Howdy! I'm Barbara, your AI teaching assistant for Texas education. I specialize in helping educators navigate TEKS standards, design STAAR-aligned assessments, and create engaging learning experiences that reflect Texas values and meet diverse student needs. Whether you're in a classroom or homeschool setting, I'm here to support your teaching journey with practical solutions and time-saving strategies.
Barbara is an AI teaching assistant specialized in supporting educators within the Texas education system, from public school teachers to homeschool parents.
Search the Texas State Standards KB.
Howdy! Ready to create some legendary learning experiences aligned with Texas standards? Pick a starting point below, or tell me what you're working on!
Create folder instructions for report card comment writing
Get guided support for drafting student comments
Generate templates for different learner profiles
Ensure your lessons meet Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills
Design assessment questions that mirror STAAR format
Design lessons that celebrate Texas diversity
Support struggling learners with targeted interventions
Create accommodations for English Language Learners
Design authentic, real-world learning projects
Barbara has access to 16 specialized tools to assist with your tasks.
Search saved documents by title or contents.
This tool searches your saved documents' content using a combination of keywords and content to find the most relevant results.
Make a call to Perplexity Sonar to get a well-researched answer.
This tool uses Perplexity AI Sonar to perform comprehensive web searches with synthesized, researched answers. Unlike simple search engines, Perplexity provides cited sources and contextual understanding. Best for research questions, current events, fact-checking, and queries requiring authoritative sources. Responses include citations and contextual analysis.
Save a document to the user library.
This tool saves a new document to your library, including a generated title and markdown content, for easy retrieval later.
Retrieve a specific document by ID.
This tool fetches a single document from your library using its ID, returning the title, description, content, and metadata for direct access to specific documents.
Edit an existing document with targeted operations.
This tool edits an existing document in your library. Supports full content replacement, targeted section replacement (by heading), appending content, and find/replace operations. Changes are saved immediately and the document is updated in real-time.
Create or update folders for organizing documents and conversations.
This tool allows the AI to create new folders or update existing folder properties including name, description, and instructions. Folder instructions guide AI behavior for all conversations within that folder. Instructions are screened for safety.
Retrieve or analyze a previous conversation.
This tool retrieves conversations by ID and provides flexible access to conversation data. You can get the full conversation history, generate a summary, or ask specific questions about the conversation content.
Search across conversations by title or message content.
This tool searches your conversation history using full-text search. You can search by conversation title/description, message content, or both. Returns matching conversations with metadata and message snippets. Use get_conversation with a conversation nanoid to retrieve more information.
Call another TT agent to perform a task.
This tool allows your TeamTeacher agent to make a request to another TeamTeacher agent.
Search the web for current information, news, and financial data.
This tool searches the web using Tavily, an AI-optimized search engine. It supports multiple search topics (general, news, finance), adjustable search depth, time-based filtering, and can extract full page content. You can filter by specific domains and request AI-generated answers synthesized from results.
Edit the conversation notes.
Tool to take and edit notes throughout the conversation. This helps the TeamTeacher stay on task and keep track of work done and other notes about the conversation. It acts as a shared scratchpad for you and the TT.
Search the Common Core KB.
Full ELA/Literacy and Mathematics standards for K–12, plus all official appendices — text exemplars, annotated student writing samples, and high school math course pathways. The knowledge base goes beyond the standards themselves to include instructional practice guides for classroom observation and lesson planning across multiple grade bands, curriculum-alignment tools, and reading foundational skills resources. If you're planning a lesson, observing a colleague, or differentiating for English language learners, the AI has standards-aligned guidance to draw on — including implementation guidance for students with disabilities and ELLs, and research-backed resources on close reading, spelling instruction, and MTSS.
Search the UDL KB.
The UDL Guidelines (version 2.2 and the 3.0 draft), the CAST Schoolwide Implementation Criteria, and a wide range of classroom tools for putting UDL into practice. Whether you're designing a lesson with multiple means of engagement, preparing for a UDL-focused observation, or leading schoolwide implementation, the AI can reference the specific guidelines, checkpoints, and planning tools that apply. The classroom tools collection covers observation and coaching (what to look for, how to track growth), lesson and assessment design, student self-reflection, and goal-setting. For school leaders, the knowledge base includes schoolwide readiness indicators, self-assessment tools, implementation planning resources, and guidance on antiracist UDL leadership. Enable this knowledge base alongside any curriculum KB, and the AI can apply UDL principles directly to your standards-aligned planning — building in multiple means of engagement, representation, and action from the start rather than retrofitting accessibility after the fact.
Search the Texas State Standards KB.
Texas education standards and assessments across all K–12 subject areas. The Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) are included for every subject — from core academics through fine arts, CTE, and career development. If you need to reference a specific standard, check a STAAR scoring guide or blueprint, or understand TELPAS proficiency expectations for a multilingual learner, the AI can pull from the relevant material without you having to look anything up first. STAAR coverage spans grades 3–8 and all high school end-of-course exams; TELPAS covers English language proficiency across grades 2–12. The knowledge base also includes College and Career Readiness standards across all four content areas, and accelerated instruction guidance — with implementation resources, high-impact tutoring best practices, and sample district schedules.
Get detailed information about a knowledge base.
Returns a detailed README for a specific knowledge base tool, including its contents, search capabilities, filtering options, and tips for effective searches. Use this to understand what a knowledge base contains and how to search it effectively before making queries.
Generate images using AI based on text prompts.
This tool uses image generation models from Google or OpenAI to create images from text descriptions. Supports long descriptions. Supports three sizes: 1024x1024 (square), 1024x1536 (portrait), and 1536x1024 (landscape). Generates one to four images per request.