Teacher's Pet: An AI-Powered Command Center for Educators
The Teachers Portal is a sophisticated web application designed to empower educators by integrating advanced AI into their daily workflow. It addresses the critical need to reduce administrative burden, provide deep, actionable insights into student learning, and streamline lesson planning and delivery. This platform serves as the central hub for teachers, transforming raw student data into a clear, strategic overview of their classroom.
Project Role: Lead Architect and Product & Project Manager
Our team steered this project from concept to a functional pilot, with involvement spanning the full lifecycle:
Vision & Strategy
Defined the product vision, roadmap, and feature set for both the Teachers Pet and the companion student-facing “Teacher's Pet App.”
Technical Architecture
Designed a scalable, cloud-native architecture for both applications, with a focus on robust AI integration using LLMs, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), and vector databases.
Team Leadership
Built and managed a cross-functional, distributed team of engineers, educational experts, and designers.
Compliance & Safety
Ensured the platform met strict educational and privacy standards, including COPPA/FERPA compliance and implementing AI safety guardrails.
Key Features of the Teachers Pet & Portal App
The portal is designed to be an indispensable daily tool for teachers, providing proactive assistance and deep insights at a high level.
The AI-Powered Action Center (Dashboard)
The dashboard is the teacher's command center, offering an at-a-glance overview of the day. Instead of forcing teachers to hunt for data, the AI surfaces what matters most through proactive alerts, nightly reports summarizing student activity, and an interactive daily plan.
Actionable Student Insights
The portal moves beyond simple grade reporting to offer a holistic view of each student's learning journey. It uses AI to generate plain-language assessments of student status, suggest concrete interventions for struggling students, and present performance data through intuitive charts and visualizations.
AI-Assisted Lesson & Content Management
Lesson planning is reimagined as a collaborative process between the teacher and the AI. Teachers can leverage AI to generate complete lesson plans and receive dynamic suggestions for adapting future lessons based on real-time class performance data, ensuring instruction is always responsive to student needs.
The Ecosystem: Synergy with the “Teacher's Pet App”
The Portal's intelligence is fueled by its companion, the Teacher's Pet App. This student-facing application features a friendly AI tutor that helps with homework and reinforces concepts.
A bi-directional data sync allows teachers to push lesson topics to the student app and, in return, receive rich data on performance, engagement, and learning profiles. This creates a powerful feedback loop where teacher-guided learning is enhanced by AI-driven personalisation and analysis.
Voice AI Integration: The app features advanced voice capabilities powered by ElevenLabs' pre-trained voice models, allowing students to engage in natural spoken conversations with their AI tutor. This voice integration creates a more immersive and accessible learning experience, particularly beneficial for auditory learners and students who prefer verbal interaction over text-based communication.
Technical Architecture & Stack
The platform was built using a modern, scalable, and AI-centric technology stack to ensure a robust and responsive experience.
Frontend & User Experience
- React.js
- Next.js
- TypeScript
- Rive (Animation)
Backend & AI Integration
- Node.js
- Python (FastAPI)
- PostgreSQL
- Supabase
AI & Machine Learning
- OpenAI APIs
- Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
- Vector Databases
Cloud & Infrastructure
- AWS
- Vercel