Compass curriculum planning and tracking

Plan the week.
Know what you’ve covered.

Plan lessons on your real timetable, link them to your curriculum, and see what’s planned or taught across each class.
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The problem

Curriculum coverage shouldn’t live in five different places.

The plan is in a Google Doc, the timetable is taped inside a cupboard door, last year’s unit is in a folder somewhere, the outcome list has highlighter on it from September, and the answer to “what did we get to?” lives in your head. Compass keeps the week and the curriculum in the same place, so planning one updates the other.
How Compass works

Set it up once, then plan the way you already do.

Your timetable, your plans and your curriculum stay connected, so the record builds while you teach.

  1. 1
    Set up your classes and timetable. Pick the curriculum, then add when each class meets.
  2. 2
    Plan the lesson your way. Write it, upload it, paste it, or ask Plan with Compass for a sequence.
  3. 3
    Teach it, then mark it taught. Confirm what you taught, and your coverage updates.
  4. 4
    Use the record when someone asks for it. Reports come straight from what you’ve already confirmed.
All your classes in one week: taught and planned lessons, open periods and routines, each class in its own colour.
What’s inside

Planning and tracking, in the same place.

Plan on the calendar, and every lesson you link shows up in your coverage. Each side has its own page if you want the full tour.
Wed 9:05PlannedComparing two groupsMathematics
Wed 10:15PlannedThe digestion mapScience
Thu 12:30PlannedMisleading graphsSocial Studies
Planning

Plan on the timetable you really teach.

  • Calendar and timetable. Weekly, alternating weeks or a day cycle.
  • Four ways to add a plan. Including the plans you already have.
  • Plan with Compass. Draft a sequence, then approve what fits.
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Arts Education
65%
English
38%
Mathematics
28%
Tracking

See what’s covered, class by class.

  • Coverage at a glance. To Do, Planned or Taught, outcome by outcome.
  • Check-ins and catch-up. Keep the record current, even from October.
  • Reports when someone asks. Summaries, plan logs and family notes.
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Two places to start

Behind on planning, or behind on tracking?

Proposal · waiting for your review
Introduction to ratios: four-lesson sequence
Oct 14 · 9:05Comparing two groups
Oct 16 · 10:00Part-to-part and part-to-whole
Oct 21 · 9:05Spotting equivalent ratios
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Plan with Compass

Help with the next two weeks.

Tell it where the class is and where you want to go next. It drafts a few lessons onto your real periods, and nothing saves until you approve it.

AI can be wrong, sometimes confidently. Every draft is yours to change or throw out.

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Which Science periods did you teach?
Wed, Sep 1610:15–11:35
Thu, Sep 17field trip
Wed, Sep 2310:15–11:35
10 of 12 periods marked taught
Catch up on the term

Started in October? September still counts.

Tick the periods you taught since the first day and the curriculum you covered, and your coverage catches up to today.
See how catch-up works

Plan with Compass is included with Compass Plus.

Your curriculum

Works from the curriculum you teach.

Eleven Canadian provinces and territories, England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Mexico and Common Core are built in. Teaching from something else? Upload it. You choose which parts of the curriculum count toward coverage, class by class, and Compass itself runs in English, French or Spanish.
11 provinces & territoriesEnglandWalesScotlandN. IrelandMexicoCommon CoreYour own upload
Getting started with Compass

Need a quick hand?

Start with the basics, then open Compass Learn & Support whenever you need more detail.
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Start here

Set up your class and timetable

Pick the curriculum and the parts that count, then add when you teach.

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Add a plan

Add a plan or log what you taught

Plan what’s coming, or Quick Log what already happened.

Add a plan →
Reports

Check coverage and pull a report

See To Do, Planned and Taught, then export what you need.

See reports →

Common questions

Do I need CARL to use Compass?

No. Compass works on its own. If you use both, you can connect them and send a plan across when you choose. They’re separate apps with separate logins.

What does the free plan include?

Three active classes, one custom curriculum source, the calendar and timetable, the coverage view and the core reports. Plan with Compass, Smart Scan, teaching check-ins, pacing alerts and family summaries come with Compass Plus.

I’m starting partway through the year. Is that a problem?

No. Catch up on the term walks back through the periods since the first day, so you can mark what you taught and the curriculum you covered in one sitting.

Does Plan with Compass decide what I teach?

No. It suggests a sequence and you decide. Drafts sit in a review card until you add them, keep them as notes or dismiss them, and a drafted lesson only counts as planned.

What do To Do, Planned and Taught mean?

To Do is everything you haven’t planned yet. Planned means a lesson on your calendar links to it. Taught means you’ve confirmed you taught it.

Does Compass need student information?

No. Compass tracks curriculum coverage at the class level. No personal student data.

Plans & Pricing

Start free. Upgrade when you’re ready.

Compass has a free plan for getting started, with paid options as your planning and tracking grow. Plan details, comparisons, and CARL bundles all live on one pricing page.

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Start with one class and this week’s timetable.

Set up a class, add the periods you teach, and put tomorrow’s lesson on it. Coverage starts filling in from there.

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