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🏫 Executive 30-Day Pilot Program: MasteryFlip™ Certification

Protect Student Cognition in the Age of Generative AI

The Crisis Facing K-12 & Higher Education

Generative AI has fundamentally changed the "physics" of our classrooms. Across every subject, students now have access to a tempting digital "Easy Button"—a way to generate essays, math solutions, and code without going through the cognitive process. 

 

 As author Ted Chiang noted, using AI to complete assignments is like bringing a forklift to the weight room. It makes a student look capable on the surface, but their mental muscles never build. We cannot ban technology, nor can we send home complex assignments expecting students not to click for quick answers. We must evolve our pedagogy.


The Solution: The 3 Pillars of MasteryFlip™

Co-developed alongside leading educational scientists—including Dr. Tony Wagner (Harvard), Dr. Tina Grotzer (Harvard Project Zero), and Dr. Justin Reich (MIT Teaching Systems Lab)—the MasteryFlip™ Framework is a 4-hour, self-paced certification designed to human-proof your school's curriculum. 

  1. Socratic AI Engines: Reprogramming AI from an "answer machine" into an adaptive tutor that refuses to give final answers and instead prompts deeper inquiry. 

  2. Analog Roots: Reclaiming "Lids Down, Pencils Up" focus using physical workbooks and handwriting to slow down thinking and ensure productive struggle that ensures learning.

  3. Human Checks (Mastery Vivas): Implementing high-frequency, 120-second oral defenses that force students to explain their logic face-to-face, eliminating AI-generated regurgitation. 

How the 30-Day Executive Pilot Works

We invite school principals, department heads, deans, and curriculum directors to evaluate the MasteryFlip™ Certification inside their school building before committing professional development or Title II/IV funding. 

  • 🎟️ 1 Fully Sponsored Teacher Seat: Designate one lead teacher, department chair, or instructional coach to complete the full 4-hour framework. 

  • ⏱️ 30 Days of Unrestricted Access: Your pilot educator experiences the complete curriculum, downloads classroom workbooks, and tests Socratic AI engines and oral Vivas in real time. 

  • 📊 Post-Pilot Executive Strategy Session: At Day 30, join Jon Bergmann or an executive consultant for a 15-minute review call to evaluate pilot feedback and explore department or campus-wide group licensing. 

 To ensure your pilot teacher achieves momentum, full access to all 4 certification modules is granted for 30 days—providing ample time to complete the 4-hour framework, download classroom workbooks, and test Socratic AI engines.

Upon completion of the 30-day pilot, Jon Bergmann or an executive consultant will join your administrative team for a brief 15-minute review call to evaluate teacher feedback and discuss department or campus-wide group licensing.

 

Request an Executive 30-Day Pilot for Your School

Please complete the brief application below. Sponsored pilot seats are limited to verified school and university administrators.

Jon Bergmann

Teacher and Best-Selling Author

Dr. Tony Wagner

Harvard Innovation Education Fellow

Dr. Tina Grotzer

Harvard Project Zero Senior Researcher

Dr. Justin Reich

Director of the MIT Teaching Systems Lab