AI Thought Leaders: Building Leadership for AI-Enhanced Teaching and Learning
Ready to become the AI champion your school needs? This advanced professional development course transforms experienced AI practitioners into confident instructional leaders who embrace the opportunity to explore new AI applications and share their findings with students and colleagues.
Drawing on Thomas Guskey's research-based framework for professional development evaluation and Ethan Mollick's co-intelligence principles, you will develop the expertise and resources needed to lead meaningful change in your classroom, department, and/or building. Whether you are mentoring a hesitant colleague, facilitating a team meeting, or designing professional learning for your entire school, this course equips you to make AI accessible, ethical, and transformative.
Through collaborative activities and authentic leadership scenarios, you will learn to model masterful AI prompting, champion ethical AI implementation, design effective professional learning, and sustain momentum for long-term innovation and change.
Who Should Enroll: K-12 educators who are familiar with the design of thought-partner, tutoring and/or cognitive mirror prompts, have implemented AI strategies in their classrooms, and feel passionate about helping colleagues discover AI's potential.
Course Outcomes: By the completion of the course, you will have created a personalized AI Leadership Toolkit containing:
- A demonstration video,
- A workshop/lesson presentation,
- A prompt library, and
- An evaluation framework.
- Please consider joining us this summer to build your AI leadership skills!
FORMAT: Asynchronous online learning
DATES: 7/6/26-7/31/26
GCRTC FACILITATOR/CONTACT: Denise Lutter, Ed.D., GCRTC Teacher Leadership Coach for Visual and Performing Arts
FEE: None. Registration is required.
CTLE HOURS: 15
REGISTRATION: https://tinyurl.com/mr3wh3jk