AI for teachers across the whole job

AI for teachers, built for the whole job —
not just the lesson plan.

Curriculum to lesson plans to assigning, collecting, grading, differentiating, IEPs, growth insights, report cards, and parent emails. The entire teaching and learning cycle. Yes, it saves you time. The point is what you do with it.

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The reframe

Time saved is the side effect. Better teaching is the point.

Most "AI for teachers" tools sell you back your Sunday afternoons. That matters. But it's the smaller half of what AI in your classroom can actually do.

What "saves time" usually means

A faster version of what you were already doing.

A lesson plan generated quicker. A worksheet drafted faster. A report card comment composed in seconds. Useful — and on its own, that's where most AI tools stop. They make the existing job easier. They don't change what's possible inside it.

What changes the work

Things you couldn't realistically do before.

Differentiate a single lesson plan for 27 students before Tuesday. Preview tomorrow's plan against each kid's reading level and IEP goals, then adjust. See the growth signals you're missing. Write 30 specific, evidence-backed comments instead of 30 generic ones. The time savings make the better teaching possible.

The whole teaching and learning cycle

One platform across every part of the job.

Most AI tools live in one corner of the cycle. Colleague is the platform that connects all four — so the work compounds across plan, teach, assess, and communicate, with the same context flowing through.

Stage 01 · Plan

Design the learning.

  • Curriculum development
  • Standards-aligned lesson plans
  • Slides, podcasts, activities
  • Differentiation
  • IEP goals woven in
Stage 02 · Teach

Run the day.

  • Assign work to your class
  • Collect work in any format
  • Photos of handwritten work
  • AI Teaching Aide for students
  • AI Tutor under your visibility
Stage 03 · Assess

See the learning.

  • Rubric-based AI grading
  • Specific written feedback
  • Standards-coverage reports
  • Student growth insights
  • Patterns across the class
Stage 04 · Communicate

Tell the story.

  • Report card comments
  • Progress reports
  • Parent emails
  • IEP meeting prep
  • Conference notes
Context flows through all four stages. What you taught informs what you assess. What you assess informs the next plan. What you observe shows up in what you tell parents.
The thing you couldn't do before

Preview Tuesday's lesson on your actual class.

Before you teach a plan, see how it lands for each student. Colleague previews your lesson against every learner profile in the room — reading level, IEP goals, language supports, prior assessment data — and shows you exactly where it'll catch and where it'll lose someone.

Then differentiate in one click — not by re-writing the plan from scratch, but by adjusting the parts that need to flex for the kids who need them to.

  • See the plan through each student's lens before you teach it
  • Spot the kid who'll be lost on slide 4 — and fix that slide for them
  • Pre-built scaffolds for IEPs, ELLs, accelerated learners
  • Differentiate one assignment for 27 students in minutes, not hours
  • Adjust mid-week based on the work you just collected
Instructional practice, built in

AI that ships with a pedagogy attached.

Every output Colleague generates carries a position on rigor, prerequisite knowledge, and what counts as evidence of learning. The instructional choices aren't an afterthought — they're the product.

UDL by default

Built on Universal Design for Learning principles.

Multiple means of representation, engagement, and expression baked into every lesson plan and activity. Designed in alignment with the UDL framework from CAST.org — not bolted on after.

Standards-aligned

Tied to the standards you actually teach.

Common Core, NGSS, state-specific, and international standards. Every lesson plan, assessment, and report comment can be mapped to specific standards — so you can verify coverage at a glance.

Differentiation that's doable

Scaffolds for IEPs, ELLs, and accelerated learners.

The kind of differentiation that's been a best practice for decades but rarely doable at scale — for every student, every week. Now it is.

Evidence-based feedback

Grading that names the next step.

Rubric-based AI grading with specific written feedback tied to the standard or skill being assessed. Not a number — an explanation of what to work on next.

Growth-oriented

Student insights that show the trajectory.

Where each student has grown, where they've plateaued, where the next instructional move matters most. The signals that grades alone can't show you.

You stay the teacher

Drafts only. You sign off on every output.

Nothing — a lesson, a comment, a grade, a parent email — leaves your screen without your review and approval. The AI does the prep. You do the teaching.

$18M
in federal R&D from IES & NSF
1.5×
grade-level math growth — vs. 1.0 typical
1.15×
grade-level reading growth — vs. 1.0 typical
50%
average reduction in prep time
Backed by research with the University of Washington and the AmplifyLearn.AI Research Center, led by Dr. Min Sun. Compliant with SOC 2, FERPA, COPPA, SOPIPA, and GDPR. Used by teachers in 79 countries.
The whole job, done better

AI for teachers that changes what's possible in your room.

Try Colleague with one of your real classes. Plan a lesson. Preview it on your students. Differentiate in a click. See what changes when AI shows up across the whole cycle — not just one task.

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