> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.goguardian.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Overview

> AI-powered lesson planning tool that helps you create complete, differentiated lesson packages in under a minute.

Pear Start is the only AI tool that helps you plan, create, customize, and deliver high-quality lesson packages all in one place. Instead of stopping at a first draft, Pear Start takes you from a topic or standard all the way to classroom-ready materials — lesson plans, interactive Pear Deck presentations, Pear Practice sets, and Pear Assessment tests — faster than ever before.

**Key benefit:** Generate complete, differentiated lesson packages in under 1 minute. On average it takes about 38 seconds.

## Explore What You Can Do with Pear Start

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    Generate a full package of customizable lessons, practice sets, and assessments on any topic, differentiated for multiple student groups, in under a minute.
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    Create multiple versions of the same lesson package for different student groups in a single generation step.
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    Generate a lesson plan and instantly transform it into Pear Deck presentations, Pear Practice sets, and Pear Assessment tests — all from one place.
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    Upload your existing materials — PDFs, Google Docs, photos of worksheets — and automatically convert them into interactive lessons, practice sets, and assessments.
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  <Card title="10+ years of responsible AI" icon="shield">
    Pear Deck Learning's AI tools are built on over a decade of privacy-centric policies, designed to be accurate, appropriate, private, and secure.
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    Pear Start requires LLM partners to delete all data from your AI requests within 24 hours. Your content is not kept, read, or used for model training.
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## Create Your First Lesson Package

1. Go to [start.peardeck.com](https://start.peardeck.com) and sign in with your school Google or Microsoft account.
2. Type in a topic, paste a standard code, or upload an existing file you want to transform.
3. Choose the grade level and specify which student groups you want to differentiate for. Pear Start generates separate versions for each group.
4. Click to generate. The full package — lesson plan, Pear Deck presentation, Pear Practice set, and Pear Assessment test — is typically ready in about 38 seconds.
5. Preview each component. Edit slides, questions, or practice items to match your classroom needs and add any accommodations or supports your students require.
6. Launch your Pear Deck presentation, assign the practice set in Pear Practice, and schedule the assessment in Pear Assessment — all without leaving the platform.

## Review Privacy and Responsible AI Practices

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  Pear Start's zero-day retention policy means your LLM partners delete all data from your AI requests within 24 hours. None of your school content is stored beyond that window or used to train AI models. Learn more at [peardeck.com/responsible-ai-principles](https://www.peardeck.com/responsible-ai-principles).
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Pear Deck Learning has applied responsible AI practices for over 10 years. Pear Start is built on the same principles: tools designed to be accurate, appropriate for school use, private, and secure.

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  School and district leaders can give teachers early access to Pear Start. If you are an administrator, contact Pear Deck Learning to request free access for your school or district.
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