You've done the summer PD. You got the certificate and the long slide deck about AI.
Then September came along, and nothing in your week actually changed.
Free workshops teach “AI literacy.” University certificates ($1,950–$2,700+) teach policy and integration. Almost no one sits you down and helps you build and ship a real tool you can use in your classroom.
the part no one else teaches.
Is this for you? A quick gut-check.
- Have a classroom problem you've never had time to solve
- Have zero coding experience and want to actually build something anyway
- Are tech-curious and want to go beyond prompting ChatGPT
- Already tinker with tools but haven't shipped anything of your own
- You're looking for a general AI literacy overview or policy training
- You want a university-accredited certificate (see the $1,950+ programs for that)
- You'd rather read about AI than roll up your sleeves and build
Already know how to code a little? Even better — you'll move faster and build something more ambitious. Beginners finish strong and experienced builders aren't held back.
What you'll build.
You'll learn agentic AI coding — what people online call “vibe coding.” The first two builds need no code at all; the last two are for teachers who already tinker. Every teacher can leave with at least one working tool, and most don't stop at one. Fair warning: it's addictive.
A custom AI chatbot
Good if You want a teaching teammate, not another tab.
Nine tools, built and shipped this year.
Every one of these was built by a working teacher and put to use in a real classroom — extensions, web apps, automations, a desktop app. Second Bell exists to teach you to get from “wouldn't it be cool if” to one of these with your name on it.
Built by a teacher,
for teachers.
“I kept building little tools to fix my own classroom, and other teachers kept asking how. So this is me showing you — on your problem, not a demo. If I can build these between bells, you can too.”
A working educator. Currently an AP Environmental Science teacher at an independent school — still in a building, still in the weeds.
~15 years in education. M.Sc. in Technology Leadership from Brown, M.Ed. from Loyola Marymount, B.A. from UCLA, and too many certifications to count.
Classroom hours and dozens of code projects. The tools on the build wall are ones I built this year.
By the numbers.
The best numbers are still ahead — I'll add real results here as teachers ship their own tools. No inflated stats, no made-up outcomes.
Free training.
Hands-on training that teaches teachers to use AI — coming soon, and free. Want a note when it opens? Say hello.
Questions?
I have zero coding experience. Will I be lost?
No. Most teachers start with no programming background. You'll describe what you want in plain English and direct the AI to build it — that's what “agentic coding” means. It needs no coding experience at all, and the training is hands-on from the first minute.
I already know some code. Will this be too basic?
No. If you have coding experience, you'll simply move faster and take on a more ambitious build — like a full application of the kind your school usually buys from a vendor. Beginners and experienced builders both finish with something worth shipping.
How is this different from a free AI workshop or a university certificate?
Free workshops teach AI literacy — what it is, how to think about it. University certificates ($1,950–$2,700+) teach policy and integration frameworks. Neither sits you down and helps you build a working tool from scratch. That's the gap this fills: you leave with a real, deployed tool you own, not a PDF or a slide deck.
Can I build with real student data?
Not during training — and that's deliberate. Builds run on sample data (we'll help you generate a realistic mock gradebook), because pasting real rosters or grades into consumer AI tools can put you on the wrong side of FERPA and your district's policies. You'll leave knowing the compliant route instead: build and prove the tool on mock data, then take it through your school's approval process to connect anything real.
The honest part.
Most AI PD overpromises. We don't.
One working tool. That's the scope — on purpose.
A completion letter and your contact hours — plus a certificate if your school needs one. We just won't pretend a PDF is the point.
The tool is yours, with no LMS to log into forever. You host it yourself — and we'll show you how, usually free or close to it.
It's live, small, and hands-on. Miss the sessions and you'll feel it — this isn't a course you binge in July.
The second bell
is about to ring.
Free training for teachers is coming soon — hands-on AI learning where you leave with a working tool.