Founding work
- Compass Rose Ingenuity Secondary School
- Fellowship
- Pahara-Aspen Education Fellow · 2026
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