OpenAI has introduced ChatGPT for Teachers, a dedicated workspace designed for educators and school administrators. The platform supports classroom preparation, collaboration, and teacher-driven exploration of AI, while maintaining privacy and compliance standards required for school environments.
ChatGPT for Teachers
Teachers are among the most active users of ChatGPT, and many rely on AI tools to streamline weekly planning and improve classroom readiness. ChatGPT for Teachers provides a controlled environment where educators can work with their own materials, handle student-related content securely, and use AI in ways that align with school policies. The workspace also offers tools for district leaders to manage accounts and maintain organization-wide security.
Key Features
Education-grade security and compliance
The system is built to protect student information and meets FERPA-related requirements. Content shared within ChatGPT for Teachers is not used to train OpenAI models by default, and the workspace operates with education-specific privacy measures.
Personalized teaching support
Educators can set preferences such as grade level, curriculum references, and response style. These details help the system tailor outputs to the teacher’s classroom context, with full user control over what is saved.
Integration with commonly used tools
The workspace connects with Canva for presentations and supports importing documents and resources from Google Drive and Microsoft 365. This setup helps teachers start each session with their existing files already in context.
Examples from practicing teachers
Ready-to-use examples, prompts, and ideas shared by educators appear directly below the message composer, helping teachers understand practical classroom applications.
Collaboration tools
Teachers can co-develop lesson materials using custom GPTs and shared project spaces. Schools and districts can organize their staff into one workspace for coordinated planning.
Administrative features
School and district leaders can claim their domain, enable SAML SSO, assign roles, and manage educator accounts. These controls help ensure consistent security and oversight across the institution.
How teachers already use ChatGPT
Educators using ChatGPT highlighted several common tasks, including:
- Planning multi-week instructional units
- Generating examples for assignments
- Mapping lessons to ISTE standards
Work with U.S. school districts
To support large-scale use, OpenAI is working with an initial cohort of districts representing nearly 150,000 teachers and staff. These districts are providing operational insights and helping shape ongoing improvements to ChatGPT for Teachers.
The cohort includes: Capistrano Unified School District (CA), Dallas Independent School District (TX), Fairfax County Public Schools (VA), Fulton County Schools (GA), Houston Independent School District (TX), Humble Independent School District (TX), Idaho Digital Learning Alliance (ID), KIPP Miami Public Schools (FL), KIPP New Jersey Public Schools (NJ), KIPP Public Schools Northern California (CA), Lynwood Unified School District (CA), Prince William County Public Schools (VA), Region One Education Service Center (TX), School District U-46 (IL), Township High School District 211 (IL), and Waukee Community School District (IA).
OpenAI is also coordinating with the Delaware Department of Education, which has adopted ChatGPT for employees and is supporting statewide exploration for educators.
AI literacy support
OpenAI is releasing an AI Literacy Blueprint to help school leaders and policymakers support responsible, teacher-led use of AI. This initiative builds on the company’s work with the American Federation of Teachers and partnerships with Ministries of Education in Estonia, Greece, and other regions focused on K–12 and higher education.
Availability
K–12 educators and staff in the U.S. can access ChatGPT for Teachers after completing verification through SheerID. The service is free through June 2027, with any post-2027 pricing changes to be communicated in advance to help schools plan future use.