Is it really about time saved? Or more around focused attention and impact?

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There is a question worth asking before EduTech opens its doors this June. If AI was supposed to give teachers their evenings back, why are so many school leaders watching their staff more stretched than ever?

The answer most people reach for is AI detection. Teachers save an hour planning. They spend it chasing down whether the student used ChatGPT or Claude. The time does not disappear. It relocates.

That is the provocation at the heart of the conversation Teacher’s Buddy is opening at EduTech this year. Our Head of School Implementations, Rebecca Burrell, is joining Adrian Cotterell from Thinking Mode on the EdTech Innovation Stage to challenge the idea that time saved is time found. Their session, "The Reabsorption Trap: Why Saving Teachers Time Isn't Enough," is at 11:00am on Wednesday 4 June. If you have ever sat across from a teacher who is exhausted despite using AI, it is worth attending.

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What Teacher’s Buddy actually does

Teacher’s Buddy is an AI platform built around your school, not adapted from a generic tool and handed to your teachers. The difference matters more than it sounds.

Most AI tools give teachers a blank canvas. Teacher’s Buddy gives them a canvas pre-loaded with your school’s curriculum, your frameworks, your scope and sequence, your differentiated learner groups. The output is not generic. It reflects the standard your school has spent years building.

For teachers, that means materials are nuanced for every learner in their class, from their highest flyers to those who need more scaffolding, without a separate workflow for each. One lesson plan. Multiple learner groups. Teacher-controlled outputs, every time.

For school leaders, it means moving from a patchwork of individual AI subscriptions to one cohesive platform that every classroom, every teacher, and every new hire works from. The strategy that lives in the leadership team can finally live in the lessons.

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What you can see in person at EduTech

You will find us in Innovation Alley at EduTech 2026, 3–6 June. Come and see a live ‘Learner Groups’ demo: watch one lesson plan generate differentiated materials for high-ability, scaffolded, ESOL and high-needs learners simultaneously, all teacher-controlled. This also publishes directly into Google Classroom and Microsoft, so nothing breaks in your existing stack.

While you are there, scan the QR code to enter our competition to win a year of Teacher’s Buddy for your school, valued at approximately $20,000. Every entry can also create a free account on Teacher’s Buddy 2.0.

If you are a school leader looking to move past the AI patchwork and into something built around your school. Book in time to speak with the team about what a 1-hour PD session looks like. Your whole school could be live in a week.

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Teach on your terms

We are not at EduTech to tell you AI will fix everything. We are there to show you what it looks like when AI is built around the school, controlled by the teacher, and focused on student impact. Come and find us at EduGrowth Innovation Alley.

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