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From AI Anxiety to Action: Leading Professional Growth

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Session description

Discover how to navigate the complexity of AI professional development with a systematic approach. You'll learn to assess your organization's AI readiness, create targeted PD pathways, and implement sustainable scaling strategies. This session showcases proven AI professional learning models from ISTE U and provides guidance for selecting and implementing the right solutions for your context. Walk away with actionable tools to develop a comprehensive AI professional learning strategy that meets your educators' unique needs and drives meaningful technology integration.

Outline

Interactive Opening (5 mins)
- Quick poll: "What's your biggest challenge with AI PD?"
- Real-time word cloud creation using mobile devices
- Share aggregated results to frame discussion
Setting the Stage (5 mins)
- Current state of AI in education
- Common challenges leaders face
- Preview of session outcomes
Mini-Workshop: District Readiness Assessment (10 mins)
- Participants use provided tool to evaluate current AI literacy levels and identify organizational barriers
- Small group discussion of findings (pairs or triads)
Facilitated Share-Out (5 mins)
- Gathering common themes
- Identifying shared challenges
- Building collective understanding
Overview of Professional Learning Options (8 mins)
- Showcase of new ISTE U courses and pathways
- Implementation models and success stories of past ISTE U cohorts
Interactive Strategy Building (12 mins)
- Small group work (4-5 people) using provided planning template to match solutions to identified needs, draft implementation timeline, plan for scaling
- Real-time collaborative document creation
Individual Work Time (5 mins)
- Participants create initial action steps
- Set preliminary goals and timelines
Structured Peer Feedback (5 mins)
- Partner discussion
- Sharing of strategies
- Problem-solving common challenges
CLOSING & NEXT STEPS (5 minutes)
- Resource Sharing
- Access to digital tools and templates
- Connection to support community
- Next steps for implementation
Final Q&A
Call to action

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Supporting research

ISTE U course content and survey results from running courses

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Presenters

Jessica Garner

Senior Director, Innovative Learning

ISTE+ASCD

Victoria McDonald

Senior Program Manager, ISTE U

ISTE+ASCD

Session specifications

Topic:

Artificial Intelligence

TLP:

Yes

Grade level:

PK-12

Audience:

District Level Leadership, Teacher Development, Technology Coach/Trainer

Attendee devices:

Devices useful

Attendee device specification:

Smartphone: Android, iOS, Windows
Laptop: Chromebook, Mac, PC
Tablet: Android, iOS, Windows

Subject area:

Teacher Education, Technology Education

ISTE Standards:

For Education Leaders:
Empowering Leader

Empower educators to exercise professional agency, build teacher leadership skills and pursue personalized professional learning.
Inspire a culture of innovation, creative problem-solving, and collaboration that allows the time to explore and develop teaching practices using digital tools.
Support educators in using technology to advance learning that meets the diverse learning, cultural, and social-emotional needs of individual students.

TLPs:

Develop Expertise, Ignite Agency