Keeping teachers in charge of learning
teaching for
gen ai
At teachplus, we design and build AI solutions that foster better teaching in and beyond the classroom.
Tomorrow's teachers will be GEN-AI teachers. They combine traditional skills with technology and data literacy.
GEN-AI teachers are ...
Knowledge rich
Fluent with their learning area's content, and able to navigate it to match students' progress.
Relational
Know their students well and adapt teaching to meet students' individual needs.
Data literate
Understand data and use it to inform their teaching.
At teachplus we build tools that enhance GEN-AI teachers' capacity and professional autonomy.
Our Story
Add over 20 years experience in education at all levels and across the globe, to AI expertise in USA, Australia and New Zealand ... and you get teachplus.
Our vision is to support better teaching ... by teachers ... in the classroom and beyond. We do this by working with teachers and school leaders to design AI solutions that are 'crazy-easy' to use and enable teachers to spend more time on the high value parts of their work, such as interacting with students.
Meet The Team
Our Values
tahi
(pronounced "ta - hee")
PARTNERSHIP
We collaborate with others to learn together and help each other to succeed.
reka
(pronounced "wreck - r")
FUN
We love education, technology and business, and we want to enjoy them with others.
pono
(pronounced like "no - no"
HONESTY
We act with honesty and integrity.
pai
(pronounced "pie")
SIMPLICITY + QUALITY
We design solutions that are reliable and 'crazy-easy' to use.
tāngata
(pronounced "tongue - a - ta")
PEOPLE
We design and build solutions for people.
We invest in our staff to see them grow and succeed.
AI PRINCIPLES
01.
ORIGINAL LEARNING
We design solutions that foster students' original knowledge, thinking, creativity, and effort.
02.
GUARDRAILS
We will design our AI with appropriate guardrails (including cultural awareness), and help schools teach students how to leverage AI positively - identifying and mitigating its misuse.
03.
TEACHER FOCUS
Our designs keep teachers at the heart of teaching and learning.
04.
SCHOOLS AS HUBS
Our work supports schools as social (human) hubs of teaching and learning.
05.
CONNECTED INNOVATION
We foster teacher-led innovation ... listening and adapting to AI opportunities and issues as we collaborate with teachers and school leaders.
Learning to live with AI
AI is evolving rapidly and changing classrooms globally. Most strategies have involved ignoring it or trying to ban it, e.g. by using AI detection software.
These approaches are inaccurate and unsustainable as AI companies increase their investment in AI.
Instead, we need a generation of teachers who understand AI and can adapt their teaching to positively and effectively incorporate it into their classrooms - real or virtual.
teachplus works with teachers and school leaders to ...
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make teaching easier and better
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improve writing literacy
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support GEN-AI teachers with easy-to-use AI tools