Custom projects for schools and districts Tell us the need, we'll do the rest Initial project outline within 24 hours Or a 20-minute conversation STEM.org accredited
Avinash BansalManik MehtaChelsea Dean
Our curriculum and technology experts read every message here and write each proposal by hand

Let's start with what your school needs.

Not our programs. Your priorities.

You know your school or district better than anyone, so that's where we begin: by understanding it. From what you tell us, our team brainstorms internally and comes back within 24 hours with an initial project outline: a practical strategy for a product, curriculum or approach you can actually implement, not a theory. If one of our existing programs fits, we'll say so. If it needs building, we'll build it with you.

No cost, no deck, no obligation. A co-founder replies within 24 hours.

In good company
across the US and
beyond
15,000+students
5,000+teachers trained
12+US states
150+podcasts with school leaders
Schools and districts we work with
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How it works

You talk. We listen. Then we do the work.

Every outline comes with a timeline, a budget range and the funding routes we think apply, so you can decide without a second meeting.

You write to usTwo minutes in the form below, in plain words. Or a 20-minute call.Whenever you're ready
We brainstorm as a teamCurriculum, psychology, design and engineering in one room, on your need.Same day
You get an initial project outlineYour problem in your words, our approach, who'd do it, a timeline, a budget range and the funding routes we think apply.Within 24 hours
We build and stayA small funded first phase, training before launch, support during, honest reporting after.For as long as it's useful
What a conversation with us looks like

Real requests, and what we sent back.

A superintendent in Florida, on a callWe lose track of our graduates the day they walk out. The board keeps asking for outcomes data and all I have is a survey that gets a single-digit response.
Us, the next morningBusiness schools get 70–90% on outcome surveys ten years out. The difference isn't the students, it's that they start the relationship before graduation and give before they ask. Here's a one-page outline and a clickable mock-up, including the board-facing page:
  • Every industry certification becomes a verifiable digital badge graduates actually keep and send to employers. That's why they log in in 2029.
  • A give-back ladder: answer a current student's question, sit for a recorded interview, mentor, host a worksite visit. The interview application is the outcomes survey.
  • No new position: volunteer class agents plus one senior capstone team. Funding via Perkins V, since the outcome measures are literally its reporting requirement.
An assistant to the superintendent, PennsylvaniaWe have a vision our team calls Everyday Hero for students in our MDS and LSS classrooms. Nothing off the shelf fits them, and honestly we need a partner who can build it for the full range of abilities, not one profile.
Us, the next dayConcept note attached, written with our psychologists and a special-education advisor: three everyday-hero scenarios, adjustable inputs so a student can play with a switch, a touch or a voice, task chains that break into as many steps as someone needs, and teacher progress views that map to IEP goals. First playable in about eight weeks, and we itemise it so it can sit inside an IDEA or foundation grant.
A superintendent in Massachusetts, facing a $15M cutFamilies are already hearing about AI from everywhere except us. I need the district to say something clear, and I don't have a budget line for a policy project.
Us, same weekThen let's not write a binder. A 30-second piece to camera from you, a three-part family explainer series, one page on the website that says where Framingham-sized districts stand, and a policy compass your committee can keep updating as the tools change. Sized to fit inside an existing communications line. Staff training only if the first phase earns it.

From the last few months, lightly anonymised.

Already built, ready to use

So you never pay us to reinvent something that exists.

Future-Ready Skills, Grades 3–12SEL and leadership through 12 multiplayer games. See it
AI Literacy, Grades 6–12Original thinking first, then AI with judgment. See it
AI Fundamentals PD, Levels 1 & 2Live cohorts for educators: ethics, integrity, real workflows. See it
Async AI PD platformSelf-paced Level 1 with micro-lessons, games and reporting. Fits any calendar.
Leaders of TomorrowAn ebook co-written with 15 practising superintendents. Read it
The Learning Shift podcast150+ conversations with people in your seat. Listen

New this year, built with partners

None of these were on our website when the conversation started.

AI Literacy in Green Career Pathways: a K–12 curriculum frameworkFor a state workforce partnership in New Mexico, grant-itemised.
Life-skills games for students with special needsCo-designed with a Pennsylvania district, across the full range of abilities.
A district AI policy and a parent-first awareness campaignExplainer videos and a living policy for a Massachusetts district.
A grant-writing product for schoolsTurns your priorities and evidence into fundable proposals.
Who you'd be talking to

Two engineers who built a company together, ended up in education, and stayed for the people.

Avinash and Manik built Leaf Wearables together, their first company, and in 2018 it won the $1 million Anu & Naveen Jain Women's Safety XPRIZE, presented at the United Nations. They went on to build Leaf Studios together after that. Before Leaf, Avinash was doing research at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), and Manik was working on social entrepreneurship projects in Mexico and India. Then Avinash became a parent, and the questions changed: what do our kids actually need to be ready for, and who is teaching it?

