2025-2026 Professional Learning & Sessions (Highlights)
AI for Littles: Engaging Young Learners
AI for Littles: Engaging Young Learners
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is all the rage, but terms of service and compliance with FERPA and COPPA can leave many AI tools out of reach for early education learners and teachers. AI for Early Education will provide participants with tools they can use to help our littlest learners explore the world of AI.
ABCs of AI: Access, Boards, Community
AI for Littles: Engaging Young Learners
When addressing AI in education, much of the focus has centered on learners and educators. ABC’s explores how plans are necessary to involve other stakeholders, including families, school boards, and the community in this transformative period in education.
Guiding Responsible AI Learners (GRAIL)
How can educators ensure their work with AI integration is aligned with best practices? GRAIL explores AI literacy and how it can impact instructional systems as educators build their capacity with AI tools and related resources.
Analog AI: Unplugged Activities (PK - 5)
Explore how to introduce AI concepts to children ages 3–8 through storytelling, block-based coding, and hands-on activities. This session highlights developmentally appropriate ways to nurture curiosity, promote problem-solving, and lay the foundation for future digital fluency through play.
AI and PBL: Enhancing Projects with AI
Project-based learning (PBL) provides the perfect opportunity for learners to apply their knowledge. Artficial intelligence tools can support learners by idea generation and iteration, analyzing data, and assisting with findings. Find out how in this engaging session.
Teachers in the Loop
Teachers are most likely to interact with students; yet, they are often underrepresented in planning instructional initiatives. Explore how keeping teachers in the loop can lead to successful tech integration.
AI in education for Teachers
Everyday AI for Every Classroom
Generative AI as a Teaching Partner
Everyday AI for Every Classroom
Discover practical ways to use AI for planning, differentiation, and productivity. Learn how to responsibly integrate AI into daily routines to support teaching practices.
AI-Powered Lesson Design
Generative AI as a Teaching Partner
Everyday AI for Every Classroom
Reimagine instruction using AI tools aligned to learning standards and UDL principles. Participants to co-create lesson plans that support learners through smart content generation and scaffolding.
Generative AI as a Teaching Partner
Generative AI as a Teaching Partner
Generative AI as a Teaching Partner
Master prompt crafting and classroom-ready applications for AI tools such as chatbots. Explore GenAI's use for generating writing prompts, assessments, rubrics, and student supports while modeling ethical AI use.
Assessment in the Age of AI
Designing for All: AI Meets UDL
Generative AI as a Teaching Partner
Rethink formative and summative assessment strategies. Understand how AI can support personalized feedback and help shift from content recall to critical thinking.
Designing for All: AI Meets UDL
Designing for All: AI Meets UDL
Designing for All: AI Meets UDL
Discover how AI tools can support Universal Design for Learning by offering flexible pathways for engagement, representation, and expression. Explore practical ways to empower students by leveraging learning variability.
Ethics, Empathy, and AI
Designing for All: AI Meets UDL
Designing for All: AI Meets UDL
Guide students in understanding ethical issues surrounding AI. Learn how to create discussions and activities that promote digital citizenship, critical thinking, and social responsibility in an AI world.
AI in education for Leaders
Leading in the AI Era
Policy, Privacy, and Possibility
Building AI-Ready Schools
Explore how school and district leaders can strategically integrate AI across systems, from instruction to operations. Learn about governance, change management, and data ethics to drive innovation while ensuring safety and equity.
Building AI-Ready Schools
Policy, Privacy, and Possibility
Building AI-Ready Schools
Design a future-forward ecosystem. This session focuses on infrastructure, policy alignment, and staff capacity-building to prepare for AI integration in learning, assessment, and administration.
Policy, Privacy, and Possibility
Policy, Privacy, and Possibility
Demystifying AI for Education Leaders
Unpack AI-related legal and ethical implications for schools. Topics include FERPA, COPPA, algorithmic bias, and decision-making protocols for approving AI tools that align with district values.
Demystifying AI for Education Leaders
Demystifying AI for Education Leaders
Demystifying AI for Education Leaders
Cut through the hype! This foundational course breaks down how AI actually works, clarifies common misconceptions, and builds a shared language for making informed decisions about AI in education.
AI and the Human Element
Demystifying AI for Education Leaders
Vendor Vetting and AI Tool Selection
Explore the evolving relationship between automation and educator roles. Learn how to protect professional identify, foster teacher creativity, and preserve human connection in a tech-enhanced learning environment.
Vendor Vetting and AI Tool Selection
Demystifying AI for Education Leaders
Vendor Vetting and AI Tool Selection
Not all edtech is created equal. Learn how to vet AI-powered tools using evidence-based frameworks that evaluate data security, bias, transparency, and instructional alignment.
AI in Education for Support Staff
AI Essentials for School Operations
Communications & Customer Service with AI
AI Essentials for School Operations
Explore how AI can streamline tasks like scheduling, communication, and data management. Learn to work alongside AI tools for increased efficiency while protecting student information.
Supporting Students in the AI Age
Communications & Customer Service with AI
AI Essentials for School Operations
Understand how AI impacts student learning and behavior. This course equips paraprofessionals and aides with strategies to assist students using AI-based learning tools responsibly.
Communications & Customer Service with AI
Communications & Customer Service with AI
Communications & Customer Service with AI
Learn how AI tools like chatbots, translators, and predictive text support school communications. Improve family engagement and accessibility while maintaining the human touch.