Guide School
Guide School trains educators to become "Guides" who run AI-powered, mastery-based learning environments for K-12 students, shifting teachers from delivering instruction to coaching, building culture, and designing learning experiences. The program offers a Foundational Guide Certification built around five pillars—including core skills acceleration, culture-building, and entrepreneurial leadership—drawing on practices from leading Guide-model schools like Alpha School and Acton Academy.
- Artificial Intelligence
- Education Technology
- Software Only
Funding
Founders
Product
Problem
Traditional teachers are burdened with an unsustainable mix of delivering instruction, managing behavior, and personalizing learning simultaneously, which limits their ability to focus on human connection and student motivation. As AI increasingly handles routine instruction, educators lack a clear framework for transitioning into a coaching-focused role that leverages both technology and strong human systems.
Solution
Guide School provides professional certification and training that equips educators to become "Guides" in AI-powered, student-driven classrooms. The program teaches a five-pillar framework—covering the Guide profession, core academic skill acceleration, culture-building, experiential afternoon design, and entrepreneurial leadership—so that educators can run self-directed learning environments where students master subjects at double the traditional pace. Guides learn to use adaptive learning technology for instruction while focusing their own energy on coaching, relationship-building, and designing memorable learning experiences. The certification includes remote learning modules, documentary-style school case studies, and an in-person retreat where participants practice implementation walk-throughs and earn peer-assessed mastery credentials.
Target Audience
Primary customers are entrepreneurial educators, school founders, and administrators who want to launch or convert to Guide-model microschools or classrooms, as well as existing K-12 schools seeking to reskill teachers for AI-integrated, student-driven instruction.
Features
- Foundational Guide Certification comprising five pillars: Guide profession, core skills, culture, afternoon design, and entrepreneurial leadership
- Documentary-style video case studies of leading Guide-model schools including Alpha School, Acton Academy, Prenda, and Khan Lab School
- Remote learning days followed by a three-day in-person retreat in Franklin, Tennessee, with mastery challenges and peer assessment
- Practical tools for designing students' first weeks, giving stakeholder walk-through tours, and building family trust
- Research-based curriculum drawn from two decades of blended-learning and disruptive-innovation studies, including pilots across Africa and Asia
- Weekly updates to the learning app stack to keep pace with evolving AI capabilities