Are you a teacher, education support personnel, academic or researcher who has developed, contributed to develop, or used Artificial Intelligence (AI) in ways that respond to real professional and learning needs in education? We are looking for educator-led examples from across Europe that show how AI can be shaped by teachers, students and education values — not by commercial interests alone. This call is for you
Too often, AI in education is shaped by commercial interests and large technology providers, rather than by educators. As artificial intelligence rapidly enters classrooms across Europe, the way it is shaped and used in practice becomes a key question for the education sector. Too often, AI in education is driven by commercial interests rather than by the professional needs of teachers and educational values.
At ETUCE, the European Trade Union Federation representing 120 education trade unions across Europe, we believe that AI in education must serve the concrete professional needs of educators and the learning needs of students. It must be anchored in human rights, pedagogy, democratic participation, and professional autonomy, with teachers and education staff directly involved in shaping how AI is developed and used.
What are we looking for?
We are looking for real-life, educator-led practices where AI:
Supports teaching and learning
Is developed starting from the professional needs of educators and/or the learning needs of students
benefits reflect educational values such as equity, inclusion, accessibility, democratic participation and the public mission of education
Is shaped by teachers’ professional judgement and needs — not imposed by commercial tools
In this call, we understand AI in a broad sense. We are not only referring to generative AI tools or products developed by large technology companies, but to all software and applications that use machine learning, natural language processing, or automation in educational settings. These tools can:
Adapt content to students’ needs (adaptive learning systems).
Provide real-time feedback and automated assessments (AI-based assessment tools).
Assist with language learning and translation (natural language processing tools).
Offer predictive analytics for personalised recommendations (learning analytics).
Support accessibility for students with disabilities (assistive AI).
Generate and process quizzes, lesson plans, and other kinds of content (generative AI).
Automate scheduling and administrative processes (AI-powered school management).
These examples can include small-scale AI tools, classroom practices, collective initiatives, or innovative uses of existing AI systems, provided they are grounded in real educational needs and shaped by educators’ professional judgement.
Why contribute?
Across Europe, teachers and education professionals are already experimenting, adapting and creating new ways of working with AI, often without visibility and recognition. These experiences remain scattered, yet they show that a different approach to AI in education is not only possible but already taking shape in practice.
By sharing your experience, you contribute to making this reality visible and demonstrate that another approach to AI in education is both possible and necessary: one shaped by teachers and education staff, grounded in pedagogical values, and responsive to the needs of learners — rather than driven solely by commercial interests.
Your contribution becomes part of a collective effort to bring these practices together, inspire other educators, and support teacher-led approaches to AI across Europe. Through this exchange, examples can multiply, adapt to different contexts, and strengthen the role of teachers and education staff in shaping the future of education.
How to participate?
Tell us your story by filling in THIS FORM by the 21st of September 2026.
The relevance of the practices will be assessed and validated by the Steering Group of the project Balancing AI in Education.
Selected examples will be featured on a database of Good Practices to be launched on the ETUCE website in November 2026.
Additionally, the 4 most relevant contributions will also be invited to present their work at the European conference on AI and education (25–26 November 2026, Lisbon), organized within the “Balancing AI in Education” project, co-funded by the European Union.
