Redefining Teacher Time: How AI Is Supporting Equity, Joy & Instructional Design
From teacher co-planning and real-time feedback to early reading scaffolds and student voice, they explore how thoughtfully applied AI tools like Amira are helping close opportunity gaps, reduce planning burnout, and strengthen classroom joy.
In this episode of Champion Every Voice, we sit down with Dr. Samantha Bahna and Eileen Freda—two instructional leaders from Washington Borough, NJ—who are using AI not to replace educators, but to empower them.
From teacher co-planning and real-time feedback to early reading scaffolds and student voice, they explore how thoughtfully applied AI tools like Amira are helping close opportunity gaps, reduce planning burnout, and strengthen classroom joy.
🎧 Tune in to hear:
How to introduce AI to hesitant educators with trust, not tech
Real examples of AI accelerating lesson design and small group planning
How Amira became a listening station for student voice and fluency growth
Why reading is both “everything” and “freedom” in their schools
What it means to prepare students for the future—without losing the heart of teaching
This is a conversation for any district leader, tech coach, or literacy advocate thinking about how to bring AI into classrooms with intention, equity, and joy.
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