MMAP · Surveyor · Tier 01
The classroom layer. Built for how Montessori guides actually work.
Surveyor gives guides the tools to track, observe, and document learning in a way that reflects Montessori practice. Not retrofitted from generic lesson plan software. Built for the three-hour work cycle.
Tier 01
Classroom visibility without datafication.
Surveyor is the classroom layer of MMAP. It supports the guide's daily work—tracking lesson presentations, recording observations, maintaining material inventory, and holding each child's progress in a system that understands the continuum. No checklists that betray the philosophy. No grade boxes that flatten development into levels. Just the documentation that helps guides know what each child needs next.
The design principle
“The prepared environment requires a prepared guide. Surveyor supports that preparation—not by generating reports for administration, but by giving guides the visibility they need to serve the child.”
Who It's For
For guides who want to see the whole child, not just the compliance record.
Surveyor is built for classroom guides across all Montessori levels—from toddler to adolescent. It's designed for the guide who is tracking 25+ children across multiple curriculum areas and needs a system that holds that complexity without forcing artificial structure onto Montessori documentation. It is also for school administrators who want to support guides with tools that reduce overhead without creating a surveillance culture.
- —Classroom guides managing multi-age environments
- —Lead guides mentoring assistants and tracking shared classroom data
- —Curriculum coordinators overseeing documentation consistency
- —New guides building documentation practices from the beginning
- —Schools transitioning away from paper-based observation systems
Core Features
What you can do inside Surveyor.
Lesson Tracking & Presentation Logs
Track individual lesson presentations across curriculum areas. See what each child has worked with, what's been introduced, and what's ready for extension—without the overhead of a generic gradebook.
Observation Records
Document observations in a format that reflects Montessori practice. Timestamped, child-linked, searchable. The record that supports the guide's planning, not the administrator's audit.
Classroom Material Inventory
Track material availability, condition, and usage across the classroom. Know what's on the shelf, what's being used, and what needs to be repaired or replaced.
Individual Progress Visibility
A longitudinal view of each child's development across the curriculum—organized by area, not by grade level. See the continuum, not the checkboxes.
Guide Workflow & Planning Tools
Daily and weekly planning tools designed for the Montessori work cycle. Not period-by-period scheduling—time-blocked, child-responsive planning that respects the three-hour flow.
Cross-Classroom Data (with North Star)
When connected to North Star, observation data and child records flow between classroom and school systems. One record. No duplication.
In Practice
A morning with Surveyor.
A guide arrives and opens Surveyor. She can see at a glance which children haven't had a math presentation in two weeks, which materials have been heavily used, and where she left her observation notes from Thursday. During the work period, she records a brief observation—two sentences, one child—without pulling out a clipboard or interrupting the flow. At the end of the day, she logs three lesson presentations. It takes four minutes. The record is there. The child's development is visible. Nothing has been translated for a system that doesn't understand Montessori. The tool served the guide. The guide served the child.
No grade boxes
Progression documented on Montessori's own terms
No clipboard required
Observations recorded where the guide already is
No double entry
One record across classroom and school systems
Next in the Pathway
Surveyor connects directly to North Star.
When a school activates North Star, Surveyor data becomes part of the school-wide record. Child progress, observations, and classroom documentation connect to student profiles, family communication, and school operations—without migration, re-entry, or disconnected systems. The classroom data you've been building in Surveyor is already there, already organized, already part of the whole.
North Star · Tier 02
Student records, attendance, family communication, and daily operations. The school layer that builds on Surveyor.
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We'll walk through Surveyor in the context of your school's current documentation practices. Bring your questions about observation systems, lesson tracking, or the transition from paper.