Retrayce was created from over a decade of firsthand experience working with students, schools, and the real challenges educators face every single day.
Raphael Tillman is an educator, mentor, coach, and youth development professional with over a decade of experience working with students, families, and school communities. He holds a Master's Degree in Applied Sport Psychology and has spent his career coaching and mentoring hundreds of young people — from elementary school students to college students — with a focus on confidence, resilience, and positive decision-making.
Early in his career as an educator, Raphael noticed a gap that stayed with him. When student incidents occurred, responses varied widely. There was no shared framework, no consistent documentation, and minimal reliable resources for educators to turn to in the moment.
That observation became Retrayce. Combining his background in education, youth development, and behavioral support with emerging AI technology, Raphael built a platform that gives schools a practical tool for streamlined incident documentation and more consistent, thoughtful student support.
His mission is to make schools more effective and educators more productive — creating meaningful student growth.
Retrayce exists because the gap between what students need and what schools are equipped to consistently deliver is real — and fixable. Not through more training, more meetings, or more paperwork. Through better tools that make the right response faster, easier, and more consistent for every educator in the building.
When educators are supported with the right resources at the right moment, everything changes. Responses improve. Documentation becomes effortless. Patterns surface before they become crises. And students — every student — get the level of support they deserve regardless of which adult happened to be in the room.
That is what Retrayce is built to do. Not to replace the judgment, the care, or the relationships that make great educators great — but to give those educators a system that matches the standard they already hold themselves to.
"I built Retrayce because I lived on the inside of this problem for years. I knew what it felt like to want to do right by a student and not have the tools to do it consistently. That feeling is what drives everything we build."
— Raphael Tillman, Founder & CEOJoin schools already on the waitlist for early access. Free for founding schools.