Teacher & Educator PD
15 templates · Updated 2026-08-11
Professional development teachers can rehearse, not just read: classroom management against the student testing the line, lesson plans built backwards from one standard, AI ruled case by case under your district policy. Built mainly for schools and districts, with grading and feedback workloads treated as first-class problems.
- Ayla — AI Tutoring Tools That Withhold the Answer
AI tutoring tools for teachers, written for a one-person test-prep practice with no prompt-writing experience behind it. Five weeks building the no-answer rule against a simulated student who begs and guesses, done when three students finish a week unaided.
- Azra — CELTA Course: Survive Teaching Practice
A CELTA course tutor that runs alongside the four-week intensive, for trainees you cannot sit beside between tutorials. Staging, language analysis and the four written assignments drilled before each assessed teaching practice, until two consecutive plans need no staging changes.
- Phoebe — AI for Teachers: Five Levels, One Room
AI for teachers fitting one lesson to five ability levels in one room, from a coach that critiques rather than generates. Four weeks on your own standard and roster, with no finished lesson ever handed back, ending in one AI-assisted lesson an instructional coach signs off unchanged.
- Pia — Classroom Management Strategies: The Last Ten Minutes
Classroom management strategies rehearsed aloud, not read about: a tutor that plays the grade 7 student testing the line. Five weeks against your own behaviour policy, ending when a grade 6 to 8 teacher holds the last ten minutes for five straight days without raising their voice.
- Pilar — Lesson Plan Template Built Backwards From One Standard
A lesson plan template built backwards from one standard such as 6.RP.A.3, never from an activity. Four weeks with a specialist that interrogates the alignment and never writes the lesson, ending when three consecutive plans state the evidence before any activity is chosen.
- Piotr — AI in the Classroom Under Your District Policy
AI in the classroom, ruled case by case against your own district policy rather than a hypothetical. Three weeks with a tutor that names the clause behind every red, amber or green call, ending when every task carries a colour and a disclosure line.
- Poppy — How to Grade Papers Faster Without Losing Feedback
How to grade papers faster without losing feedback, for secondary teachers marking 150 essays a fortnight. Four weeks of calibration against departmental anchors and a comment bank built from your classes' repeat errors, ending when eight of ten scores land within one rubric band.
- Priya — Differentiated Instruction Strategies: One Lesson, Three Tiers
Differentiated instruction strategies for one 50-minute lesson meeting three reading levels, accommodations built in rather than bolted on. Four weeks with a co-teacher that critiques each tier instead of writing it, ending when one lesson runs three ways with a single shared exit ticket.
- Prosper — First Year Teacher Tips: The First 90 Days
First year teacher tips as a mentor on call for the first 90 days, not a survival guide to read. Five stretches from week-one routines to the first parent conference, ending in a full week taught without borrowing a plan and evidence on every student.
- Quentin — IEP Goals Examples That Survive a Compliance Review
IEP goals examples that survive a compliance review, from a coach that names the missing element and never writes the goal. Four weeks turning de-identified present levels into a baseline, a criterion and a monitoring schedule, ending at four consecutive goals passing a mock review.
- Quinn — Parent Teacher Communication Across a Language Barrier
Parent teacher communication across a language barrier, with a liaison that back-translates a teacher's Spanish so it still says what they meant. Three weeks from the first plain-language message to the conference itself, ending when the family repeats the agreed next step in their own words.
- Radha — Substitute Teacher Lesson Plans a Stranger Can Teach
Substitute teacher lesson plans a stranger can genuinely teach, rehearsed from both sides rather than downloaded. Three weeks on the first ten minutes in an unfamiliar grade 4 room and the 25 with no prep, ending when a colleague teaches a full day unaided.
- Rafaela — Data Driven Instruction: Four Groups By Friday
Data driven instruction for teachers who leave the MTSS meeting holding a DIBELS report and no plan. A four-week cycle with a coach that challenges every grouping rather than assigning children, ending with four groups, each with a named skill and a week-six exit rule.
- Ryoko — An AI Tutor Aligned to Your Course
An AI tutor for college course delivery, with hint ladders that stop one step short of the answer. Five parts for the module leader facing a curriculum committee, from outcome mapping to WCAG 2.1 Level AA, ending when the alignment map is signed off.
- Sable — Make Your Assignments AI Proof Without More Marking
AI proof assignments for module leaders with 180 students and no extra marking hours, built against a frontier model, not a detector. Four parts weighing process portfolios, oral defence and in-class writing, ending when a redesigned brief survives the machine attempt inside the marking budget.
Questions, answered
How do I use AI to differentiate one lesson for five ability levels?
AI for teachers fitting one lesson to five ability levels in one room, from a coach that critiques rather than generates. Four weeks on your own standard and roster, with no finished lesson ever handed back, ending in one AI-assisted lesson an instructional coach signs off unchanged. Explore the Phoebe — AI for Teachers: Five Levels, One Room template.
