Employee Engagement Software for Education

Education is facing a staffing crisis that threatens student outcomes. Teacher burnout is at an all-time high, substitute shortages force impossible coverage decisions, and institutional knowledge walks out the door every semester. Unmatched helps school districts, colleges, and universities measure staff engagement, detect burnout early, and build the supportive cultures that keep educators in the profession.

Education Workforce Challenges

The engagement problems keeping education leaders up at night — and why generic tools make them worse.

Teacher Burnout Has Reached Crisis Levels

Over 44% of K-12 teachers report feeling burned out frequently, driven by increasing class sizes, administrative burden, student behavioral challenges, and a pervasive sense that the profession is undervalued. Annual surveys miss the semester-to-semester swings that precede mid-year departures.

Staff Retention Threatens Institutional Stability

The teacher shortage is not a supply problem — it is a retention problem. Districts lose 8% of their teaching staff annually, and replacing a single teacher costs $20,000 or more. When experienced educators leave, they take curricular knowledge, student relationships, and mentorship capacity with them.

Budget Constraints Limit Tooling

Educational institutions operate on tight budgets with lengthy procurement cycles. Many settle for free survey tools that generate data nobody acts on, or expensive enterprise platforms priced for corporate budgets. Educators need affordable tools purpose-built for how schools actually operate.

Part-Time & Adjunct Faculty Disengagement

In higher education, adjunct faculty teach over half of all courses but are often excluded from institutional feedback loops, professional development, and governance. Their disengagement directly impacts student experience and learning outcomes, yet most institutions have no structured way to hear their voice.

How Unmatched Helps

Purpose-built solutions that address the real challenges of education workforce engagement.

Well-being Tracking

Semester-Aligned Well-being Monitoring

Well-being pulse checks calibrated to the academic calendar — capturing stress spikes during grading periods, standardized testing windows, and end-of-semester crunch. Administrators see building-level and district-wide well-being trends before burnout becomes attrition.

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Well-being Tracking
for Education
  • Well-being pulse checks calibrated to the academic calendar — capturing stress spikes during grading periods, standardized testing windows, and end-of-semester crunch.
  • Administrators see building-level and district-wide well-being trends before burnout becomes attrition.
Engagement Surveys

Engagement Surveys Built for Schools

Survey templates designed for K-12 and higher education contexts, with questions that reflect the realities of teaching — not corporate work. AI-powered analysis groups open-text responses into actionable themes like workload, administrative support, and professional growth opportunities.

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Engagement Surveys
for Education
  • Survey templates designed for K-12 and higher education contexts, with questions that reflect the realities of teaching — not corporate work.
  • AI-powered analysis groups open-text responses into actionable themes like workload, administrative support, and professional growth opportunities.
Exit Surveys

Retention-Focused Exit Analysis

When educators leave, structured exit surveys capture the real reasons — and AI pattern detection identifies whether departures cluster around specific schools, grade levels, departments, or administrative practices. Turn anecdotal exit interview notes into systemic insight.

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Exit Surveys
for Education
  • When educators leave, structured exit surveys capture the real reasons — and AI pattern detection identifies whether departures cluster around specific schools, grade levels, departments, or administrative practices.
  • Turn anecdotal exit interview notes into systemic insight.
Performance Reviews

Development-Centered Performance Reviews

Performance review frameworks aligned to teaching standards and professional growth goals, not corporate KPIs. AI-generated summaries synthesize classroom observation feedback, peer collaboration input, and self-reflection into development plans that educators actually find meaningful.

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Performance Reviews
for Education
  • Performance review frameworks aligned to teaching standards and professional growth goals, not corporate KPIs.
  • AI-generated summaries synthesize classroom observation feedback, peer collaboration input, and self-reflection into development plans that educators actually find meaningful.

The Numbers Behind the Challenge

Education workforce data that underscores why engagement cannot wait.

44%
Of K-12 teachers report frequent burnout symptoms
$20K+
Average cost to replace one teacher in a school district
8%
Of teachers leave the profession each year nationally

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about using Unmatched in education organizations.

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