The reasoning is recorded, not inferred
Each generated section stores the chosen instructional strategy and a written rationale. That gives a coaching conversation a shared artifact instead of two different memories of the same lesson.
Instructional coaches
AI lesson planning for instructional coaches
TeacherHero makes a teacher's planning decisions visible. Every generated section records the instructional strategy chosen and the reasoning behind it, the lesson's learning target, an alignment check against that target, and a version history — so a coaching cycle starts from what was actually planned rather than from recall.
The expensive part of coaching is reconstruction. Before you can talk about a lesson you have to work out what the teacher was aiming at, which move they chose, and whether the materials matched — usually from a plan written in a hurry in a document that no longer exists.
One day, six sections.
The gradual-release spine every TeacherHero lesson is built on, and what each phase looks like in your room.
- Section 1
Warm-Up
Shows whether the day opens on retrieval of prior content or on something unrelated — the fastest coaching signal in a lesson.
- Section 2
I Do
Makes the modelling explicit: the teacher script and the student handout are generated to walk the same page, step for step.
- Section 3
We Do
Shows where guided practice sits and how much of it there is, in minutes, before release.
- Section 4
Y’all Do
Carries the group task and the circulation questions, so “what were you listening for?” has an answer on the page.
- Section 5
You Do
Makes the independent ask visible next to the modelled one — the gap you most often need to name.
- Section 6
Exit Ticket
Ties the day back to the target with expected responses, which is where a plan's coherence usually confirms or collapses.
What that gets you.
Alignment is a readable check
A lesson can be checked against its own learning target, producing findings you can read and act on. The check is invalidated automatically whenever the lesson's context changes, so a stale green light cannot survive an edit.
Version history on every section
Prior versions of a section are kept and restorable, so “try it the other way and keep both” is a normal move rather than a risk.
A shared library, on purpose
A teacher can publish one lesson to a public library, and others can import a copy into their own course. Publishing is deliberate and per-lesson — it carries the full lesson content, including answer keys, and the publisher's name.
Frequently asked questions
Can I see why a teacher's lesson was planned the way it was?
Every generated section stores the instructional strategy that was chosen and the rationale for choosing it, alongside the lesson's learning target and its context. That turns a coaching conversation from reconstruction into review of a recorded decision.
Does it work across a whole team?
Each teacher owns their own courses. Sharing today is per-lesson and deliberate: a teacher publishes a single lesson to a public library and another teacher imports a copy. There is no shared district workspace, no admin console, and no roll-up reporting.
What does the alignment check actually check?
It compares the generated sections against the lesson's own learning target and reports where the two diverge. It is advisory and readable, not a score, and it is cleared automatically whenever the lesson's context changes — an alignment result is only valid for the version it was computed on.
Can it show a teacher a stronger alternative?
Yes. A section can be regenerated with a different instructional strategy that you choose, or with a fresh aligned alternative, without disturbing the other five sections. Both versions are kept, which makes side-by-side comparison a normal part of a coaching cycle.
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