So they started talking to superintendents, principals and curriculum directors, and didn't stop. A hundred and fifty of those conversations later, TomoClub had psychologists, education researchers, game designers, curriculum and instructional designers and engineers on one team, because the things school leaders asked for kept needing all of them at once.

Avinash Bansal, Manik Mehta and the Leaf Wearables team receiving the $1 million Women's Safety XPRIZE cheque from Anu and Naveen Jain
Avinash and Manik's Leaf Wearables receiving the $1M Women's Safety XPRIZE, June 2018. Read the story in Forbes →
Avinash Bansal
Avinash BansalCo-Founder and COO. Researcher at UIUC, then co-founder of Leaf Wearables and Leaf Studios with Manik. Loves to get things done. Always been an executioner, now trying to be a storyteller too.Superpower: team building
Manik Mehta
Manik MehtaCo-Founder and CEO. Social entrepreneurship in Mexico and India, then co-founder of Leaf Wearables and Leaf Studios with Avinash. Educator, engineer, storyteller, marathoner.Superpower: patience
Chelsea Dean
Chelsea DeanDirector of Curriculum. Educator and counselor, formerly with Teach For India. Loves creating and building things that focus on impact. The one who makes it fit your schedule.Superpower: empathy
Advised by former superintendents
Dr. Al Lewis
Dr. Al LewisStrategic Advisor. Servant leader and student-first superintendent. Innovation through people.Superpower: turning schools around
Dr. Melvin J. Brown
Dr. Melvin J. BrownStrategic Advisor. Superintendent in Residence, author, equity advocate, career-connected learning champion.Superpower: dismantling barriers at scale
Dr. Debbie Brockett
Dr. Debbie BrockettStrategic Advisor. Closes achievement gaps, drives instructional transformation, builds future-ready systems.Superpower: aligning systems for equity
Meet the whole team

Six disciplines under one roof.

Most education vendors have one of these. Having all six is what lets us say yes to problems that don't come with a product category.

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PsychologistsBehaviour, motivation and wellbeing. Why our games change how students handle conflict, not just how they score.
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Education researchersEvidence, standards alignment, measurement. Reports you can put in front of a board.
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Software developersOur own platform, game engine and AI tooling. GDPR and SOC 2. We ship it ourselves.
Gd
Game designersMechanics that make collaboration and self-regulation unavoidable, for ages 8 to adult.
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Curriculum designersScope and sequence, lesson plans, teacher guides, assessments. Built for real bell schedules.
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Instructional designersLive, async and blended. Micro-lessons and checks for understanding that teachers finish.
A note from Avinash

I would genuinely love to understand your vision, the priorities you're working to advance, and the challenges you're facing in your school or district. It could be a custom curriculum, an assessment methodology, using AI for personalisation and differentiation, special education needs, data, family engagement, teacher training, technology, or something we haven't thought of yet. Once we understand the goal, we'll work out together whether an existing program, professional learning, student support, or something we build from scratch is the right answer.

Our aim is simple: listen to what you need and build something meaningful for your school. Would you be open to a quick conversation?

Avinash Bansal
Avinash BansalCo-Founder, TomoClub

Tell us about your school

Plain language is perfect. We'll take it from here.

A person reads this, not a sequence. We never share it, and there's no newsletter hiding in here.
From leaders we've worked with

What it's like once we're in it together.

Superintendent

Thanks for being here. My teachers and our students will benefit from this PD.

Jeff ClarkSuperintendent, Amity School District
Director

Since implementing TomoClub, our school climate surveys show a significant rise in Sense of Belonging, which has led to a measurable drop in behavioral disruptions.

Cynthia KnightCEO/Director, Choice Charter School
Teaching & Learning

These sessions cover ELA standards and critical thinking so effectively that we've seen a positive effect on our reading and Math scores.

Brooke McGuireDirector of Teaching & Learning, Waseca Public Schools
STEM.org Accredited™Best In STEM™, top 5%STEM.org Certified™ Master Trainers$1M XPRIZE-winning foundersAligned to CASEL and AI4K12GDPR & SOC 2Public, charter, private, rural and tribal schools
Things leaders ask before writing

Fair questions.

Is there a cost for the initial project outline?

No. It's free and yours to keep. Budget ranges are in it so there are no surprises later.

Do we have to use one of your programs?

No. If one fits, we'll say so because it's faster and cheaper for you. If not, we scope something new.

What if it has nothing to do with AI?

Bring it anyway. Assessment design, special education supports, family engagement and teacher training are exactly where a psychologist, a curriculum designer and an engineer in the same room earn their keep.

How do districts usually fund this?

Title II and IV, state career-readiness or workforce grants, foundation grants, IDEA for special-education work, and reallocation from PD or curriculum lines. The outline names the routes we think apply, and we itemise curriculum and training separately because funders ask for it.

Who actually does the work?

Our own team, led by the co-founders. We don't hand projects to subcontractors.

Whenever you're ready, we're here.

One message is enough to start. We'll take it from there.