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We tailor our engagement to meet your goals.

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Essentials

partnerships

Essentials

Know where you stand.


A structured diagnostic that gives your leadership team a clear, scored picture of your school's AI readiness. This can be completed as a review, if you have already begun your journey.


A dedicated consultant will work with you over a sprint to gather necessary information, conduct a structured interview, and complete 

Know where you stand.


A structured diagnostic that gives your leadership team a clear, scored picture of your school's AI readiness. This can be completed as a review, if you have already begun your journey.


A dedicated consultant will work with you over a sprint to gather necessary information, conduct a structured interview, and complete the report.


Priced for your school · ex GST


One-off · fully credited if you proceed further


You'll come away with

✓ A scored AI Ready Audit Report 

✓ Staff and community readiness data 

✓ Board-ready risk framing (if applicable)

✓ A clear, prioritised action plan

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partnerships

Essentials

Take your next steps even when the path is not clear.


Ongoing advisory support, which is flexible according to your needs.


Priced for your school · ex GST


6-month engagement minimum


We will walk with you to:

✓ Identify your goals

✓ Design your roadmap

✓ Work with your internal leads

✓ Track progress

✓ Leverage opportunities as they arise


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partnerships

partnerships

partnerships

Build something that lasts.


A full-year embedded partnership for schools that want genuine cultural change, not just a policy document and a PD day.


Priced for your school · ex GST


12-month engagement · Strategy included


You'll come away with

✓ A clear roadmap and ongoing support

✓ AI embedded where appropriate

✓ Students and parents engaged (K-

Build something that lasts.


A full-year embedded partnership for schools that want genuine cultural change, not just a policy document and a PD day.


Priced for your school · ex GST


12-month engagement · Strategy included


You'll come away with

✓ A clear roadmap and ongoing support

✓ AI embedded where appropriate

✓ Students and parents engaged (K-12)

✓ Measured maturity progress against your own baseline 

✓ A more capable organisation and community


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some of our most popular experiences:

Assessment redesign

We take a deliberate and honest look at our current assessment design and practice. Then we use a series of routines to understand how AI affects task integrity.

Leadership clarity

We facilitate a deep conversation about the current and future implications of AI on your context and establish a shared position.

Heads of Department strategy lab

What might curriculum leaders do to grapple with the challenges presented by AI? We work with your team to dive into the complexity and find your way forward.

Student wellbeing in the age of AI

We have a critical conversation about how AI is affecting our personal growth and our relationships. 

Practical skills and impact

We get on the tools with you and your colleagues. Using your approved AI systems, we get everybody on the same page and to a minimum level.

Whole staff immersion

This is a day where all your staff come together to align with the school's position on AI and learn the strategies and tools to take their next steps together.

Take a step towards a better future

choose the structure that works for you.

You can select one or more sessions as part of a single transaction.

Staff

Full day or half day

We build awareness and capability through interactive keynotes, workshops and plenary sessions so that all your staff walk away with the knowledge and skills to use AI responsibly in your context.


"The best PD I think I've ever had." (Deputy Principal, QLD Australia)

K-12 students

Full day or half day

We will co-design an impactful day of learning for your students that covers the reality of AI today, how it affects learning and wellbeing, and how they can build skills to use AI safely and responsibly. 


"I learned about why to use AI and when not to, not just to go straight to the tools." (Student, South Australia)

Teams

Full day or half day

Teams need to address both organisational goals and the needs of individuals. We help clarify what teams and their leaders need to do next in order to leverage AI to its maximum potential.


"You glued the team together!" (Director of Teaching & Learning, South Australia)

leadership (Senior or middle leaders)

Full day, half day or by the hour

We will facilitate deep, practical conversations with leadership teams about how AI helps achieve your mission, and build a plan to actually make it happen.


"We clarified our position whilst also building our own skills. Thank you!" (Principal, NSW Australia).

Parents

Full day, half day or by the hour

We take parents through an engaging conversation about the nature and impact of AI on young people and education. Through practical examples and advice we build parent capacity to be able to support their children through a time of rapid and widespread change.

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