How do I stop losing the last ten minutes of every middle school period?
Classroom management strategies rehearsed aloud, not read about: a tutor that plays the grade 7 student testing the line. Five weeks against your own behaviour policy, ending when a grade 6 to 8 teacher holds the last ten minutes for five straight days without raising their voice. Explore the Pia — Classroom Management Strategies: The Last Ten Minutes template.
How do I unpack a standard like 6.RP.A.3 into a real lesson?
A lesson plan template built backwards from one standard such as 6.RP.A.3, never from an activity. Four weeks with a specialist that interrogates the alignment and never writes the lesson, ending when three consecutive plans state the evidence before any activity is chosen. Explore the Pilar — Lesson Plan Template Built Backwards From One Standard template.
How do I redesign my assignments to fit our new district AI policy?
AI in the classroom, ruled case by case against your own district policy rather than a hypothetical. Three weeks with a tutor that names the clause behind every red, amber or green call, ending when every task carries a colour and a disclosure line. Explore the Piotr — AI in the Classroom Under Your District Policy template.
How do I grade 150 essays faster without giving up useful feedback?
How to grade papers faster without losing feedback, for secondary teachers marking 150 essays a fortnight. Four weeks of calibration against departmental anchors and a comment bank built from your classes' repeat errors, ending when eight of ten scores land within one rubric band. Explore the Poppy — How to Grade Papers Faster Without Losing Feedback template.
How do I differentiate one 50-minute lesson for three different reading levels?
Differentiated instruction strategies for one 50-minute lesson meeting three reading levels, accommodations built in rather than bolted on. Four weeks with a co-teacher that critiques each tier instead of writing it, ending when one lesson runs three ways with a single shared exit ticket. Explore the Priya — Differentiated Instruction Strategies: One Lesson, Three Tiers template.
What should I actually do in my first 90 days as a teacher?
First year teacher tips as a mentor on call for the first 90 days, not a survival guide to read. Five stretches from week-one routines to the first parent conference, ending in a full week taught without borrowing a plan and evidence on every student. Explore the Prosper — First Year Teacher Tips: The First 90 Days template.
How do I write a measurable IEP goal from present levels of performance?
IEP goals examples that survive a compliance review, from a coach that names the missing element and never writes the goal. Four weeks turning de-identified present levels into a baseline, a criterion and a monitoring schedule, ending at four consecutive goals passing a mock review. Explore the Quentin — IEP Goals Examples That Survive a Compliance Review template.
How do I build a course-aligned AI tutor my curriculum committee will approve?
An AI tutor for college course delivery, with hint ladders that stop one step short of the answer. Five parts for the module leader facing a curriculum committee, from outcome mapping to WCAG 2.1 Level AA, ending when the alignment map is signed off. Explore the Ryoko — An AI Tutor Aligned to Your Course template.
How do I set up AI practice my students do between tutoring sessions?
AI tutoring tools for teachers, written for a one-person test-prep practice with no prompt-writing experience behind it. Five weeks building the no-answer rule against a simulated student who begs and guesses, done when three students finish a week unaided. Explore the Ayla — AI Tutoring Tools That Withhold the Answer template.
How can I support CELTA trainees between tutorials without adding more hours?
A CELTA course tutor that runs alongside the four-week intensive, for trainees you cannot sit beside between tutorials. Staging, language analysis and the four written assignments drilled before each assessed teaching practice, until two consecutive plans need no staging changes. Explore the Azra — CELTA Course: Survive Teaching Practice template.
How do I tell a Spanish-speaking family that their child is failing?
Parent teacher communication across a language barrier, with a liaison that back-translates a teacher's Spanish so it still says what they meant. Three weeks from the first plain-language message to the conference itself, ending when the family repeats the agreed next step in their own words. Explore the Quinn — Parent Teacher Communication Across a Language Barrier template.
What goes in emergency sub plans that a stranger can actually teach?
Substitute teacher lesson plans a stranger can genuinely teach, rehearsed from both sides rather than downloaded. Three weeks on the first ten minutes in an unfamiliar grade 4 room and the 25 with no prep, ending when a colleague teaches a full day unaided. Explore the Radha — Substitute Teacher Lesson Plans a Stranger Can Teach template.
How do I turn our DIBELS screener data into four small reading groups?
Data driven instruction for teachers who leave the MTSS meeting holding a DIBELS report and no plan. A four-week cycle with a coach that challenges every grouping rather than assigning children, ending with four groups, each with a named skill and a week-six exit rule. Explore the Rafaela — Data Driven Instruction: Four Groups By Friday template.
How do I redesign an assignment so AI cannot just do it?
AI proof assignments for module leaders with 180 students and no extra marking hours, built against a frontier model, not a detector. Four parts weighing process portfolios, oral defence and in-class writing, ending when a redesigned brief survives the machine attempt inside the marking budget. Explore the Sable — Make Your Assignments AI Proof Without More Marking template.