Education leaders face mounting pressure to adopt AI, but where should they start?
As AI reshapes learning, educators face a crucial design challenge: how to preserve the effort and engagement that make learning meaningful while reducing barriers that limit participation and growth.
In this webinar series, WestEd helps education leaders by providing 30-minute, practical sessions packed with insights and strategies for navigating generative AI (GenAI) from multiple perspectives. Each webinar explores critical topics about AI, such as implementation, tool selection, and institutional readiness. Join WestEd experts to learn practical frameworks to help your organization harness AI’s potential while keeping learning at the center.
All webinars were held from 12–12:30 p.m. PT / 3–3:30 p.m. ET.
Explore Past AI Webinars
January 15, 2026
From AI Risk to AI Readiness
This webinar addresses critical questions about AI readiness, from evaluating institutional capacity to understanding fine-tuning options for large language models. WestEd experts will share frameworks for assessing your organization’s preparedness, protecting student data, and determining when customization makes sense.
January 13, 2026
Selecting GenAI Tools That Build Healthy Classroom Culture
Explore how evaluating cultural fit when procuring AI tools can help build healthier classroom environments. This approach, grounded in both philosophy and learning science, responds to growing calls for more human-centered and evidence-based technology design.
December 11, 2025
Friction by Design: Centering Learning in the Age of AI
In this webinar, learn more about how thoughtful integration of AI can amplify students’ agency, collaboration, and sense-making without diminishing the essential struggle that makes learning stick. The Friction by Design framework offers a lens for designing accessible, engaging experiences in an age of intelligent tools.
September 30, 2025
How to Support STEM Teachers in Deploying Generative AI to Improve Teaching
This recorded webinar shares case studies from the IES-funded AmplifyGAIN Center to illustrate how STEM teachers use GenAI in their work and how school leaders can create conditions, professional learning, and policies that support effective, transformative instructional adoption aligned with school improvement goals.