A Smarter Path to Supporting Teachers: Pear Start and Instant Lesson Packages
Teachers are at their best when they’re able to focus on instruction, not spending hours creating materials from scratch or navigating a maze of disconnected tools. But with the growing demands of modern classrooms, they need the right support systems in place to be effective and sustainable.
That’s why Pear Start and Instant Lesson Packages are designed with teachers in mind. These tools take the heavy lift out of lesson prep by providing ready-made, standards-aligned instructional content that’s easy to launch and adapt. By saving time and simplifying daily planning, they empower teachers to focus on what matters most: helping students learn.
Pear Start and Instant Lesson Packages are the entry points into the fully integrated Pear Deck Learning platform, our all-in-one platform that lets teachers use actionable insights to easily engage students in differentiated instruction. With Pear Start and Instant Lesson Packages, districts can eliminate fragmented workflows and equip teachers with a trusted, time-saving solution built just for them.
Pear Start: Efficient, standards-aligned lesson planning
To truly support teachers across the entire instructional process, there needs to be a clear starting point. Educators consistently share that their biggest challenges arise during planning: building new lessons, updating materials, and managing the dozens of small tasks that come with every school day.
That’s where Pear Start comes in.
Pear Start is a library of time-saving AI tools specifically designed to support essential teaching tasks and lesson planning, giving teachers classroom-ready content in an instant.
With over 40 specialized AI-driven tools, teachers can seamlessly create dynamic instructional materials that students can engage with immediately, all without switching between multiple apps.
What does Pear Start do for teachers?
Instant lesson generation: Educators can effortlessly build comprehensive lesson plans directly aligned with district curriculum or prebuilt educational standards. Whether starting from a simple topic, existing resources, or even a specific website, Pear Start quickly generates tailored instructional content customized by standard and grade level.
Differentiation support: With one click in Pear Start, teachers can differentiate instructional content based on reading ability, making differentiation fast, easy, and scalable. Whether supporting emerging readers or challenging advanced learners, Pear Start can adjust the language complexity to match students’ needs, ensuring all students can access, engage with, and succeed in the lesson content.
AI support for the day-to-day: Pear Start significantly reduces daily workload by streamlining common teacher tasks using advanced AI tools. It automates translations, formative assessments, quick multiple-choice quizzes, caregiver communications, unpacking prerequisite skills, worksheet creation on any topic or standard, and weekly updates to keep families informed.
Continuous innovation: The AI-tool library is always growing! Pear Start continuously evolves and expands its library based on direct teacher feedback, ensuring every tool precisely aligns with educators' practical classroom needs.
"I was really excited when I requested a tool that I thought would be nice to have, and within maybe three days, I heard back that it had been added."— Kara Cook, Pear Start Demo Teacher
Teacher-developed and validated
Pear Start wasn’t just built for teachers, it was built with them. Educators were hands-on in the development process, testing features, offering feedback, and directly shaping the tools to fit their real classroom needs through an extensive demo program. This collaborative approach ensured Pear Start is immediately relevant, easy to use, and aligned to the day-to-day realities teachers face, leading to stronger adoption and greater impact from day one.
“One of my favorite things about Pear Start is that you can really tell from the small details that teachers were involved in creating the tools. I like how everything is so integrated, and I also love how easy it is to incorporate standards-based learning with the search/drop-down tools.” — Jasmine Soldani, Pear Start Demo Teacher
Pear Start is available now for district and school leaders to add on through early access. It will be available to all teachers in June 2025. Even better: Districts and schools that request early access to Pear Start will receive one year of free access to management features like usage reporting, custom tool configuration, and a district library.
Request early access to Pear Start for your district or school.
Instant Lesson Packages: Seamless, differentiated instructional content
With Pear Start as the gateway to the Pear Deck Learning platform, teachers can now instantly turn their lesson plans into complete, interactive Pear Deck Learning materials using Instant Lesson Packages. Powered by AI, Instant Lesson Packages allow educators to generate customizable lessons, practice sets, and assessments on any topic—differentiated for multiple student groups—in under a minute. And while this workflow is built into Pear Start, the same instant content creation capabilities are now available across all Pear Deck Learning tools.
Instant Lesson Packages streamline lesson planning by embedding intelligent content generation directly into the platform, allowing teachers to create engaging, standards-aligned materials without switching tools. In fact, 97% of early users say they save time weekly with Instant Lesson Packages, with some reporting time savings of up to 5+ hours.
Whether starting from scratch or enhancing existing materials, Instant Lesson Packages help ensure consistent, high-quality instruction and simplify differentiation, so teachers can focus more on teaching and less on prep.
“What I really love is how you get the total package. You get an interactive presentation, practice sets, and then the Pear assessment. It’s amazing, because it only takes a minute or less for it to generate all of that.” — Angie Mazurek, Pear Start Demo Teacher
Pear Deck Learning: An integrated instructional ecosystem
When you bring Pear Start and Instant Lesson Packages into your schools, you unlock the gateway to the full Pear Deck Learning platform, and that’s just the beginning. These tools kick off a truly integrated instructional experience, supporting teachers through every phase of the learning process, from planning to practice to assessment. And with even more platform functionality on the horizon, Pear Deck Learning is the only solution that seamlessly connects every step of instruction in one platform.
Here’s how Pear Deck Learning supports your schools:
- Unified instructional workflow: Plan with Pear Start, instruct interactively with Pear Deck, personalize learning with Pear Practice, and measure progress with Pear Assessment, all in one intuitive, cohesive system.
- Consistent curriculum alignment: Teachers can easily align lessons, activities, and assessments to the standards you select as a district, ensuring continuity and quality across classrooms.
- Reliable, secure, and responsible AI: Pear Deck Learning offers robust privacy protections, compliance with data policies, and a proven track record of reliability in schools nationwide. Our AI tools are purpose-built for K–12, developed in collaboration with over 50 educators, and governed by responsible AI practices, including automatic PII detection and zero-day data retention.
Transform your district's instructional future
Today’s teachers need more than just tools, they need a unified system that works with them, not against. Pear Start and Instant Lesson Packages are designed to simplify their day-to-day, spark instructional creativity, and provide the support they need to thrive in the classroom.
District and school leaders can request early access to explore how Pear Start and Instant Lesson Packages can streamline instruction and support teachers across your schools.
Request early access to Pear Start and Instant Lesson Packages.
Teachers can join the waitlist to be among the first to experience how these tools can save time, boost engagement, and transform your lesson planning.
Join the waitlist for Pear Start.
