CANOPY LEADERSHIP COMPANION
A free planning and drafting companion for South African school leaders
Canopy · Building capacity. Growing impact. · canopyeducation.co.za

GETTING STARTED
1. Save canopy-leadership-companion.html somewhere you will find it again,
   for example in your Documents folder.
2. Double-click it. It opens in your web browser (Chrome, Edge, Firefox or
   Safari). You don't need an internet connection or an account.
3. Open the "My school" tab and set your school type, phases and
   governance body. Every prompt and draft uses these.

WHAT IT DOES
- Draft: builds a full prompt, with your school's context, to paste into
  the AI tool your school uses (ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini or Claude). Paste
  the answer back to keep it in your library.
- Library: your saved drafts, ready to copy into Word or download as a
  Word document.
- Rhythm: daily, weekly, monthly, termly and yearly leadership checklists.
- Coaching: plan a coaching conversation with a member of staff using GROW.
- Customise: change the tasks, starting prompts and standing instructions
  to suit your school, and share your setup with your leadership team.

WHERE YOUR WORK IS KEPT
Everything you save stays in this browser on this computer. Nothing is
sent to Canopy. Keep using the same browser, keep the file in the same
folder, and download a backup from "My school" now and then. Use that
backup to move your work to another computer.

PERSONAL INFORMATION (POPIA)
Paste prompts only into an AI tool your school has approved. Free AI tools
may keep or learn from what you paste. Never include learners' or staff
names, ID numbers, marks linked to names, or medical or disciplinary
details. Use placeholders such as [Learner A]. The Companion warns you if
a request looks as if it contains personal information, but it can't
catch everything.

LICENCE
Free to use and adapt within your school. Please keep the Canopy credit
and don't sell it. If you change the tool, the changes are yours, and
Canopy isn't responsible for them. Drafts are a starting point: check
every legal and policy reference against current law and your school's
own documents.

Questions or ideas: hello@canopyeducation.co.za · +27 82 562 2320
