Teaching with Ambrook
Teach on the software real operations run on.
Students get hands-on with the software thousands of operations already run on, so the habits stick long after graduation. Free with a .edu email.
Free for students
Curriculum-ready
US-based support
Why Ambrook?
Built so students learn by doing, not by memorizing.
Real software, not a simulation
Students manage a live operation on the same platform thousands of farms and ranches run on, a step up from Quicken, QuickBooks, or Excel.
Classroom-ready
Free lesson modules (balance sheets, working capital, P&L, chart of accounts, plus industry topics like job costing and grazing leases). Plus custom transaction sets tailored to your program and the industries your students work in.
With US-based support
Enterprise, location, and project tracking, Schedule F/C-ready categories, and a US-based team that understands the businesses your students will actually run.
“The education modules are really good. It's so easy to use and everything I need is in the software.”
Dr. Bonnie Warnock, Clint Josey Endowed Chair for Sustainable Ranch Management; Dean, College of Agriculture, Life & Physical Sciences, Sul Ross State University
“The education modules are really good. It's so easy to use and everything I need is in the software.”
Dr. Bonnie Warnock, Clint Josey Endowed Chair for Sustainable Ranch Management; Dean, College of Agriculture, Life & Physical Sciences, Sul Ross State University
Everything you need to teach, out of the box.
Read a balance sheet
Assets, liabilities, and the equity a lender checks first and how to read all three at a glance.
Working capital
Why the cash on hand between planting and payday can make or break a season.
What a P&L tells you
Read profit and loss like an operator: what's making money, and what's quietly bleeding it.
Build a chart of accounts
Set up the books the way a real operation does, so every transaction lands in the right place.
Grazing leases
The numbers behind pricing, securing, and managing a lease that actually pencils out.
Understanding farm deductions
Learn the Schedule F basics, the deductions students will claim on their first real return.
How to get started
From first call to first class, in three steps.
1. See how it works
Book a walkthrough and we'll show you exactly how students sign up and what they'll do in Ambrook.
2. Get a plan for your class
We map our lesson modules to your syllabus, so the right one is ready the week you teach it. Nothing new for you to build.
3. Bring it to class
Students sign up free with their .edu email, and you join our educator community for live sessions with instructors already teaching on Ambrook.
Explore our free resources
Ambrook Education
Educational resources that help operators strengthen financial skills and build generational, independent businesses.
Hear from our customers
See why thousands of family-run operations trust Ambrook—and how they use it to run stronger, more resilient businesses.
Ambrook Funding
Our Funding Library will help you find, apply for, and track funding programs and grants — so you can access the capital you need to grow.
Frequently Asked Questions
Students and educators currently enrolled or employed at an accredited high school, college, university, or technical school. Sign up with your educational email for full access to our Pro features in minutes.
Spreadsheets teach the concept but not the workflow, no bank feeds, no real chart of accounts, no enterprise P&Ls, so it doesn't transfer. QuickBooks was built for retail. Ambrook is built for agriculture, with Schedule F categories, enterprise tracking, and a chart of accounts that matches the operations students will actually run.
No. Ambrook's layout, plain-language tags, and ag-specific chart of accounts make it approachable for a first-time class. Because the numbers roll up visually into P&Ls and balance sheets, it reaches students who don't think of themselves as "numbers people."
Their account and everything in it stays with them. Graduates keep their data and can keep going on a standard plan; many move the account they built in class straight into running their own or their family's operation.
Yes. Students can track income and expenses for FFA/4-H projects, a garden, a side operation, or the family farm, giving them fast and reliable books, as long as the primary account admin is 16 or older.
Yes. We offer live onboarding, resource guides, and support from a US-based team that understands the difference between a cow-calf and a stocker operation, so you can build your curriculum around it with confidence.
Agriculture is our core, but Ambrook also serves trucking, construction, and property management, relevant since many farm families run diversified operations. Students learn a tool their whole community is adopting.
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