Teachers' planning periods are consumed by administrative tasks, leaving insufficient time for actual lesson planning.

Workarounds Described

• Spends the first 10 minutes of planning period answering emails
• Manually responds to parent questions during planning time
• Manually fixes errors in the gradebook
• Interrupted by someone asking about a student not in their class
• Manually completes forms during planning period

Implied Software Gaps

• Automated email triage and response system to reduce time spent on email
• System to automatically handle common parent queries or provide quick response templates
• Gradebook automation tool that detects and corrects errors automatically
• A system to filter or redirect non-essential interruptions (e.g., a virtual assistant to answer questions about students)
• Automated form filling from existing student data

PlanShield

PlanShield is an AI-powered assistant for teachers that automates and streamlines administrative tasks during planning periods. It intelligently triages emails, drafts responses to common parent queries, fixes gradebook issues, auto-fills forms, and filters interruptions, freeing teachers to focus on lesson planning.