TeacherAI (teacherai.ca) is an AI-assisted lesson planning, assessment, and reporting tool built for Ontario K–8 teachers, including those with split-grade classrooms. TeacherAI is built and operated by Ontario teachers and is not affiliated with any school board.
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your information when you use TeacherAI.
| Data type | What it is | Why we collect it |
|---|---|---|
| Account information | Email address, full name, school name (optional) | To create and manage your teacher account |
| Class roster | Student first names, last name initials (optional), grade, accommodation notes | To personalize lesson generation and match worksheet submissions |
| Learning profiles | Teacher-written notes on modified expectations | To differentiate AI-generated content per student |
| Assessment data | Ontario Level marks, observation notes per task | To power the Grade Tracker and report card comment generator |
| Lesson content | Generated lesson plans, worksheets, rubrics | To save and re-use lessons across sessions |
| Worksheet submissions | Student name (as typed) and answers | To show teacher what students submitted |
| Class context | Teacher notes about the class (e.g. "28 students, 4 ELL") | To tailor lesson generation to your specific class |
We do not collect: student birthdates, OSAP numbers, home addresses, psychological assessments, full IEP documents, or any sensitive personal information beyond what is listed above.
TeacherAI collects minimal student information — first names, grade level, and teacher-written accommodation notes. This is limited to what a teacher would write in a lesson plan or class list.
What we do not collect:
Students access worksheets through a shared link — they type their first name to identify themselves. No student account is created.
TeacherAI uses the Anthropic Claude API to generate lesson plans, worksheets, rubrics, and report card comments. When content is generated:
What IS sent to Anthropic: topic, grade level, subject, duration, anonymized learning needs, and class context notes. Anthropic's API does not use API data to train models by default. For details, see Anthropic's Privacy Policy.
All TeacherAI data is stored in Canada on AWS infrastructure in Montreal, Quebec (ca-central-1 region), accessed through Supabase, our database and authentication provider.
This means your data — including student names, assessment records, lesson content, and worksheet submissions — never leaves Canada at rest. Canadian data residency supports compliance with PIPEDA (Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, federal) and MFIPPA (Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, Ontario) requirements for Ontario educators.
Data in transit is encrypted via HTTPS/TLS. Data at rest is encrypted by Supabase's storage layer. Database access is restricted by row-level security policies that scope every record to the teacher who created it.
Security incident reporting: If we discover a privacy breach affecting your data, we will notify affected users within 72 hours of discovery and report to the Privacy Commissioner of Canada when required under PIPEDA's Mandatory Breach of Security Safeguards regulations.
We retain your data for as long as your account is active. Specifically:
You can delete individual students, lessons, and assessment sessions directly from the app. You can also request full account deletion from the in-app account menu, which removes all associated data within 30 days.
Worksheet submissions older than one school year may be automatically purged at the start of the next school year. We recommend exporting any submissions you wish to retain long-term.
Under PIPEDA (the federal Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act) and applicable Ontario privacy law, you have the right to:
To exercise any of these rights, contact us at the email address below. We will acknowledge your request within 5 business days and respond fully within 30 days.
TeacherAI is designed with Ontario's privacy landscape in mind, including the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (MFIPPA), which governs student data in Ontario school boards.
Recommendations for Ontario teachers:
TeacherAI is not currently approved by any specific Ontario school board. Individual teachers use this tool under their own professional judgment. We are actively working toward formal board approval and Privacy Impact Assessment processes — contact us if your board would like to evaluate TeacherAI.
For privacy questions, data requests, or to report a concern:
Email: contact@teacherai.ca
Website: teacherai.ca
We will acknowledge all privacy requests within 5 business days and respond fully within 30 days.