Built by a Teacher - TeamTeacher Features

TeamTeacher wasn't created by tech people who thought teachers might need AI. It was created by Maggie, a teacher who taught across 7 countries, lived through the burnout, and knew exactly what was broken about teacher tools.

The Teacher Behind TeamTeacher

Maggie's Teaching Journey

7 Countries. 15 Years. Every Challenge You've Faced.

Maggie taught:

International schools across 3 continents
Public and private school settings
Elementary through high school
IB, Common Core, and national curricula
Students from 40+ countries
Resourced schools and under-resourced schools

She experienced:

60-hour work weeks as the norm
Endless searches for "that lesson I made last year"
Copy-pasting standards into AI tools over and over
Trying to align ChatGPT's responses with IB criteria
Losing formatting when copying AI content
Recreating materials she knew she'd made before

Why She Built TeamTeacher

The Burnout Was Real

Teaching internationally meant:

Creating materials from scratch for unfamiliar curricula
No department colleagues to share resources with
Different educational frameworks every few years
Constant time zone challenges for professional development
Limited institutional support or resources

Maggie left teaching not because she stopped loving students, but because the job became unsustainable.

The "What If?" Moment

"What if AI tools actually understood curriculum frameworks?" "What if formatting just worked when you copied content?" "What if you could find everything you'd ever created?" "What if AI felt like a colleague, not a chatbot?"

Instead of wondering, Maggie built it.

Teacher-First Design Principles

1. Respect Teachers' Time

Every feature exists to save time, not create new work.

❌ What we don't do:

Require extensive setup or configuration
Add "features" that create more administrative burden
Prioritize metrics that don't serve teaching
Build tools that look impressive but aren't practical

✅ What we do:

One-click actions where possible
Sane defaults that work for most teachers
Features that eliminate repetitive tasks
Tools that integrate with existing workflows

2. Understand Curriculum Reality

Generic AI doesn't know what teachers actually teach.

Because Maggie taught IB, Common Core, and state standards, TeamTeacher includes:

Pre-loaded curriculum frameworks
Agents trained on specific standards
Terminology teachers actually use
Assessment structures that match real requirements

We don't make you explain your curriculum to AI every single time.

3. Preserve What Works

Teachers have workflows that work - don't break them.

TeamTeacher integrates with:

Google Drive (where your files already are)
Google Docs (where you actually write)
Existing folder structures (that make sense to you)
Copy-paste workflows (because they're universal)

We don't force you into a new, "better" system. We make your existing system better.

4. Build Features Teachers Actually Need

Every feature in TeamTeacher exists because Maggie or alpha testers needed it.

Examples:

Curriculum Knowledge Bases

Teacher need: "I'm tired of copy-pasting IB criterion descriptors into ChatGPT"
TeamTeacher solution: Pre-loaded, searchable curriculum frameworks

Document Formatting

Teacher need: "When I copy ChatGPT tables into Google Docs, they fall apart"
TeamTeacher solution: Rich text editor that preserves formatting on copy

Semantic Search

Teacher need: "I can't remember what I named that photosynthesis lab from last year"
TeamTeacher solution: AI search that understands meaning, not just filenames

Phone-a-Friend

Teacher need: "I need curriculum expertise AND content expertise in one response"
TeamTeacher solution: Agents that collaborate automatically

The Alpha Testing Process

Real Teachers, Real Feedback

TeamTeacher's alpha test included:

50+ teachers across 12 countries
Elementary, middle, and high school educators
IB, AP, state standards, and international curricula
Science, math, humanities, and languages teachers
Experienced educators and first-year teachers

What They Said

On Formatting:

"The copy-paste formatting is the feature that makes everything else worth it. I waste so much time reformatting ChatGPT output - this just works." — Sarah, High School Science Teacher, Texas

On Curriculum Awareness:

"Having Minerva just know IB criteria means I actually use it. With ChatGPT, I'd spend 10 minutes setting context before getting any useful output." — James, MYP Coordinator, International School

On Search:

"I found a lesson I created 8 months ago by searching 'hands-on activity for teaching density'. I couldn't remember what I named it or which folder it was in. TeamTeacher just found it." — Lisa, Middle School Science Teacher, Minnesota

On Time Savings:

"I'm getting my evenings back. Not all of them, but more than before. That matters." — David, Elementary Teacher, California

Features Alpha Testers Requested

Many of TeamTeacher's features came directly from alpha tester feedback:

Conversation forking (requested by 8 teachers)
Google Drive import (most requested feature)
Shared notes across conversations (suggested by 5 teachers)
Custom agents for school-specific needs (requested by 12 teachers)
Folder organization for documents (unanimous request)

We Prioritize Teachers' Needs

Product Decisions

When deciding what to build next, we ask:

Does this save teachers time?
Does this reduce frustration?
Does this integrate with how teachers actually work?
Would Maggie have used this when she was teaching?

If the answer to any question is "no," we don't build it.

Pricing That Makes Sense

We know teacher salaries. TeamTeacher pricing reflects that:

Free tier for trying the platform
Affordable paid tier at teacher-budget prices
School/district pricing for institutional adoption
No surprise charges or hidden fees

We're not maximizing revenue per user. We're maximizing teachers who can actually use this tool.

Support That Understands

When you contact support:

You talk to people who understand teaching
No need to explain why you need X feature "right before grades are due"
We get that "sometime next week" means "I need this for tomorrow's class"
Empathy for the teacher experience, not just the technical problem

Join a Community Built by Teachers, For Teachers

TeamTeacher continues to evolve based on teacher input:

Monthly teacher feedback sessions
Feature requests voted on by the community
Beta testing for new capabilities
Teacher advisory board guiding product direction

This isn't a tech company building for education. This is a teacher who built the tool she needed, sharing it with other teachers who need it too.

Because every hour you save is an hour you get back.

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