AI Thought Leaders: Building Leadership for AI-Enhanced Teaching and Learning
Ready to become the AI champion your school needs? This advanced professional learning course transforms experienced AI practitioners into confident instructional leaders who guide colleagues with clarity, credibility, and care through the complexities of AI integration in K-12 classrooms.
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 for every educator.
Through collaborative activities and authentic leadership scenarios, you will learn to model masterful prompting, champion ethical implementation, design effective professional learning, and sustain momentum for long-term innovation and change.
Who Should Enroll: K-12 educators who have completed at least one GCRTC AI professional learning course, are familiar with the design of thought-partner and/or cognitive mirror prompts, have implemented AI strategies in their own classrooms, and feel passionate about helping colleagues discover AI's role in K-12 education.
Please note: This course is open to teachers who are employed in GCRTC participating districts and is limited to fifteen participants. A similar course will be offered during the summer to accommodate additional educators.
Course Outcome: By the completion of the course, you will have created a personalized AI Leadership Toolkit containing 1) a demonstration video, 2) workshop presentations featuring student work, 3) a prompt library, and 4) evaluation frameworks. Please consider joining us to build your AI leadership skills!
FORMAT: Asynchronous online learning
DATES: 3/12/26-4/23/26
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