Fullmind

Fullmind supplies schools and districts with live, certified teachers who teach students over video, along with licensed related service providers for special education. Its home page title is "Certified Virtual Teachers for Every School," and its main pitch is to "solve teacher and related service provider vacancies." The buyer is a school or district, and the students are in that school, from elementary through high school, taught live during the school day by a Fullmind educator on screen.

The home page says over 600 schools and districts use Fullmind, to staff difficult-to-fill roles, expand class offerings, or give students additional attention. Its message to administrators is direct: "Don't sacrifice teacher credentials to fill your open role."

How the model works

Fullmind sums up its offer in four points: live, certified teachers and licensed related service providers; a flexible curriculum; an in-person teaching aide; and coverage of all subjects and learner needs. Its headline promises live educators in real classrooms, delivered by Fullmind's network of educators "to any school, in any subject, whenever staffing gets hard to find."

So the teaching is live, not recorded, and the class still sits in its own classroom. The educator teaches remotely, and the offer includes an in-person teaching aide. School staff quoted on the site fill in the practical side: one notes that students use headphones so the sessions do not disturb other classroom activities, another mentions communicating with Fullmind through Zoom, and a third, Alma A. from Colorado, says the dashboard "makes it easy to track hours, attendance, and tutor notes."

Services

The home page groups its services into three families:

• Staffing: Hybrid Staffing, SWD Services and IEP Fulfillment, and Homebound support.
• Scholar Prep: High Dosage Tutoring, Test Prep and Homework Help.
• Safety Net: Virtual Suspension Room, Credit Recovery and Attendance Management.

The full services menu adds Resource Rooms, Career and Technical Education (CTE), Related Service Providers, Case Management and support for Students Experiencing Homelessness. Taken together, Fullmind covers far more than a vacant math post. A district can cover a teacher vacancy, deliver services written into students' IEPs, teach a homebound student, run high-dosage tutoring for a grade that has fallen behind, prepare students for tests, keep suspended students learning in a virtual room, or give students a route to recover credits.

Courses

For schools that want to add classes rather than cover a vacancy, Fullmind lists "100+ available LIVE courses across core, elective and special ed," with separate class lists for elementary, middle and high school. This is how a small school can offer a subject it has no teacher for. A New York administrator, Natasha F., praises the "ability to choose specific subjects, especially for sciences," and says Fullmind connected students "with New York State certified instructors who are familiar with our state standards." A South Carolina district administrator says students "are enjoying the rigorous lessons, particularly in algebra."

What schools report

The testimonials on the home page come from administrators, HR directors and coordinators in Georgia, South Carolina, New York, Ohio, Colorado, California and Washington D.C., and they describe how the service runs day to day.

On tutoring, Suzi G. from Georgia describes a school day program for third graders: "We use Fullmind three days a week for 30-minute sessions." She adds that after about three months in the spring "the results were impressive enough that we've continued the program." Erica C. from Ohio uses Fullmind for ACT preparation and says "the weekly progress reports let me track who's participating and what they're working on."

On administration, Alma A. writes "I don't have to hire or train tutors," and says her students were engaged enough that the school bought more hours for summer and fall. Troy B. from New York values that Fullmind "sets up calls with parents and students to walk them through the platform," along with easy access to grades. Greg S. from Georgia says any problem "was solved within 24 hours or less." Jill S. from New York calls "the online dashboard for checking attendance" really valuable when communicating with parents, and says virtual options keep students on track when they cannot be physically present.

On commitment, Wilsey H., an HR director in South Carolina, says "the flexibility was a major selling point for our principals," and that "not having to commit for a full year was crucial."

Getting started and pricing

The site publishes no prices. The process it describes has three steps: request a consultation by booking a call or filling out the form, meet with an education consultant to discuss your needs, and receive a customized proposal for your district. The contact form asks for the visitor's state from a list of every US state and the District of Columbia, and separates school districts looking for solutions from teachers looking for employment.

Families and the wider company

Fullmind's main customer is the school, but it has a family-facing side. A For Families menu covers how Fullmind works, a letter from its CAO, homeschool families, tutoring at iTutor and an Astral Private School marked as coming soon. The company's blog describes iTutor as part of Fullmind, offering one-on-one tutoring by live video directly to parents and students rather than through a school.

Fullmind also recruits the educators it places: its contact form has a separate route for teachers looking for employment, and the site carries a careers section. For education leaders the company also publishes case studies, research, impact reports, a blog and the Learning Can't Wait podcast.

Who it suits

Fullmind suits US school and district leaders who cannot fill a teaching or related service post, or who want to add courses, special education services or high-dosage tutoring without hiring permanent staff. It fits schools that want students taught live by a certified teacher, with an aide in the room, attendance and progress reports, and a contract they do not have to sign for a full year. Its safety-net services also suit districts dealing with homebound students, suspensions, credit recovery and attendance problems.

It is a service for schools, so a parent looking for a tutor for one child is better served by the family side, iTutor, than by the main Fullmind offer. And because every class is live and scheduled inside the school day, it does not suit a school looking for self-paced online courses that students work through alone.