Joshua Durey
Twenty years in international classrooms and school leadership. Now building Still Human Studio — a generator suite and curriculum architecture for teachers designing instruction in an AI-saturated world — and authoring RAILS, the first evaluation instrument for Science-of-Reading alignment in AI-generated literacy content.
Educator turned builder, grounded in standards and students.
What I actually do.
Instructional Leadership
Led PLCs on standards-based assessment, rubric design, co-teaching models, and differentiated instruction for multilingual learners.
EAL Tools & Frameworks
WIDA MODEL, ACCESS, MAP Reading Fluency, Acadience benchmarks — applied to monitor progress and guide intervention decisions.
Standards Alignment
Integrating CCSS, AERO, NGSS, C3, and PYP Language Scope and Sequence across ELL push-in and homeroom settings.
Collaborative Planning
Facilitated co-teaching and collaborative planning with homeroom teachers to align language and content instruction.
Tiered Student Support
Designed MTSS frameworks for equitable resource allocation. Delivered classroom-based Tier 1 and Tier 2 interventions for ELLs.
EdTech & AI Tooling
Google Workspace, Seesaw, PowerSchool, Gemini, Claude, plus Node.js, LLM orchestration, and custom document generators for instructional design.
A generator suite for standards-aligned instruction.
Still Human Studio is the production lab behind Still Human Academy. A set of Node.js generators and Claude-driven skills that convert raw teacher inputs — grade band, standards, phenomena — into standards-aligned instructional artifacts: unit plans, lesson batches, rubrics, student-facing printables. Output is real, classroom-ready .docx and .xlsx, not slide decks of promises.
// unit_designer
Interactive skill that produces a complete UbD-style unit plan: driving problem, scope & sequence, assessment tasks, and rubrics — aligned to grade-band standards and audited for authentic requirement.
→ download template (.xlsx)// lesson_batch
Generates ELA Language lessons in configurable batches: objective, mini-lesson, independent practice, formative check, printable student page. Aligned to Science of Reading — never balanced literacy.
→ sample generator (.js, 733 LOC)// problem_bank
Investigable real-world problems for any grade + standard combination, scored against cognitive demand and alignment fidelity before admission.
// year_maps
Grades 3–5 year-long scope & sequence with unit-level plans, built on a UbD template, drop-in ready for classrooms and coaches.
→ year maps v2 (.xlsx)→ G3 unit plans (.xlsx)
Reading Alignment Index for AI Literacy Systems.
RAILS is a purpose-built evaluation instrument for assessing whether AI-generated literacy instructional content aligns with the scientific consensus on how children learn to read. To the best of my knowledge after systematic search, it is the first instrument designed specifically for evaluating single AI-generated outputs — lesson plans, activity designs, assessment suggestions — against Science-of-Reading indicators.
Grounded in the same evidence base underpinning TRL CEGs, EdReports v2.0, FCRR/REL, NCTQ, UK DfE SSP Criteria, and AITSL. Author: me. Purpose: honest measurement, not vibes.
Twenty years, four countries, one through-line.
- Researching and writing Still Human — a book on the systematic deprofessionalization of teaching through artificial intelligence.
- Analyzing the intersection of generative AI, educational policy, and the future of human-led pedagogy.
- Building Still Human Studio, the Node.js generator suite that supports the book's argument with working, shippable instructional artifacts.
- Authoring RAILS, a purpose-built evaluation instrument for Science-of-Reading alignment in AI-generated literacy content.
- Developed an MTSS framework to streamline resource allocation for multilingual learners and ensure equitable support.
- Led PLCs on student engagement, student agency, standards-based assessment, rubric design, and CCSS integration in ELL push-in classes.
- Trained teachers in co-teaching models to enhance classroom effectiveness and instructional collaboration.
- Delivered professional development workshops on differentiated strategies for multilingual learners.
- Partnered with student support teams on Tier 1 and Tier 2 classroom-based interventions for ELLs.
- Designed literacy and social studies lessons aligned to C3 Standards with embedded ELL strategies for vocabulary and comprehension.
- Collaborated with ELL specialists to align classroom practice with students' language acquisition needs.
- Supported language development in concept-based units aligned with PYP transdisciplinary themes and the PYP Language Scope and Sequence.
- Led the PYP Grade 5 Exhibition, fostering student inquiry, collaboration, and language skill development in a multilingual context.
- Delivered lessons aligned with Manitoba standards, with embedded strategies to support multilingual learners.
- Built an inclusive classroom environment supporting the social-emotional and academic growth of ELLs.
Education, certification, instrumentation.
// education
// certifications
// assessment literacy
// facilitation
Working files, not mockups.
Writing as research, research as practice.
Scope a consulting engagement.
I work with schools, edtech teams, publishers, and foundations on scoped, time-bound projects. Hourly, per-project, or retainer.
> TIMEZONE: KST (UTC+9) · Seoul · responses within 24h on weekdays
// INQUIRY RECEIVED
Thanks — your message is in. I'll respond within 24 business hours from Seoul (KST, UTC+9). If it's urgent, email josh@stillhumanacademy.com directly.