NOVA+ · The AI Continuity Layer for Education

When a student comes back from an absence,
NOVA+ helps their teacher bring them back up to speed.

NOVA+ is the connective layer between the systems your district already owns. It is designed to read attendance from your SIS and log every session, with SIS integration in active development, so it can trigger catch-up lessons, IDEA-compliant accommodation records, and ESSA interventions for the students every other platform leaves behind.

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Pilot running at Opportunity High School, Marshall Public Schools, since September 2026.
Built by a Michigan classroom teacher for Michigan students.

"Every student returning from an absence faces the same moment of integration. NOVA+ gives teachers a clear starting point and students a structured path back. It was built for that moment." Jason Raddatz, Alternative Education Teacher & Founder
The Platform

Three tools. One connective layer.

NOVA+ sits alongside the systems your district already owns and layers on top of your existing tools. It is designed to read attendance from your SIS (PowerSchool, Infinite Campus), with that integration in development. No replacement required.

Base Platform
Base
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NOVA+ Learn

Guides returning students back through missed content using questions, not answers. When a student returns, NOVA+ drafts a personalized catch-up briefing from teacher session notes, and the teacher approves it before the student sees it. Starting it automatically from attendance is in development.

Base
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NOVA+ Teach

Lets any teacher build AI-assisted lessons directly from their own notes — feeding the whole continuity system. No curriculum redesign. No extra prep time.

Base
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NOVA+ Access

Applies the accommodations a case manager authorizes in every tutoring session, and logs each delivery for the student's IDEA service record. Case managers can export the last 90 days of delivery records at any time.

Add-Ons — Student Support
Add-On
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NOVA+ Affirm

Badges and positive recognition tied to your school's expectations, and a daily student check-in. When a student checks in as Struggling, it goes on a list for their teachers, their special education case manager, the interventionist, and administrators. Parent engagement and re-enrollment workflows are on the roadmap.

Add-Ons — School Operations
Add-On
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NOVA+ Administer

Live today: staff role management, class assignment and co-teaching, and a full audit trail of access changes. On the roadmap: scheduling, early warning, and enrollment intelligence.

How It Works

From absence to re-entry

1

Student goes absent

NOVA+ is designed to read the attendance event from your SIS and respond to the absence itself, not just the return. SIS integration is in development.

2

NOVA+ builds the catch-up

NOVA+ Teach and Learn draft a personalized catch-up lesson from the teacher's own notes, and the teacher approves it before the student sees it.

3

Every accommodation logged

NOVA+ Access records each accommodation the tutor applies, with who authorized it, for the student's IDEA service record, without the manual paperwork.

4

The student stays on your rolls

Re-engaged instead of dropped — the student keeps moving toward graduation, and the district keeps the per-pupil revenue that walks out the door with every disenrollment.

Who NOVA+ Serves

Built for the people the absence hits hardest

Classroom Teacher
2–3 hrs/wk

spent rebuilding lessons for absent students. NOVA+ drafts the catch-up from the teacher's own notes, for the teacher to approve.

Student
Questions, not answers

The tutor guides a returning student back through missed content with questions rather than answers, and applies their accommodations in every session.

SPED Coordinator
Logged automatically

NOVA+ records each accommodation delivery automatically, so the service log keeps itself.

What That Moment Costs

When a student doesn't come back, it hits every ledger.

Michigan, 2023–24: about 3 in 4 chronically absent students are economically disadvantaged. NOVA+ starts here — with Michigan's alternative education programs — and grows through the region.

413,000
Michigan students chronically absent — 29.5% of ~1.4M K-12 students (MDE, 2023–24)
311,000
of them economically disadvantaged — 40.1% of Michigan's economically disadvantaged students
$10,050
per-pupil revenue lost every time a student drops off the rolls
IDEA
audit exposure when accommodation delivery goes undocumented during absences
60-Second Overview

See NOVA+ in 60 Seconds

A quick look at what a returning student experiences — from absence detected to catch-up complete.

Pricing

Published tiers. No quote walls.

Per-program annual pricing, published up front — no confidentiality clauses. Used to supplement existing services, NOVA+ is commonly funded under Title I-A, IDEA Part B, Title IV-A, and Michigan Section 31a. You determine allowability under 2 CFR 200.403; we supply the cost-allocation memo and per-module usage data to support your determination.

Essentials
$9,000 / yr
35 concurrent slots + one building included · then $125 / slot / yr
  • NOVA+ Learn — AI tutoring & catch-up briefings
  • NOVA+ Teach — lessons built from teacher notes
  • NOVA+ Access: IDEA accommodation delivery logs
Adds Student Support
Plus
$10,500 / yr
35 concurrent slots + one building included · then $125 / slot / yr
  • Everything in Essentials
  • NOVA+ Affirm: badges, positive recognition, and a daily student check-in
Complete
$12,500 / yr
35 concurrent slots + one building included · then $125 / slot / yr
  • Everything in Plus
  • NOVA+ Administer: staff roles, class assignment, and an access audit trail (scheduling and early warning on the roadmap)

Supplemental use — commonly allowable under Title I-A · IDEA Part B · Title IV-A · Michigan Sec. 31a. NOVA+ Administer is an administrative cost, budgeted to the general fund rather than a grant.

Pilot partnerships receive preferential founding rates. Cost-allocation memo and per-module usage documentation provided to support your allowability determination, including the Title I-A targeted-assistance evidence trail and Michigan Section 31a.
Interested in being a founding district partner?  Let's talk →

Milestones

Where NOVA+ is — and where it's going

✓

2026 — Research complete

IU Ed.D. paper and 20 pilot lessons behind the instructional model.

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2026: Pilot live

Students and staff at Opportunity High School, Marshall Public Schools, have used NOVA+ since September.

3

Fall 2026 — Content development

Secondary Math & Science in progress; ELA + Social Studies land Fall 2026.

4

Next: First paid pilot

One school, full deployment: the proving ground before regional rollout.

5

Later: Regional scale

~50 alternative education programs across Michigan and neighboring states.

The Team

Built by educators, engineers, and specialists

Jason Raddatz

Founder

MiSTEM Innovative Educator · AI evaluation consultant · developer of nationally recognized websites · international PD presenter · expert in project-based learning and edtech integration.

Sean Dennehey

Architecture & Coding

Application architecture and development. BA, Physics.

Chrissy Pfeil

Operations & Sales

Operations, sales, and customer support. PhD, Educational Leadership.

Callahan DeCillis

Design & Content

Design and content development. BA · MA, Clinical Psychology.

Julia Thuemmel

Admin & Special Education

Administrative support and special education. BA · MEd.

Leigh Raddatz

Financial & Business

Financial and business operations. CPA · MBA.

"With NOVA+ comes results."

NOVA+ is actively seeking its first paid pilot partner: one school, full deployment, founding rates.

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