Instructional Moments provide you with a new metric in your Brisk dashboard. We're actively refining it based on educator feedback.
What are Instructional Moments?
The Instructional Moments value is a weighted measure of teacher actions in Brisk that positively impact the student experience. Instead of treating every Brisk action equally, Instructional Moments reflect the quality of AI-assisted teaching happening in your district, not just the volume. Giving a student personalized feedback and drafting a parent email are both valuable, but they don't have the same instructional impact. Instructional Moments capture that difference.
This value is designed to help leaders see where meaningful, student-centered teaching is happening across their schools.
What Instructional Moments are not
- This is not a score or a grade. There is no "maximum" and no target to hit. Teachers aren't being ranked against a ceiling.
- It is not a count of unique moments. A teacher doesn't earn one "moment" per lesson. The number reflects weighted activity across all Brisk tools.
- It is not a measure of teacher effectiveness. It reflects activity in Brisk, not overall classroom quality.
How actions are weighted
Every Brisk action falls into one of six categories. Higher weights go to actions with more direct impact on student learning.
| Category | Weight | What it includes |
| Student Feedback & Growth | 3.0x | Individual and batch feedback on student work, inspect writing, Boost student extension feedback requests |
| Differentiation | 2.5x | Leveling content for different readers, decodable texts for early learners, translations for multilingual students |
| Interactive Student Learning | 2.0x | Boost activities where students engage directly with an AI tutor or coach |
| Assessment & Evaluation | 1.5x | Quizzes, practice tests, rubrics, DOK questions, standards unpackers, inquiry worksheets, math spiral reviews |
| Teacher Prep Foundational | 1.0x | Lesson plans, presentations, resources, unit plans, podcasts, newsletters, guided notes, and general content creation |
| Administrative | 0.5x | Emails, letters of recommendation, IEP and 504 templates, progress reports |
Why these weights?
The weighting reflects how directly an action touches student learning:
- Student-facing actions count most. Personalized feedback and differentiated content are at the top because they're what students actually experience.
- Assessment sits in the middle. Creating a quality assessment matters, but the impact shows up when students engage with it.
- Content prep is the baseline. Lesson and resource creation is essential work – it's counted at full value, just not amplified.
- Administrative work is de-emphasized, not excluded. It's still counted, just at a lower weight because it's not direct instruction.
The Standards Bonus
When a teacher uses academic standards in an action, that action is worth 2x more.
- Example: Creating a quiz is normally worth 1.5x. Creating that same quiz aligned to standards is worth 3.0x.
This reflects something we believe strongly: standards-aligned teaching leads to better outcomes for students. Giving it extra weight makes that visible in the metric.
Questions?
Instructional Moments are in beta, and we want to hear from you. If you have feedback, reach out to your Brisk Customer Success Manager.