Bibb County, Georgia is moving teacher professional development into AI-driven practice with Emerging Educators programming that uses simulated parent meetings to reduce classroom communication risk for new educators. The pilot, delivered in partnership with the nonprofit Branch Alliance for Educator Diversity (BranchED), lets teachers run “choose your own adventure” scenarios with parent avatars that respond in real time. In the report, teacher and education therapist Brandon Lovett describes how the simulations help prepare educators for tense conversations involving student behavior and academic performance. After each session, teachers debrief with mentor teachers and peers, turning the simulation into a feedback loop rather than a one-time training. For higher education, the development points to a growing instructional design pattern: using AI simulations to train relational and behavioral management skills that are difficult to rehearse through traditional coursework or observation alone. If scaled, the approach could reshape how universities and alternative-route providers build induction supports—especially for cohorts entering education from corporate or nontraditional backgrounds.