This is an example of an AI survey about professional development for teachers—see and try the example to experience how Specific can make survey feedback effortless.

Designing meaningful teacher professional development surveys is a pain: one-size-fits-all forms don’t get honest answers, while open-ended questions lead to vague and incomplete responses.

At Specific, we’ve built tools for conversational surveys that dig deep and deliver insights, not just data. Every tool you see here is powered by the Specific platform, combining expert research knowledge with best-in-class AI for surveys.

What is a conversational survey and why AI makes it better for teachers

Gathering real feedback from teachers about their professional development isn’t easy. Traditional survey forms leave teachers with survey fatigue, monotonous questions, and little motivation to explain their true needs. Most surveys end up with low completion rates, unclear answers, and missed opportunities.

That’s why an AI survey example—built as a conversational interview rather than a static form—completely changes the game. Specific’s conversational surveys engage teachers like a friendly chat, not a bureaucracy. Respondents answer casually on mobile or desktop, while the AI adapts in real time to draw out deeper context, so you get richer data.

The best part? AI-powered surveys have demonstrated much higher completion rates compared to traditional surveys: 70%–90% completion for AI surveys, versus just 10%–30% for traditional ones. That’s a huge leap in engagement, mostly because the AI responds dynamically and keeps teachers interested throughout the conversation. [1]

Why use AI for teacher surveys?

• Higher engagement: Conversational AI feels familiar—like instant messaging.

• Deeper insights: Smart follow-ups help clarify and explore answers.

• Easier to create: Type a prompt, and the AI builds your survey in seconds.

• More flexibility: Edit, adapt, or personalize at any step—no technical stuff needed.

Specific delivers the smoothest experience for teachers and survey creators alike. Tried-and-tested AI survey templates mean you never start from a blank page. And if you’re looking for inspiration, you can check out practical question ideas for teacher professional development survey or learn how to create a custom teacher survey from a simple chat prompt. Want more flexibility? Use the AI survey generator for any type of survey.

Automatic follow-up questions based on previous reply

It’s not just about asking questions; it’s about asking the right follow-up in the moment. Specific’s AI-powered survey builder listens like a real expert—it asks clarifying questions instantly, based on each teacher’s response and your instructions. This cuts through vague answers and gets straight to the real story, without back-and-forth emails or missed context.

Here’s a quick peek at why follow-up questions are so powerful:

• Teacher: "I felt the recent workshop was helpful."

• AI follow-up: "That’s great to hear. Could you share what specifically made the workshop helpful for your teaching practice?"

Without follow-ups, you might only get surface-level takeaways like "It was fine." Specific’s conversational AI nudges for detail, making feedback more actionable for school leaders and development organizers. Learn more about how automatic follow-up questions work in Specific.

These follow-ups make the survey a real conversation—not just a list of questions—so we call it a conversational survey.

Easy editing, like magic

Once your survey is created, you don’t have to settle for “good enough.” With Specific’s AI-powered survey editor, you chat naturally to refine questions, change instructions, or tweak tone—and the AI does the heavy lifting. Want to rephrase a question, add new follow-up logic, or shift the survey’s focus? Just tell the AI what you need, and it updates your conversational survey instantly. Edits take seconds instead of slogging through endless form fields.

Flexible ways to deliver your survey

Your audience and context for professional development feedback matter—so does how you deliver the survey. Specific makes it simple, offering two flexible distribution options:

• Sharable landing page surveys: Perfect for circulating your professional development survey to all teachers in a school or district via email, staff newsletter, or direct link.

• In-product surveys: Ideal if your school or education platform has a web portal or learning management system—drop the conversational survey right where teachers log in, at just the right moment.

For broad professional development initiatives involving multiple schools, landing page delivery lets you reach teachers wherever they are. If you’re gathering targeted feedback on a new training module within your existing systems, in-product delivery feels seamless and contextual.

AI-powered analysis: instant insights, no busywork

Analyzing teacher survey responses is usually slow and overwhelming, but Specific changes that. AI survey analysis instantly summarizes answers, detects recurring themes, and pulls out actionable insights—no spreadsheets or copy-pasting needed. You get automated survey insights with topic detection, and you can even chat directly with AI about your results, just like you’d talk to a colleague. See how this works step-by-step in our guide on how to analyze teacher professional development survey responses with AI.

With AI that processes feedback up to 60% faster than manual review and delivers 95% accuracy in sentiment analysis [3], you’ll have your answers before you’ve even finished your coffee.

See this professional development survey example now

Try this AI-powered conversational survey to experience how Specific transforms teacher feedback. You’ll get higher completion rates, clearer answers, and actionable insights without the hassle. See how natural, smart, and fast a survey can really be.