Evidence-Based Education Solutions

AI For
Schools 🚀

A comprehensive AI training programme for teachers & students built on science, delivered with joy.

🧑‍🎓 Student Training ↓ 👩‍🏫 Teacher Training ↓
Wasma Imran×Aytaj Ismayilzada
Co-Founders · EBES · Tallinn, Estonia · info@ebesonline.com

Meet EBES where research meets real classrooms

Evidence-Based Education Solutions is a professional development organisation based in Tallinn, Estonia. Every single thing we do is backed by science and now we're bringing that rigour to AI education for the 21st century.

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Research-Backed

All our PD design is grounded in peer-reviewed research we don't just say "evidence-based", we share the evidence with participants explicitly.

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Spaced Learning

Sessions spread across months with reflection periods built in because one-day workshops don't change anything. Real change takes time and follow-through.

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Peer Collaboration

Educators learn best together. We design for it pair tasks, group projects, and monthly check-ins that build genuine professional communities.

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Expert Trainers

Years of experience across IB curricula, education policy, curriculum development, research, and classroom teaching from real educators, for real educators.

Our Co-Founders

WI
Co-Founder & Lead Trainer

Wasma Imran

A seasoned educator with a Master's in Educational Innovation and Leadership, Wasma has taught in international schools since 2016, served as a curriculum specialist, and consulted for government in Pakistan. She currently teaches Business Management and Theory of Knowledge in the IB Diploma Programme in Tallinn.

As an assistant IB examiner and experienced trainer, Wasma leads curriculum design and trainer development for the AI For Schools programme bringing her trademark blend of warmth, rigour, and practical wisdom.

AI
Co-Founder & Learning Experience Designer Lead

Aytaj Ismayilzada

✏️ Bio coming soon watch this space!

Two tracks. One mission. AI-ready schools.

AI For Schools is structured around two parallel, purpose-built tracks one for students, one for teachers. Both grounded in the same evidence-informed EBES approach, but tailored to where each group is starting from and where they need to go.

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Track 01

Student Training

Four modules that take students from curious beginner to confident AI builder understanding the tools, building agents, and designing real AI solutions to real problems.

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AI Literacy

Students build a rock-solid foundation in what AI actually is, how it thinks, and what that means for their world the good, the complicated, and everything in between.

Understand core AI concepts: machine learning, neural networks, generative AI
Spot AI in everyday life and understand how it got there
Critically evaluate AI-generated content for bias, accuracy, and reliability
Engage confidently with AI ethics: privacy, consent, misinformation, accountability
Discuss AI's societal impact across healthcare, education, economy and beyond
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AI Tools

Hands on, no spectators. Students get to actually use the tools that professionals are using and learn to use them well, responsibly, and creatively.

Master effective prompting strategies for high-quality, useful outputs
Understand how these tools are used in real-world professional contexts today
Develop good judgment around when, why, and how to use AI tools responsibly
Complete applied cross-subject tasks using AI assistance
🔦 Tools We Explore
💬 ChatGPT 🧠 Claude ✨ Gemini 🎨 Midjourney 🖼️ DALL·E 3 🌅 Adobe Firefly 💻 GitHub Copilot 🔮 Cursor AI 🎬 Runway ML 🎵 Suno AI 📊 Tableau AI 🔍 Perplexity AI 📝 Notion AI
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Creating an AI Agent Self-Paced

The flagship module. Students don't just learn about AI they build one. A real, working AI agent designed around a use case they choose themselves. Project-based, student-led, genuinely impressive.

Understand what an AI agent is and how it differs from a static tool
Learn the building blocks: goals, inputs, processing, and outputs
Design and prototype a simple AI agent for a real-world use case of their choice
Test, iterate, and improve based on performance and feedback
Present their AI agent to peers and teachers building communication skills alongside technical ones
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Building an AI Solution🗓️ 24-Hr PD Only

The most ambitious student module. Working in teams, students tackle a real problem from their school or community, decide which AI capabilities to deploy, and build an end-to-end AI solution from diagnosis to deployment. This is project-based learning at its most meaningful.

