Colleague AI is a platform initially created through federally funded work at the University of Washington’s AmplifyLearn.AI and AmplifyGAIN centers. Its development is supported by National Science Foundation and Institute of Education Sciences grants to design, study, and evaluate generative AI tools that augment teachers’ instructional practice in K-12 mathematics and science. The opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not represent views of the funders.
Grounded in mixed-methods research and human-centered AI design, Colleague AI integrates advances in generative modeling with established instructional and assessment practices. The platform is designed to support teachers’ efficiency and instructional quality across core tasks such as lesson preparation, formative assessment, automated scoring, and personalized student feedback, while keeping educators in the decision loop.
Colleague AI serves as the primary vehicle through which AmplifyLearn.AI conducts iterative research, usability testing, and pilot evaluations with school district partners, examining impacts on teacher time use, instructional quality, and student learning outcomes. Findings from AmplifyGAIN and related studies directly inform ongoing platform development.
What Colleague can do for you as your partner in education
Improves Instructional Effectiveness while Saving Educators’ Time
Spend more time doing what you love—teaching. Colleague aims to cut educators’ lesson preparation time by 50%, while ensuring quality using its specialized AI that integrates with research-based effective teaching practices. It provides free access to a large, rapidly growing repository of vetted lesson materials and assessment items.
Adapts to Your Teaching Style and Your Students’ Needs
Through personalized generation and recommendation, our AI assistant adapts to your teaching style and a wide range of students’ needs in academic learning pace, language proficiency, and special education accommodations.
Serves as an Assistant, Companion, and Friend for Educators
Colleague’s design and development embrace a human-centered AI partnership model that makes the technology respect and amplify educators’ and students’ creativity. It features a lesson quality checking function, aligns lessons with state learning standards, nudges educators to iteratively improve, and brainstorms ideas with educators anytime, anywhere.
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