11901 TheTutorTrust ImpactReport2023 301123 1206 - Flipbook - Page 37
The future
Embracing our
digital future
Over the past three years, we’ve invested
heavily in developing systems to support
our work.
Our highly customised Salesforce platform handles all
of the logistics around tutoring, whether it’s matching
tutors to assignments, tracking attendance, sharing
tutor feedback with schools or handling pay and invoices.
And, for training, our tutors can access our Thinqi
platform, which contains learning journeys and a wealth
of resources that support high-quality delivery. We’ve
even launched our own podcast, Tutorcast, featuring
conversations with a range of education experts.
We’re now excited to announce that we’ve secured
funding for the next phase of our digital development
and, working in partnership with our digital agency,
Fat Beehive, have a number of exciting projects in the
pipeline over the next two years.
Spotlight: Arti昀椀cial Intelligence
The launch of generative Arti昀椀cial Intelligence tools such as
ChatGPT has created considerable debate within education.
While these tools can, and have, been used by students for lessthan-honest purposes, they also o昀昀er great scope to enhance
teaching and learning. They won’t be going away, and we’re keen
to explore how generative AI could enhance our tutoring o昀昀er.
In Autumn 2023, we were part of an exciting project launched
by Bain & Company and the Hg Foundation to explore how
generative AI could support teachers and tutors with e昀昀ective
lesson planning and personalisation. Tutors at Manchester
Academy, a longstanding partner school, explored di昀昀erent
uses of ChatGPT for designing lesson plans, generating bespoke
resources, and modifying plans for pupils with SEND, and fed
back on their experiences. The ‘Teaching with Chat GPT’ guide
was published in November 2023.
We’ll be continuing this work in the next academic year by
supporting and encouraging all tutors to use AI in sessions
where appropriate. As always, high quality is our focus as
is ensuring that safeguarding is maintained at all times.
The 昀椀rst will be the launch of our new website, where
we’ll be welcoming you to a much more interactive,
user-centric site that showcases both our warmth and
our professionalism. The website is just the 昀椀rst step
of a much more ambitious digital transformation that
will see us integrate our various backend systems, and
provide our tutors, school partners – and perhaps even
our tutees and their parents – with online resources that
match the quality of our tutoring.
The Tutor Trust Impact Report 2022/23 37