01 🔍 Scan the Problem Map workflows, identify pain points, and frame a clear problem worth solving with AI
02 ⚖️ Choose Your Tools Evaluate AI tools and capabilities against the problem and make an evidence-based decision
03 🚀 Build & Present Prototype the solution, test it in context, and present findings to a real audience
Identify and define a real problem within their school or daily life that AI could meaningfully address
Evaluate multiple AI tools and capabilities against defined criteria to select the right approach
Design and build a working AI-powered solution with measurable impact
Test the solution, gather feedback, and iterate
Communicate the solution, rationale, and outcomes clearly to peers and stakeholders
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Track 02

Teacher Training

Six modules designed around how teachers actually work planning, differentiating, staying current, using the best tools, and building real AI solutions to optimise their own working lives.

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AI Literacy for Educators

Before teachers can guide students through AI, they need solid grounding themselves. This module delivers exactly that with a pedagogical lens, not a techie one.

Understand how AI works at a conceptual level no technical background required
Recognise AI applications relevant to their subject areas and student age groups
Navigate the academic integrity challenges generative AI creates in schools
Develop classroom norms and policies around student AI use
Connect AI literacy to the broader development of critical thinking in learners
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AI as a Lesson Planning Assistant

One of the most immediately useful things AI can do for teachers. Less time on paperwork, more time on people. This module makes that happen practically.

Use AI tools to generate lesson plans, objectives, and rubrics from scratch
Adapt AI content to specific curricula, including IB programmes
Create engaging activities, discussion prompts, and inquiry tasks with AI help
Save planning time while keeping full pedagogical intentionality
Build a personal AI-assisted planning library for their context
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Differentiation with AI

Every classroom has a spectrum of learners. AI can help teachers meet every single one of them without burning out trying to create 25 different versions of everything by hand.

Create differentiated materials for students with varying abilities and learning needs
Generate tiered tasks, scaffolded explanations, and multiple content representations
Build adapted materials for ELL students and those with special educational needs
Design personalised feedback pipelines using AI-assisted review tools
Understand where teacher judgment is irreplaceable and where AI genuinely helps
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AI Capabilities in the World Today

Students ask "but why does this matter?" Teachers need an answer that's honest, current, and inspiring. This module gives them the full picture of where AI is right now and where it's going.

Explore AI applications across healthcare, finance, creative industries, education, law, and government
Know which AI tools and frameworks professionals are actually using today
Engage with real case studies of AI transformation successes, failures, and ongoing debates
Connect AI trends to the career landscape their students are heading into
Talk about AI implications in employment, creativity, and decision-making with real confidence
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AI Tools Workshop for Educators

A hands-on, sleeves-rolled-up workshop where teachers actually sit down with the most powerful AI platforms available today. No theory just doing. By the end, every participant walks away with tools they'll genuinely use.

Get hands-on with leading LLMs (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini) for lesson planning, feedback, and research
Use Canva AI, Adobe Express & Firefly to create rich visual classroom materials in minutes
Explore MagicSchool AI and Khanmigo AI platforms built specifically for educators
Use Notion AI and Microsoft Copilot for school admin, reports, and communication drafts
Try AI grading and feedback tools: Writable, Turnitin AI, and EssayGrader
Leave with a personal AI toolkit curated for their subject, level, and teaching style
🔦 Platforms Covered
💬 ChatGPT 🧠 Claude ✨ Gemini 🎓 MagicSchool AI 📚 Khanmigo 🎨 Canva AI 🔥 Adobe Firefly 📝 Notion AI 🪟 MS Copilot ✏️ Writable 🔍 Turnitin AI 🤖 EssayGrader
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Building an AI Solution to Optimise a Work Function🗓️ 24-Hr PD Only

Teachers identify a real, recurring friction point in their professional work marking, communication, planning, reporting, parent updates and build an AI-powered solution to address it. This isn't hypothetical. Participants leave with something that actually works and saves them time.

01 🔍 Scan the Problem Audit daily workflows, map bottlenecks, and define a specific function worth optimising with AI
02 ⚖️ Choose Your Tools Compare AI tools, capabilities, and approaches then decide what's actually right for the job
03 🚀 Build & Deploy Prototype the solution, test it against the real workflow, and refine until it genuinely helps
Map and prioritise inefficiencies in a chosen work function using structured problem-scanning techniques
Evaluate and compare AI tools and capabilities against specific criteria relevant to the task
Design and build a working AI solution whether an automated workflow, prompt system, or AI-assisted template
Test the solution in a real context, gather feedback, and iterate before final deployment
Document the solution and present it to peers, creating a reusable resource for the wider school team

Two ways to learn

All AI For Schools training topics are available in two distinct delivery formats choose what works best for your school's context, schedule, and goals.

