Lead Spark Team is designed to help schools improve instruction at every level—giving teachers the tools to spark curiosity in classrooms AND the structure to build capacity through collaboration.

Launching March 2026 with two integrated features:

Feature 1: Team Improvement Cycles

Build Capacity Through Collaboration

What it does:

Gives principals a structured framework to activate small teacher teams (3-8 teachers) to solve specific instructional challenges in focused 2-8 week cycles.

The platform generates research-backed action plans, facilitation guides, and reflection protocols—so teams can diagnose challenges, test solutions, and build permanent capacity.

Built on collective teacher efficacy (1.39 effect size—the highest in education research).

The 6-Step Process:

1. Identify Challenge - You define the focus area
2. Connect to Research - Platform recommends evidence-based strategies
3. Activate Team - Select 3-8 teachers, generate action plan
4. Define Success - Set measurable indicators
5. Generate Materials - Platform creates meeting guides and protocols
6. Build Capacity - Teams test, reflect, decide: Adopt, Adapt, or Abandon

After each cycle, your teachers are stronger. The next challenge? They can solve it themselves.

Feature 2: Spark Curiosity AI Coach 

When Students Have No Entry Point

What it's for:

That moment when you're about to teach a difficult concept—photosynthesis, fractions, the Civil War—and you know your students have zero background knowledge or connection to the topic.

How do you create an entry point? How do you make them CARE before you even start?

What it does:

Spark Curiosity AI Coach generates micro-inquiry prompts that help students build conceptual understanding and community BEFORE you introduce new content.

Teachers input their learning objective and student context. The AI creates 3-5 thought-provoking questions that:

• Activate prior knowledge (even when there isn't much)
• Build curiosity about WHY this matters
• Connect abstract concepts to students' lived experiences
• Create a collaborative entry point for the whole class

This is NOT a daily lesson planner. (Those exist everywhere.)

This is a strategic spark—for when stakes are high and students need a bridge to understanding.

Example:

Teacher inputs:
"7th grade students will learn about the water cycle. Most have never thought about where water comes from or goes." AI generates curiosity-building prompts: "Close your eyes and think about the last time you saw water disappear. Where do you think it went?"
"If you could follow a single water drop for 100 years, what journey do you think it would take?"
"Why do you think some places have too much water and other places have none?"

Teachers use these prompts to:

• Start a 10-minute whole-class discussion
• Build community through shared wondering
• Create conceptual hooks BEFORE diving into core content

Not every lesson. Just the ones where students need a spark.

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