01
Plan
Turn objectives and class context into a lesson draft you can shape.
The teacher workload workspace
A lighter week starts here.
Bring lesson planning, feedback, student follow-up, family communication, and weekly admin into one calm place. Lighter Week prepares the next useful draft while every final decision stays with you.
Start free. No credit card. Teacher review stays required.
AI prepares. Teachers stay in control.
01See what matters first.
02Prepare feedback faster.
03Keep follow-up visible.
04End with fewer loose ends.
Plan → Grade → Support → Communicate → Review
One calm rhythm for the work around teaching.
02
Grade
Prepare rubric-based feedback while keeping every score in your hands.
03
Support
Notice possible patterns and decide what follow-up makes sense.
04
Communicate
Prepare careful family updates and send only when ready.
05
Review
Start the week with a brief that shows what deserves attention.
Plan · Lesson Studio
Begin with the shape of the lesson, not a blank page.
Add the objective, class context, timing, and support needs. Lesson Studio prepares a structured draft for you to edit before it reaches the classroom.
Lesson Plan DraftReview before use
Learning objective
Compare how two sources frame the same event.
Check for understanding
Exit ticket with one evidence-based comparison.
Grade · Grading Copilot
Keep the rubric visible while feedback takes shape.
Grading Copilot prepares criterion-level suggestions and feedback. Scores remain suggested until the teacher reviews and approves every decision.
Grading CopilotSuggested only
Claim3 / 4
Evidence3 / 4
Analysis2 / 4
Teacher approval required before anything is final.
Support · Communicate
Notice carefully. Communicate with context.
Possible patterns, support reminders, and family-message drafts stay clearly separated from teacher decisions.
Student Signal Map
Suggested onlyLighter Week can surface a pattern. Teachers decide whether it matters and what support is appropriate.
Parent Communication Assistant
Review before sendingMessages remain editable drafts. Lighter Week does not contact families on its own.
Review · Weekly Teacher Brief
Start with the week in view.
A single brief gathers planning, grading, support, communication, and admin work into a teacher-reviewed starting point.
Weekly Teacher BriefReview before approval
Plan
Year 8 source analysis · Tuesday
Grade
24 reflections ready for review
Support
3 suggested follow-ups
Communicate
2 family-message drafts
Where to start
Review Tuesday's lesson draft, then approve the reflection feedback before checking suggested support follow-ups.
Teacher control
AI prepares. Teachers stay in control.
AI prepares
- Lesson and feedback drafts
- Possible student patterns
- Family-message starting points
- Weekly priority summaries
Teachers decide
- What to teach and change
- Every final grade
- What support is appropriate
- What is sent or shared
Verified district proof
Oak Ridge cut weekly triage from 4.2 hours to 1.8.
Oak Ridge Unified School District's Secondary Education Division used Lighter Week's Weekly Teacher Brief to consolidate planning queues and student support flags across LMS gradebooks, district calendars, and teacher-entered to-do lists.
4.2 hrs → 1.8 hrs
Average Sunday/Monday administrative triage and planning synthesis.
100% human review
Architecture prevents direct-to-student or direct-to-parent transmission.
Aug 2025-May 2026
Measured across a full academic-year pilot.
Measured through self-reported time-tracking logs validated by department lead audits.
"The friction wasn't the grading itself, but the cognitive load of tracking who needed what and when. The Brief effectively centralized the 'noise' into a manageable queue, though we still spend significant time refining the AI-drafted family communications to ensure the tone fits our community." — Elena Vance, Humanities Department ChairRead the Oak Ridge proof
Pricing
Start free. Add support when the workload calls for it.
Free Teacher
$0/month
One class · five drafts monthly
Solo Teacher
$8/month
$72/year · one teacher
Department
$79/month
$756/year · up to 10 teachers
School Pilot
$1,800/year
Up to 50 teachers
District
Custom
SSO · procurement · larger deployments
Give next week more room.
Bring the work around teaching into one calm place and start with a clear first step.