Confidence your students will gain an AI advantage
The future of K-12 education
Some good news! A solution is emerging for problems that have troubled teachers for years.
The blend of AI-powered adaptive software for core academics with in-person guides allows for accelerated academic progress AND rich, human nurturing.
In technical terms, this Flex blended-learning model is defined by . . .
- AI-powered apps for the instructional part
- in-person guides and friends for the human part
This model will replace conventional instruction.
We're here to help you incubate and scale it.
Why Guide School
Our Approach
Proven practices.
Efficient system.
We help schools develop staff who guide Flex models with excellence.
The practices we teach aren't new—personalized learning, mastery-based progression, individual coaching, and collaborative projects. But AI is making them way more effective.Â
Save time and improve results by relying on our tested system to prepare your staff for this wave.
When you partner with us, you can scale more quickly. Most adults have no familiarity with software-led instruction or how to teach if it's not at the chalkboard.
It's inefficient and expensive for you to create all your professional development. Plus, your staff benefits from networking with others .
Partner with us to get your time back, the relief of knowing your staff have baseline skills and a worldwide network, and more bandwidth to focus on your core operations and expansion.
Best of all, more students will get access to your inspired program.
Build your own competency stacks
Different skills for different schools
We respect your school's unique methods. So, we offer a menu of competencies that are generic to most Flex programs in our research. Select the stack of skills you want us to certify that your guides have mastered. Your students can certify, too, to become peer leaders.
Our Programs
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Join leading states and nations in outperforming with our AI/human blend.
PublicationsÂ
Blended
Using Disruptive Innovation to Improve Schools
This bestselling book from the Christensen Institute showcases the Flex and other blended-learning models.
The Blended Workbook
Learning to Design the Schools of Our Future
This workbook showcases annotated examples of blended-learning plans that Heather helped 75 school districts develop.
"Developing a student-centered workforce through micro-credentials" Paper
This paper proposes a method for reskilling the teacher workforce. Our "stackable competencies" stem from this research.
"Accelerate Learning in Malaysia" White Paper
This paper spotlights 88 Malaysian teachers who Heather led in implementing the a Flex model. This is their story.
"Singapore Teachers Design Blended Learning Together"
This case study documents Heather's second pilot test of a Flex model in Singapore, this time with six schools.
"Fairfield Methodist School (Primary) leads the way ..."
This case study documents Heather's first pilot test of a Flex model at Fairfield Methodist School (Primary) in Singapore.
"Is K-12 Blended Learning Disruptive?" White Paper
This paper Heather wrote with Clayton M. Christensen and Michael B. Horn argues that the Flex model is “disruptive."
"Classifying K-12 Blended-Learning" White Paper
Published by the Christensen Institute, this is one of the first papers to define blended learning and create its taxonomy.
"The Engine Behind WGU"
Configuration of a competency-based system
In one of her earliest papers, Heather Clayton Staker investigates the back end of a competency-based system.
Proven practices.
Efficient system.
We'll help you develop staff who can guide your version of a Flex blend with excellence.
Guide School is based on Heather Clayton Staker's 15+ years of research and testing. Our team will help you succeed.Â
Save time and improve results by relying on our tested professional development for guides.
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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:Â guide.school/Flex
