AI Tools for teachers and educators
Wangaratta High School has a number of bespoke AI tools for testing proof-of-concept experimentation and supporting teacher workload and professional learning. These tools are available for other interested users. Access to some apps and tools is restricted to Department of Education users.
Several are web-based, AI-powered, and others are apps that you just download to your Mac or Windows device and run locally.
VASSP Leadership Seminar Kooyong March 20th 2026
Our principal, David Armstrong, recently addressed principals and other school leaders at the Victorian Association of State Secondary School Principals Leadership Seminar held at Kooyong. He spoke about his mindset for using generative artificial intelligence, very significant improvement in the quality of the tools and models and showcased some of the tools featured on this page.
You can access the slide deck here.
Wispr Flow AI
Wispr Flow is an AI-powered voice dictation tool that works across every app on your device. You press a hotkey, speak naturally, and it produces clean, well-formatted text — removing filler words and adjusting tone for context. It
runs on Mac, Windows, and iOS.
For school leaders and teachers, the practical value is in the volume of writing the role demands. Reports, emails, staff communications, and meeting notes can be dictated on the go rather than typed at a desk. Most users find it significantly faster than typing once they are past the initial adjustment period. Highly recommended.
Teachers can use it to draft feedback, lesson notes, and correspondence without being tied to a keyboard. It works in Google Docs, Gmail, and most other apps your school already uses.
Wispr Flow has a free tier and a paid plan is available. Education pricing is available – request via a support ticket via the Wispr site.
Register via this link for a free month of Pro level access
PAL-Assist
PAL-Assist is a high-performance compliance agent for the Victorian Policy & Advisory Library (PAL). Powered by Gemini 3 Flash and Nano Banana 2, it provides grounded, defensible advice directly from official sources.
Curriculum & Lesson Planner
Your AI partner for smarter, faster planning.
Rapidly create curriculum outlines and lesson plans fully aligned with VTLM 2.0. Designed by Wangaratta High School to save time and amplify teacher expertise.
Bulk Redact Tool
When sharing student assessment reports — with other schools, services, or agencies — Australian privacy law and professional ethics require that identifying information be removed. Doing this manually is slow, error-prone, and stressful.
The Bulk Redaction Tool automates this process. You point it at a folder of documents, tell it the student’s name, and it:
- Finds every piece of personally identifiable information (PII) in the documents
- Shows you each item for approval — you stay in control
- Burns the approved items out of the PDFs permanently (not just visually covered — the text is gone)
- Saves redacted copies alongside the originals, which are never touched
- Produces a full audit log of everything that was redacted
Plain English: It’s like using a black marker on paper, except it works on PDFs and Word documents, it finds things you might miss, and it can’t be undone by selecting the text.
Please take care relying on it. Every care has been taken, but it is the user’s responsibility to decide if the app is suitable.
The app is stored on a software developer platform called GitHub. You can read more about it here and get access to Mac and Windows download versions, or engage with the code and further improve it yourself.
Bulk PDF Generator
This is a stand-alone app for Windows and Mac that helps staff complete PDF forms in bulk (it does not use AI). The tool evaluates and maps all fillable fields in a PDF, requests user confirmation, and provides feedback. It then generates a fillable Excel document, allowing users to create between one and theoretically hundreds of records with relative ease. After that, it creates a completed PDF form for each record, saving them in a folder of the user’s choice, with each file being uniquely named as the user decides.
This is especially useful for bulk forms needed by staff, such as VCAA forms. It operates locally (you install it on your computer), and it does not send any information to the cloud.
The app is in ongoing development, and it’s worth doing some tests with it to be satisfied it’s reliable and accurate to your needs before you consider if it’s suitable for your needs. Please take care relying on it. Every care has been taken, but it is the user’s responsibility to decide if the app is suitable.
The app is stored on a software developer platform called GitHub. You can read more about it here and get access to Mac and Windows download versions, or engage with the code and further improve it yourself.
