Applications open — cohort 3
Chalkvine is the 12-week bootcamp that turns classroom experience into a tech career. Learn to build AI tutoring tools — then we place you as a paid contractor with the edtech startups that need you most.
Apply for the Next Cohort →The Gap
Hundreds of millions of dollars are flowing into AI tutoring products — built by engineers who have never stood in a classroom. The result? Tools that don't reflect how students actually learn, struggle, or need support.
Thousands of brilliant educators leave the classroom every year — burned out, underpaid, and undervalued. They have exactly the pedagogical knowledge that edtech is missing. They just need a bridge into the industry.
Chalkvine is that bridge — turning your years of teaching experience into the most valuable asset in edtech.
The Process
Three clear steps from application to your first edtech contract.
Learn to build AI tutoring tools through real, hands-on projects. No prior coding experience needed — we start from zero and take you to job-ready. Small cohorts mean you get personal attention.
12 weeks · Remote · Live sessionsEvery student ships a real AI tutoring tool during the program — something you designed, built, and can show to employers. Your classroom expertise becomes the feature, not an afterthought.
Real projects · Real code · Your name on itWe actively match you with vetted edtech startups looking for contractors who understand both pedagogy and code. Average placement rate: $80–120/hr within 60 days of graduating.
$80–120/hr avg · We handle matchingWho It's For
You don't need a CS degree or any coding background. You just need classroom experience and the willingness to learn.
Our cohorts include teachers from all backgrounds — elementary, high school, special education, ESL, and more. What matters is your classroom experience.
Still not sure? Apply and we'll let you know.
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Each project is rooted in real classroom needs — because you know better than anyone what students actually need.
Build an AI tool that generates personalized practice questions based on student performance data — adjusting difficulty in real time to keep learners in their zone of proximal development.
Create a tool that gives students instant, rubric-aligned feedback on their writing — not just grammar, but argument structure, evidence quality, and voice. The kind of feedback teachers wish they had more time to give.
Design an AI assistant that generates differentiated lesson plans for diverse classrooms — accounting for IEPs, reading levels, and learning objectives, in seconds instead of hours.
I spent nine years teaching 5th grade math. I loved my students, but I was exhausted and underpaid. Chalkvine didn't ask me to forget any of that — they helped me turn it into something the industry was desperate for. Four months after graduating, I'm contracting at $95 an hour building adaptive math tools. I wish I had done this sooner.
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Applications for Cohort 3 are now open. Tell us a bit about yourself and we'll be in touch within 3 business days.