ChatGPT for Teachers is free through June 2028 for verified U.S. K–12 educators.
Overview
ChatGPT for Teachers is a secure, self-serve version of ChatGPT for U.S. K–12 educators. It gives teachers and school staff a place to use AI with classroom materials and student data, supported by education-grade protections and admin controls that help schools meet their compliance needs.
Availability and pricing
You’re eligible if you:
Work for an accredited U.S. K–12 school or district, and
Are a teacher, staff member, school leader, or district administrator
After the free period, we may introduce or adjust pricing, with the goal of keeping the plan affordable for educators. If pricing changes, we’ll provide advance notice consistent with our terms.
The plan is not for students. Each workspace is limited to verified educators within the same district.
Get started as an educator
Create a Teachers workspace
Go to the educator verification page. Sign in or create a ChatGPT account using your school or district email address.
Complete educator verification using the same email address.
After verification, you’ll return to the educator verification page in ChatGPT. Select Create a new workspace or Create workspace. If you aren’t returned automatically, or your verification finishes later, reopen the educator verification page. Sign in with the same account you used for verification if prompted.
Enter a workspace name. Review the Teacher Access Terms and Student Data Privacy Agreement, select the agreement checkbox, then select Agree and Continue.
Follow the onboarding prompts to set your role, subjects, and grade levels.
Join an existing workspace
If your school or district already has a Teachers workspace, select it when offered and follow the prompts to join or request access. You can also ask a workspace owner or admin to send an invitation to your school email address. Open the invitation and sign in or create an account using that email address.
Resolve verification errors
If you see “Unknown error” when submitting verification documents, open the verification page in another browser. Use the same ChatGPT account and sign-in method, then retry the submission.
If verification errors continue or you’re unable to verify your educator eligibility, contact OpenAI Support through the chat bubble in the Help Center.
Included features
ChatGPT for Teachers includes OpenAI’s flagship model, along with teacher-specific onboarding, prompts, and recommended use cases. You can use:
File uploads, file search, apps, and data analysis to work with your materials and data.
Web search and deep research, where available, to find and explore information.
Voice mode, image generation, and memory for different ways to work and personalize responses.
Shared projects and collaboration features to work with colleagues.
ChatGPT Work to complete longer tasks.
Plugins to add tools and reusable workflows.
Sites to create and share websites and lightweight apps.
Space to create, organize, and share pages.
For more about the plan’s features, see: ChatGPT for Teachers.
Set up a school or district workspace
Workspace owners and admins can manage members, roles, and workspace settings. Admin tools include single sign-on (SSO), role-based access controls, domain claiming, and analytics.
Verify your district domain
Verify your district email domain if domain verification is available for your workspace. For instructions, see: Verifying your domain for OpenAI identity. If self-service verification is unavailable, contact OpenAI Support through the Help Center chat bubble.
Claim your domain if needed
District admins can request a domain claim to bring educators into a district-managed workspace. Domain claiming is separate from domain verification and is not required to enable SCIM directory sync.
A claim can direct people with matching email addresses to the claimed workspace and can make other ChatGPT for Teachers workspaces using that domain inaccessible. Review these effects with your school or district before requesting a claim.
To request a claim, contact OpenAI Support through the Help Center chat bubble. Begin your message with “Request to Complete Domain Claim - Chat GPT For Teachers” and include your district name and domain.
Configure staff access
Owners and admins can invite eligible staff directly. Eligible ChatGPT for Teachers K–12 district tenants can also use tenant-wide SCIM to synchronize staff groups from an identity provider.
To set up SCIM:
Have a global admin configure tenant-wide directory sync. At least one domain must be verified for the same tenant. For setup instructions, see: Connect a tenant directory in SCIM provisioning and management.
Start with a small pilot group of intended staff from your identity provider. Exclude student accounts and student groups.
Assign the synchronized staff groups to your Teachers workspace. For instructions, see: Assign synchronized groups and product access. Check workspace invitations and membership after synchronization.
If SSO is available for your workspace, configure it for your district. For instructions, see: Single sign-on (SSO) setup for OpenAI products. Review workspace permissions and settings before rollout.
Test access before rollout
Selecting staff groups for SCIM does not restrict other ways people can join the workspace. Review existing members, direct invitations, and domain-based joining separately.
Test with a small staff group. Confirm sign-in, invitation acceptance where required, and access to the intended Teachers workspace.
Use a test account that should not have access to confirm it cannot join through another access method.
If you use SCIM, remove a test user from the provider assignment or group. Wait for a successful sync and verify that group-driven access is removed. Check direct invitations, other groups, and manually granted workspace access separately, and remove access that should no longer apply.
After successful testing, expand synchronization to the remaining intended staff groups, or invite eligible staff who aren’t managed through SCIM. Tell staff to sign in with their district email address and follow the available prompts to join or open the district workspace.
Get help with a larger deployment
Contact sales if your district has complex deployment needs, requires advanced enterprise features such as data residency or Enterprise Key Management (EKM), or is interested in ChatGPT Edu or other OpenAI products.
Data privacy and security
ChatGPT for Teachers is designed to help schools meet their privacy and compliance obligations. It includes education-grade protections and compliance features, including FERPA-aligned protections and a student data privacy agreement.
How your data is used
As with other Business customers, information shared with ChatGPT for Teachers is not used to train our models by default. Please note that we may use automated systems to classify content for safety and quality.
Access to stored conversations
Access to conversations stored on our systems is limited to (1) authorized employees that require access for engineering support, investigating potential platform abuse, and legal compliance and (2) specialized third-party contractors who are bound by confidentiality and security obligations, solely to review for abuse and misuse.
For more about data use, access, and security, see: Enterprise privacy at OpenAI.