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Format A
Live Interaction Training

Trainer-led, interactive sessions delivered in real time in school, at an external venue, or online. Includes structured follow-ups and peer collaboration. Available in three formats below.

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Format B
Self-Paced Courses

Every training topic also available as a self-paced online course participants learn at their own time and speed, with full access to all materials. See pricing below.

🎙️ Live Interaction Pick Your Format
Quick Start

1-Day Taster Session

Want to dip a toe in before committing? A focused, 5-hour session on any single module from our curriculum. Great for introducing AI to your staff or sparking a school-wide conversation.

⏱️5 hours
📞Follow-up at 3 months
👥Min 6 participants
Deep Dive
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Action Research Project

For schools who want to go all in. A 6-month action research journey where teachers investigate, design AI-integrated interventions in their own classrooms, and produce a full report with findings and recommendations.

⏱️6+ months
🔬Monthly training + check-ins
📄Research report output
👥Min 6 participants
🖥️ Format B

Self-Paced Courses

Every topic in our AI For Schools programme is also available as a fully self-paced online course. Same content, same quality but participants learn on their own schedule, revisiting materials as many times as they need.

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Student Self-Paced Topics
🧠 AI Literacy
🛠️ AI Tools
🤖 Creating an AI Agent
🏗️ Building an AI Solution
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Teacher Self-Paced Topics
📚 AI Literacy for Educators
📝 AI as a Lesson Planning Assistant
🌈 Differentiation with AI
🌐 AI Capabilities in the World Today
AI Tools Workshop for Educators
🏗️ Building an AI Solution to Optimise a Work Function
€100
per person
Organisation Sign-Up Required

Self-paced courses are available to organisations with a minimum of 15 participants signing up together. Participants get full, flexible access to all course materials and can complete modules at their own pace.

Why our format actually works

We're not guessing at what makes PD effective. The research is clear, and we built our whole approach around it.

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The Action Research Framework

Action research is defined as "a systematic self-reflective scientific inquiry to improve practice" (McKernan, 2013). Kemmis et al. (2014) show that it helps practitioners understand the purpose, process, and context of their own teaching and that the planactobservereflectre-plan cycle creates real, sustained improvement. We don't just tell teachers what to do differently. We help them figure it out themselves, in their own context, with support at every step.

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Spaced Learning + Meaningful Reflection

Most teacher training fails because it's a one-off event. Monet & Etkina (2008) found that teachers who built the skill of reflection showed the greatest gains in learning but that reflection itself has to be practiced and scaffolded. Our monthly sessions and check-ins are specifically designed to build that habit. And Sula et al. (2019) confirm: continuous PD stretched over time, with peer support, yields the greatest impact on teaching practice.

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Transparent Evidence-Sharing

Most PD providers embed research implicitly. We make it visible. Participants see the studies behind our choices why sessions are spaced, why reflection matters, why peer collaboration is built in. This doesn't just make for better PD. It builds teachers' confidence in evidence-informed practice as a whole, which translates directly into their classrooms.

📖 References

Cohen, L., Manion, L., & Morrison, K. (2007). Research methods in education (6th ed). Routledge.

Kemmis, S., McTaggart, R., & Nixon, R. (2014). The Action Research Planner: Doing Critical Participatory Action Research. Springer Singapore.

McKernan, J. (2013). Curriculum Action Research (0 ed.). Routledge.

Monet, J. A., & Etkina, E. (2008). Fostering Self-Reflection and Meaningful Learning. Journal of Science Teacher Education, 19(5), 455475.

Sula, G., Dutrevis, M., & Crahay, M. (2019). Effects of evidence-based professional development for preschool teachers in Albania. Early Years Journal of International Research and Development, 114.

Simple, transparent pricing

All prices are per participant. Every format includes post-training follow-up so the learning doesn't stop when the session ends.

1-Day Session

5 hours · single module · follow-up at 3 months

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Per Participant Min 15 participants
€80/pp
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Action Research

6+ months · monthly sessions · full research report

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Per Participant Min 14 participants
€350/pp/mo
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Self-Paced Courses

All Topics Available Self-Paced

Every training topic for both students and teachers is available as a fully self-paced online course. Same content, your own schedule.

€100
per person
15+
min participants
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Good to know: All prices are per participant. If travel to your venue is required, additional travel costs will be added to the quote. The 24-Hour PD includes one effectiveness follow-up six months after completion, reported back to the school. The 1-Day session includes a check-in at three months. Multiple courses from the catalogue can be run simultaneously by different trainers. Custom packages available just reach out.