BloomBoard

BloomBoard, a venture-backed education technology startup based in Silicon Valley, is an individualized marketplace of educator professional development. It provides districts and states with free observation and evaluation tools in order to implement federally mandated teacher and principal observations. BloomBoard then uses the data collected to build individualized learning plans for teachers aligned to an open marketplace of professional development providers, resources, and workshops. BloomBoard was founded in 2010 based on a shared belief that teacher effectiveness is the most critical driver for improving public education, and that technology will dramatically accelerate that change. Two years—and thousands of teacher, principal, and administrator interviews—later, BloomBoard has emerged as the most effective tool to manage and support the growth of educators. The rapid adoption by our customers speaks for itself: since launching in January 2012 with 5 districts, BloomBoard has been awarded three state-level contracts (Colorado, Connecticut, and Delaware), and we expect to be in more than 1,000 districts by next year.