AI for Teachers

Teaching in Australia presents unique challenges due to vast distances, isolated schools, and a multitude of languages. The Akkodis AI Platform for Education leverages AI-powered agents to streamline lesson planning, allowing teachers to focus more on student engagement.

AI-Powered Agents for Efficient Lesson Planning

The Akkodis AI Platform for Education utilizes generative AI, featuring specialized agents designed to simplify administrative tasks, including lesson planning. These tasks are broken down into manageable segments, enabling the AI system to respond effectively to specific requests.

Reducing Teacher Workload with AI

Stuart Ball, Director of Innovation at Akkodis in Perth, explains, “The Akkodis AI Platform for Education is a network of interacting agents. For example, one is an information agent. Its job is to provide data to the process agents, while a user agent acts on behalf of the user, facilitating communication between the user and other agents.”

AI agents and ‘agentic’ workflows have the potential to evolve from simple productivity assistants to sophisticated, interconnected knowledge-based solutions across various industries.

 

The Akkodis AI Platform for Education is a network of interacting agents. For example, one is an information agent. Its job is to provide data to the process agents, while a user agent acts on behalf of the user, facilitating communication between the user and other agents.

These semi-autonomous programs, equipped with a knowledge base and tools to interact with their environment, can collect data to achieve predefined goals.

Enhancing Teacher Efficiency with Agentic Support

“In the Education platform, a user agent represents the teacher, communicating with other agents, while an information agent supplies data to process agents,” Ball explains. “Distinct process-centric agents perform specific tasks, such as creating visual learning materials, interactive activities, and insightful presentations.”

Ball continues, “One agent designs lesson plans, and another addresses lesson differentiation requirements, catering to neurodiverse students or those with special learning needs by creating personalized lesson plans.”

Enabling Personalized Learning and Differentiated Instruction with AI

“There are far more demands on teachers' time than there are hours in a day,” says Ball. “Our goal is to ease that pressure. By streamlining lesson planning, teachers can dedicate more time to direct instruction, student engagement, and supporting differentiated learning needs.”

Research from the Grattan Institute's "Ending the Lesson Lottery: How to Improve Curriculum Planning in Schools" (2022) suggests that generative AI-powered lesson planning could save teachers up to three hours per week.

Long-Term Benefits of the Akkodis AI Education Platform

Ball highlights that the Akkodis AI Education Platform not only saves time and money but also reduces cognitive and emotional pressures on teachers, leading to better learning outcomes for students. 

As the platform evolves, it promises innovative solutions to further ease teachers' workloads, potentially transforming education globally.

Ball highlights that the Akkodis AI Education Platform not only saves time and money but also reduces cognitive and emotional pressures on teachers, leading to better learning outcomes for students.

 

According to UNESCO, the global education sector will need an additional 44 million teachers by 2030, underscoring the significant potential of AI-enabled solutions in education.

 

Future of AI in Education

At the start of the 2025 school year, eight schools and approximately 100 users in an Australian education jurisdiction were connected to the Akkodis AI Platform.