Guiding the way with AI/human blends

Hello! I'm Heather Clayton Staker, founder of Guide School. 

We specialize in staffing K-12 schools and microschools that use AI-powered adaptive apps for accelerated academics and in-person guides for rich, human nurturing.

Our children need inspired schools like yours (or like yours can become!). Welcome.

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worldwide impact

List of countries: Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Malaysia, Russia, Rwanda, Singapore, UAE, UK, US

AI-powered Flex blends provide advantages that conventional K-12 classrooms simply can't match

Conventional K-12 classroom model

AI-powered Flex blend

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  • Sit-and-get, monolithic instruction
  • Performance depends on being lucky enough to get an all-star teacher
  • Easy to get lost in the crowded hallways
  • Frequent whole-group instruction
  • Can feel irrelevant to the real world
  • Self-directed learning at the right level using software
  • Students get in-person guides rather than exhausted instructors
  • Small, tightly-knit classrooms, studios, or microschools
  • Frequent individual coaching
  • Real-world application

Traditional teachers weren't prepared for this

Guiding in an AI-powered Flex model is a 180 from conventional teaching. We'll help you develop staff who believe in students driving their own learning and know how to guide them.

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You can lead the way in this work.

We'll add momentum.

Our programs

Accelerate Course
($)

The 2-hour course leads you through 7 steps to launch a Flex model.

ENROLL

Summer 2025
($$)

Join us for this year's Curiosity Quest! Three days of wonder.

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Certification
($$$)

Go from Apprentice to Lead Guide through our rigorous program.

CERTIFY

Enterprise
($$$$)

Join leading states and countries in outcompeting AI-instruction laggards.

LEAD

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Do you have a teacher or a guide mindset?

Take this FREE quiz to see if you're better suited to work in a conventional classroom or a 21st-century Flex blended-learning model.

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The truth about computers in K-12 classrooms

The research is clear: Using phones and laptops for instruction can lead to worse results. Grab this FREE research brief with seven truths about devices.

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Checklist items to look for in a Flex program

Grab this FREE checklist of what to look for the next time you're touring a school, hiring for an education job, or shopping for a school for your children.

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Akmal Shahir, Teacher

Malaysia

"This program makes me feel the revolution of education. It makes me want to learn more and more. It is easy to access and user friendly." 

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Hafiz bin Abu Bakar, Teacher

Malaysia

"Students were thrilled to engage in activities that moved away from the traditional 'chalk and talk' method. I feel delighted guiding."

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Aziah Yahaya, Teacher

Malaysia

"I was so grateful to be given the chance to join this program. It enabled students to engage, explore, and develop 21st-century skills."

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Free case study

A gallery of examples to help you Flex

Get ideas from Malaysia! This case study shares the experiences of Malaysian teachers who took the first steps toward a Flex model.

This beautiful 48-page document features photos and videos depicting the work of 88 teachers from primary and secondary schools across Malaysia.

The gallery shows the disruptive innovation of blended learning using a Flex model. This up-and-coming design has students learning online as the backbone of instruction, with offline, in-person activities to offer connection and application.

Microsoft provided the digital education tools for this study, and I coached the teachers with the help of my Ready to Blend team (now "Guide School").

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Staffing AI-era schools with guides

Disruptive innovators are replacing conventional classrooms with AI/human blends. These unique schools need guides. We're here to support you in this critical advance for K-12. Save your spot for our next webinar here: guide.school/Flex

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