iteach® Partners with Khan Academy to Increase Access to AI Tools for Pre-Service Teachers
July 16 2024 - 9:25AM
iteach®, the nation's highest quality alternative teaching
certification provider, has partnered with Khan Academy to provide
all new educator candidates with free access to Khanmigo for
Teachers, a pilot AI-powered teaching assistant. Khanmigo for
Teachers is one of the first tools of its kind designed to help
teachers save time so they can focus on the very human work of
instructing a classroom full of students.
The partnership between iteach and Khan Academy will train
future educators on ways to use AI for curriculum and
lesson-planning to save time and enhance student learning. iteach’s
six required educational foundation courses will also equip new
teachers to instruct students about the ethical usage of AI.
Future educators can use Khanmigo to create lesson plans and
assignments, and to enhance their own learning. Last school year,
teachers in 53 school districts across the US piloted Khanmigo in
their classrooms. Through this partnership with Khan Academy,
iteach teacher candidates will learn how to get the most out of
Khanmigo in its beta form, while gaining valuable insights through
iteach’s program about how to teach K-12 students to use AI
responsibly.
“AI is no longer the future; it's the present,” said Andrew
Rozell, president of iteach. “Teachers need to know how to use it
themselves and how to teach their students appropriate applications
of AI tools. Through iteach’s partnership with Khan Academy, new
teachers will enter the classroom with confidence, ready to educate
students on the ethical use of AI and take advantage of this
powerful technology to ease their own workloads, which we all know
is often overwhelming.”
Many teachers have already embraced AI to help ease their
workload and improve their effectiveness in the classroom. An
EdWeek Research Center survey found that one-third of K-12 teachers
have used AI-driven tools. However, many teachers still feel
unfamiliar with AI technology and are not entirely confident in
their abilities to effectively incorporate it into the classroom.
Some teachers using AI to ease their workload said they would like
to learn more about the best ways to use and teach students about
it.
Recent research shows that many Americans feel that AI skills
should be incorporated into K-12 education. A recent survey from
YouGov found that 60% of parents want schools to focus on
appropriate AI usage rather than prevent students from using AI,
and 29% believe it is very necessary for K-12 students to learn
AI-related skills for their future careers. Students also want more
support in understanding how to use AI effectively, with a survey
from the National 4-H Council revealing that 72% of K-12 students
would like more help from adults in learning how to use AI-powered
tools.
As of late June, all current and future iteach enrolled and
hired candidates will have access to Khanmigo for Teachers, which
includes GPT-4, throughout their certification process. For
pre-service teachers looking to brush up on skills, Khanmigo offers
the feature “Refresh My Knowledge” to review content knowledge in
various subject areas. iteach’s team of expert educators will also
coach iteach candidates on implementing AI in their
classrooms.
“When AI is carefully adapted to a learning environment, we
believe it has enormous potential,” said Kristen DiCerbo, chief
learning officer at Khan Academy. “Through this partnership,
Khanmigo will equip aspiring iteach educators with their own
personal teaching assistant. When they enter the classroom as
credentialed teachers, they’ll be able to put AI to use to
streamline prep and focus on spending quality time with
students.”
With 21 years of experience, iteach has helped more than 29,500
teachers earn their credentials in 14 states - and growing. The
company currently works with 1,550 districts and Local Education
Agencies and is the only non-university alternative teacher
certification program that has earned accreditation from the CAEP.
According to its most recent survey, 96% of school administrators
and HR professionals would recommend iteach to their
peers.
To learn more about the partnership between iteach and Khan
Academy, view iteach’s Khanmigo town hall and product
demonstration. For more information about iteach’s incorporation of
Khamigo for new teachers into their educational foundation
curriculum, visit iteach.net.
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About iteach
iteach® is a high-quality, trusted, competency-based alternative
teacher preparation and certification program that combines the
convenience of online learning with a full year of face-to-face
supervision during a teaching residency. Now part of the certified
B Corp K12 Coalition, iteach was founded in 2003 to help talented
people become educators while avoiding the high costs and time
commitments of some traditional educator preparation programs. To
date, the organization is the only non-college Council for the
Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) certified program in
the United States and has helped over 30,000 teachers become
certified. The iteach model has been so successful at preparing
high-quality educators on a large scale that the program now offers
state-approved certification programs in 14 states and counting.
Learn more at iteach.net.
About Khan Academy
Khan Academy is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with the
mission of providing a free, world-class education for anyone,
anywhere. Khan Academy is piloting an AI guide called Khanmigo that
is a tutor and teaching assistant. Khanmigo is designed for the
classroom and integrated into Khan Academy’s award-winning platform
of more than 70,000 practice problems, videos and articles. School
districts across the country use Khan Academy’s district
offerings—Khan Academy Districts and Khan Academy Kids—to support
teachers and students. Worldwide, more than 165 million registered
learners have used Khan Academy in 190 countries and more than 50
languages. For more information, please see research findings about
Khan Academy and our press center.
- Every new iteach candidate receives access to the paid version
of Khanmigo for Teachers
- iteach helps new teacher candiates effective learn and teach AI
with Khanmigo
Stacey Dillon
PRP Group, a Hawke Media Company
480-225-4809
sdillon@hawkemedia.com