Join us in developing and improving MENTIR-AI

What if AI could help you better understand students' mathematical thinking, provide meaningful feedback, prepare for instruction, and support your own professional learning?

We're inviting mathematics teachers to partner with us in exploring these possibilities through MENTIR-AI, an emerging AI-supported system designed to build on teachers' professional knowledge and judgment.

Supported by the National Science Foundation, this opportunity brings teachers directly into the development, classroom testing, and improvement of new AI-supported instructional tools.

Participants will be compensated for their time, with flexible opportunities to contribute approximately 2–5 hours per week, depending on their availability. Onboarding will begin in fall 2026, with activities continuing through the first half of 2027.

Your experiences, ideas, and critiques will help determine what we build and how these tools can support meaningful mathematics teaching and learning.

What Will You Do?

Participating teachers will have opportunities to contribute to three connected areas of work, beginning with an exploration of how AI responds to students' mathematical thinking and extending into classroom use and the design of new instructional tools.

1. Help Us Understand What Makes Feedback Meaningful

We'll begin by sharing examples of student mathematical thinking alongside several different AI-generated responses.

You'll examine these responses, consider how they might support or limit students' mathematical engagement, and share your perspectives on what makes feedback useful, responsive, and instructionally meaningful.

Your interpretations, preferences, and critiques will help us better understand what teachers value in feedback and provide an important foundation for improving MENTIR-AI and guiding the activities that follow.

2. Explore MENTIR-AI in Your Classroom

You'll work with an emerging AI-supported environment that helps teachers examine student mathematical work and develop individualized feedback.

The process includes working with other participating collaboratively through...

• Collecting and analyzing students' mathematical work in the EnCoMPASS environment.

• Noticing and wondering about students' mathematical ideas and strategies.

• Using MENTIR-AI to generate draft feedback informed by your analysis.

• Utilizing that feedback and AI-generated insight to support teahcing (via feedback or other classroom routines).

• Reflecting on how the tools support your instructional goals and classroom routines and supporting our development team to better implement your vision. 

Throughout the experience, you'll share your perspectives on what works, what needs improvement, and what other forms of support would be valuable.

3. Help Design What's Next

We want to learn what you wish AI could help you do as a mathematics teacher. Through collaborative discussions, design workshops, and opportunities to review emerging prototypes, you'll help us explore new applications of MENTIR-AI.

Possibilities include preparing for mathematical discussions, anticipating student strategies, organizing opportunities for revision, supporting small-group instruction, and reflecting on student learning. We aren't looking for teachers to simply validate our ideas. We want your questions, challenges, and suggestions to help shape the next generation of tools.

What Can You Gain from Participating?

Beyond contributing to the development of MENTIR-AI, participation offers opportunities to:

• Explore emerging AI tools: Gain firsthand experience with approaches designed specifically for mathematics teaching.

• Learn from student thinking: Examine students' mathematical ideas and consider different ways of responding to them.

• Collaborate with other educators: Share experiences, exchange ideas, and investigate instructional possibilities together.

• Influence educational technology: Help shape tools around teachers' actual needs, classroom contexts, and professional judgment.

• Grow professionally: Reflect on your own instructional practices while exploring new approaches to teaching and learning.

Participation Details

We are recruiting mathematics teachers for a collaborative research and development experience beginning in fall 2026 and continuing through the first half of 2027.

Participation is designed to accommodate teachers' schedules and availability, with an anticipated commitment of approximately 2-5 hours per week (can be adjusted based on interest and availability). All participants will be compensated for their time.

Activities may include classroom implementation of MENTIR-AI, individual reflections and interviews, collaborative discussions with other teachers, design workshops, and opportunities to provide feedback on new tools and prototypes.

No prior experience with AI is required. We'll provide orientation and support as you explore the tools and participate in the development process.

Interested in Joining Us?

Help us build AI tools that reflect the knowledge, experience, and priorities of mathematics teachers.

Whether you're already experimenting with AI or are just beginning to explore its possibilities, we're interested in learning from your perspective.

Click the button below to apply.