Two local Catholic colleges to use AI teaching assistant as part of Australia-first pilot

Two local Catholic colleges will use an AI teaching assistant as part of an Australia-first pilot.

Mandurah Catholic College and Kolbe Catholic College are two of ten Catholic schools selected across the state to participate in the pilot which is aimed at improving student outcomes by supporting teachers.

Catholic Education Western Australia has partnered with Nurture to trial the AI-powered Teaching Assistant which closes 'the feedback loop' between teachers and students.

The AI Teaching Assistant is set to save teachers time by reducing their workloads on low-impact tasks and allow them to interact more with students in the classroom.

The technology is embedded within Microsoft Teams and is designed to work directly with a school’s curriculum.

“Any decisions we make about introducing new technology into our schools and classrooms are made to ensure our students are receiving the highest quality teaching in a modern learning environment," Catholic Education Western Australia Executive Director Wayne Bull said.

“The introduction of Nurture’s AI-powered teaching assistant is intended to increase the depth of feedback every student receives and reduce teacher workload so that they can spend more classroom time focused on teaching and improving outcomes for their students.

“I look forward to seeing the results of the Pilot as it progresses over the first part of the year.”  

The ten schools taking part in the trial are Emmanuel Catholic College, Iona Presentation College, Kolbe Catholic College, Lumen Christi College,  Mandurah Catholic College, Mater Dei College,  Prendiville Catholic College, Sacred Heart College, Seton Catholic College and CEWA’s Virtual School Network (ViSN).