Resources for educators
Playground
Working tools from Sure Step Education. Free to use, nothing to sign up for, nothing sent to us — everything here runs in your browser.
CalSTRS · Live tool
When can I retire?
CalSTRS explains your pension with a formula and a page of lookup tables. This puts it in plain English and shows the actual dollar amount at every retirement age, side by side — for teachers and for administrators. Find the year your number jumps.
Open the calculatorBehaviorLog Pro · Live product
Take data on Jane Doe
Not a video and not a mockup — BehaviorLog Pro itself, running on one fictional student. Tap the behaviors, run a session, watch the graph move. No signup, and nothing about you is stored.
Try the demoInteractive engagement tool · Live tool
Who’s Up?
An interactive engagement tool for participation. Type in your class and let the machine decide who’s up next, set a draft order, build teams, or call bingo — on a rolling cage, a lottery blower, a slot machine, or a horse race. Names never leave your browser.
Open the machineMore tools will land here. Sure Step Education is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by CalSTRS or the State of California; tools on these pages are general educational information, not tax, legal, investment, or individualized retirement advice.