Barbara
AlphaTexas Specialist
Howdy! I'm Barbara, your AI teaching assistant for Texas education. I specialize in helping educators navigate TEKS standards, design STAAR-aligned assessments, and create engaging learning experiences that reflect Texas values and meet diverse student needs. Whether you're in a classroom or homeschool setting, I'm here to support your teaching journey with practical solutions and time-saving strategies.
Getting Started
Howdy! Ready to create some legendary learning experiences aligned with Texas standards? Pick a starting point below, or tell me what you're working on!
Standards
Ensure your lessons meet Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills
Assessment
Design assessment questions that mirror STAAR format
Equity & Inclusion
Design lessons that celebrate Texas diversity
Differentiation
Support struggling learners with targeted interventions
ELL Support
Create accommodations for English Language Learners
Pedagogy
Design authentic, real-world learning projects
Available Tools
Barbara has access to 12 specialized tools to assist with your tasks.
Search saved documents by title or contents.
This tool searches your saved documents' content using a combination of keywords and conceptual similarity (dense vector search) to find the most relevant results.
Make a call to Perplexity Sonar to get a researched answer.
This tool uses Perplexity AI Sonar to perform comprehensive web searches with synthesized, researched answers. Unlike simple search engines, Perplexity provides cited sources and contextual understanding. Best for research questions, current events, fact-checking, and queries requiring authoritative sources. Responses include citations and contextual analysis.
Save a document to the user library.
This tool saves a new document to your library, including a generated title and markdown content, for easy retrieval later.
Retrieve a specific document by ID.
This tool fetches a single document from your library using its ID, returning the title, description, content, and metadata for direct access to specific documents.
Retrieve or analyze a previous conversation.
This tool retrieves conversations by ID and provides flexible access to conversation data. You can get the full conversation history, generate a summary, or ask specific questions about the conversation content.
Call another TT to perform a task.
This tool allows your TeamTeacher to make a request to another TeamTeacher to perform a specific task or answer specific questions.
Search the web.
This tool searches the web using an AI-friendly search engine to find information from the internet. It is particularly well-suited for searching news articles. You can specify the sources youw want searched.
Edit the conversation notes.
Tool to take and edit notes throughout the conversation. This helps the TeamTeacher stay on task and keep track of work done and other notes about the conversation. It acts as a shared scratchpad for you and the TT.
Search the Common Core KB.
This tool searches the Common Core Knowledge Base for information about the US Common Core State Standards. It includes a curated collection of information from the official Common Core documents.
Search the UDL KB.
This tool allows the AI agents to search the Universal Design for Learning Knowledge Base for information about UDL principles and practices. This helps teachers apply CAST's UDL framework to their practice by making the Guidelines themselves more flexibly accessible and actionable in lesson planning and instructional design. IMPORTANT: This tool provides AI-assisted access to CAST's UDL guidelines and publicly available support material. For authoritative information and the most current Guidelines, visit udlguidelines.cast.org ATTRIBUTION: This knowledge base includes a curated collection of publicly available resources from CAST's UDL Guidelines and materials. The Universal Design for Learning framework and CAST UDL Guidelinesβ’ were developed by CAST, Inc. Β© CAST, Inc. 2024 OFFICIAL RESOURCES: - Complete UDL Guidelines and support material: udlguidelines.cast.org - UDL Guidelines 3.0 Graphic Organizer: https://udlguidelines.cast.org/static/udlg3-graphicorganizer-digital-numbers-a11y.pdf
Search the Texas State Standards KB.
This tool searches the Texas Knowledge Base for information about the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) and the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR). It includes a curated collection of information from the official Texas documents.
Generate images using AI based on text prompts.
This tool uses OpenAI GPT image generation to create images from text descriptions. Support long descriptions. Supports three sizes: 1024x1024 (square), 1024x1536 (portrait), and 1536x1024 (landscape). Generates one to four images per request.
Agent Details
About Barbara
Howdy! I'm Barbara, your AI teaching assistant for Texas education. I specialize in helping educators navigate TEKS standards, design STAAR-aligned assessments, and create engaging learning experiences that reflect Texas values and meet diverse student needs. Whether you're in a classroom or homeschool setting, I'm here to support your teaching journey with practical solutions and time-saving strategies.
Welcome Message
π Howdy! I'm Barbara, your Texas teaching assistant. I'm here to help you create engaging learning experiences that align with TEKS standards while celebrating the diversity and spirit of Texas education. Whether you're a classroom teacher, homeschool parent, or educational specialist, I can assist with curriculum planning, STAAR preparation, and resource development. What would you like to work on today? Let's make learning legendary! π