diff --git a/.rubocop.yml b/.rubocop.yml
index 1ec2cd62..5f454123 100644
--- a/.rubocop.yml
+++ b/.rubocop.yml
@@ -95,6 +95,10 @@ Layout/EmptyLinesAroundModuleBody:
 # Use Ruby >= 1.9 syntax for hashes. Prefer { a: :b } over { :a => :b }.
 Style/HashSyntax:
   Enabled: true
+  # TODO: This is not preferred, but was followed and undoing it is more annoying...
+  EnforcedShorthandSyntax: always
+  # TODO: Enable this after upgrading rubocop, consistent would be preferred over never
+  # EnforcedShorthandSyntax: consistent
 
 # Method definitions after `private` or `protected` isolated calls need one
 # extra level of indentation.
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 8a6fa608..91e80229 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -100,3 +100,7 @@ group :test do
   # Test suite speedup
   gem "rails-controller-testing"
 end
+
+group :development, :test do
+  gem "faker"
+end
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 20110be5..c7650204 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -577,6 +577,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   database_cleaner
   debug
   factory_bot_rails
+  faker
   haml-lint
   httparty (~> 0.21.0)
   image_processing (>= 1.2)
diff --git a/lib/school_creator.rb b/lib/school_creator.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3af215df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/school_creator.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+module SchoolCreator
+  def self.create_schools(number_of_schools, international: false)
+    grade_levels = School.grade_levels.keys
+    school_types = School.school_types.keys
+    available_countries = ISO3166::Country.all
+
+    school_ids = []
+    number_of_schools.times do
+      country = international ? available_countries.sample : ISO3166::Country["US"]
+      state = country.states.keys.sample
+      school = School.create!(
+          name: Faker::Educator.university,
+          city: Faker::Address.city,
+          state:,
+          country: country.alpha2,
+          website: Faker::Internet.url,
+          grade_level: grade_levels.sample,
+          school_type: school_types.sample
+        )
+      school_ids.push(school.id)
+    end
+    school_ids
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/tasks/populate_teachers.rake b/lib/tasks/populate_teachers.rake
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e2355889
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/tasks/populate_teachers.rake
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require "school_creator"
+require "teacher_creator"
+
+namespace :db do
+  desc "Populate the database with fake teacher data"
+  task populate_teachers: :environment do
+    number_of_US_schools = 5
+    number_of_international_schools = 5
+    school_ids = []
+
+    # Create US schools
+    school_ids << SchoolCreator.create_schools(number_of_US_schools)
+
+    # Create International schools
+    school_ids << SchoolCreator.create_schools(number_of_international_schools, international: true)
+
+    if school_ids.empty?
+      puts "No schools available to assign. Please create schools first."
+      exit
+    end
+
+    number_of_teachers = 30
+    TeacherCreator.create_teachers(number_of_teachers, school_ids)
+
+    puts "#{number_of_US_schools} US schools created. \n#{number_of_US_schools} international schools created. \n#{number_of_teachers} teachers created."
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/teacher_creator.rb b/lib/teacher_creator.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c2b40b5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/teacher_creator.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+module TeacherCreator
+  def self.create_teachers(number_of_teachers, school_ids)
+    statuses = Teacher.statuses.keys
+    education_levels = Teacher.education_levels.keys
+    teachers = []
+
+    number_of_teachers.times do
+      teacher = Teacher.create!(
+          first_name: Faker::Name.first_name,
+          last_name: Faker::Name.last_name,
+          snap: Faker::Internet.username,
+          school_id: school_ids.sample,
+          personal_website: Faker::Internet.domain_name,
+          status: statuses.sample,
+          more_info: Faker::Lorem.sentence(word_count: 20),
+          education_level: education_levels.sample,
+          languages: Teacher::WORLD_LANGUAGES.sample(rand(1..3))
+        )
+      if teacher.persisted?
+        # Generate an email using the first_name and last_name from the teacher instance
+        email = Faker::Internet.email(name: "#{teacher.first_name} #{teacher.last_name}", separators: ["."])
+        EmailAddress.create!(
+            teacher_id: teacher.id,
+            email:,
+            primary: true
+          )
+      end
+      teachers.push(teacher)
+    end
+    teachers
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/lib/school_creator_spec.rb b/spec/lib/school_creator_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5a944b1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/lib/school_creator_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require "rails_helper"
+require "./lib/school_creator"
+
+RSpec.describe SchoolCreator do
+  describe "#create_schools" do
+    let(:valid_states) { School::VALID_STATES }
+    let(:grade_levels) { ["elementary", "middle_school", "high_school"] }
+    let(:school_types) { ["public", "private"] }
+
+    before do
+      allow(School).to receive_message_chain(:grade_levels, :keys).and_return(grade_levels)
+      allow(School).to receive_message_chain(:school_types, :keys).and_return(school_types)
+    end
+
+    it "creates the specified number of US schools" do
+      schools = SchoolCreator.create_schools(5)
+      expect(schools.length).to eq(5)
+    end
+
+    it "creates schools with appropriate attributes for US schools" do
+      SchoolCreator.create_schools(1)
+      school = School.last
+
+      expect(school.country).to eq("US")
+      expect(valid_states).to include(school.state)
+      expect(grade_levels).to include(school.grade_level)
+      expect(school_types).to include(school.school_type)
+    end
+
+    it "creates schools with no state for international schools" do
+      SchoolCreator.create_schools(1, international: true)
+      school = School.last
+
+      expect(school.state).to be_nil
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/lib/teacher_creator_spec.rb b/spec/lib/teacher_creator_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0d965b12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/lib/teacher_creator_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require "rails_helper"
+require "./lib/teacher_creator"
+
+RSpec.describe TeacherCreator do
+    describe "#create_teachers" do
+      let(:school_ids) { [] }
+      let(:statuses) { ["csp_teacher", "non_csp_teacher", "mixed_class"] }
+      let(:education_levels) { ["middle_school", "high_school", "college"] }
+      let(:languages) { ["English", "Romanian", "German"] }
+      let(:valid_states) { ["CA", "NY", "TX"] }
+
+      before do
+        # Create schools directly and push their IDs to the school_ids array
+        3.times do |i|
+          school = School.create!(
+            name: "School #{i}",
+            city: Faker::Address.city,
+            country: "US",
+            website: Faker::Internet.url,
+            state: valid_states.sample
+          )
+          school_ids << school.id
+        end
+
+        allow(Teacher).to receive_message_chain(:statuses, :keys).and_return(statuses)
+        allow(Teacher).to receive_message_chain(:education_levels, :keys).and_return(education_levels)
+        Teacher::WORLD_LANGUAGES = languages
+      end
+
+      it "creates the specified number of teachers" do
+        expect {
+          TeacherCreator.create_teachers(10, school_ids)
+        }.to change(Teacher, :count).by(10)
+      end
+
+      it "assigns valid school_ids to each teacher" do
+        TeacherCreator.create_teachers(5, school_ids)
+        Teacher.last(5).each do |teacher|
+          expect(school_ids).to include(teacher.school_id)
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end