While many schools have initiated foundational Science of Reading training, ongoing support remains a challenge due to limited time and in-person coaching resources.
The AI Coach platform addresses this by amplifying in-person coaching with on-demand, personalized Science of Reading support, helping schools sustain impactful changes in teaching and helping teachers improve student learning outcomes.
Teachers pick their own learning goals aligned to the best practices of Science of Reading, and AI Coach delivers personalized content.
Our partnership with Digital Promise ensures that the hundreds of strategies recommended to teachers are evidence-based and backed by published research.
Each strategy has been hand-curated by literacy experts and is shown to boost student outcomes.
During the coaching cycle, teachers identify their priorities and the AI Coach platform delivers customized coaching and resources to help them improve. Content is regularly updated to ensure the recommendations stay fresh and relevant.
Guided by the virtual coach’s personalized observation tips, teachers analyze their teaching videos with goal-aligned, timestamped comments.
The virtual coach prompts teachers to reflect on their analysis and develop a near-term goal in their professional growth priority area.
Teachers develop an action plan to enact in the classroom with curated resources from the virtual coach.
The virtual coach supports teachers to identify the impact of their action plan and learnings for future professional growth.
This pathway aligns with best practices validated by extensive research and real-world application.
To build the Science of Reading pathway in AI Coach we partnered with literacy experts to review our coaching model and to ensure topics are all aligned with best practices. We also collaborated with Digital Promise to ensure the recommended strategies are evidence-based.
Every strategy recommended for teachers is supported by 3-5 published studies showing how these approaches predict student outcomes. Additionally, each strategy was analyzed for its connection to specific teaching skills.
The Science of Reading pathway is included with an AI Coach subscription. Most schools can provide the AI Coach platform to their entire building for $3,450 or less.
For context, in-person coaching averages $1,670 per cycle. AI Coach provides additional coaching capacity for as little as $10 per cycle.
Our tools are aligned and eligible for many state and federal funding initiatives including - Title I, Title II, IDEA, and more. Contact us for detailed information and help with aligning your funding requests.
The pathway offers flexible, self-paced, on-demand, structured literacy training, eliminating the inefficiencies of traditional "sit and get" sessions.
Teachers can engage in the coaching cycle at their convenience and complete it over multiple sessions. In total, the process can be completed within two hours (similar to in-person coaching).
In addition, the coaching provided is actionable and ongoing. With unlimited access to coaching cycles, teachers can continuously focus on improving different areas of their practice. This approach ensures that professional development is practical and readily available whenever teachers need to enhance their Science of Reading skills.
Yes. Videos uploaded to the AI Coach platform are protected with single-sign-on security and are only viewed by the teacher who added them.
In addition, all of Edthena's tools are FERPA-compliant.