We partner with schools, districts, universities, and regional organizations to design and facilitate professional learning that integrates generative artificial intelligence (AI) into existing priorities. Our approach keeps humans and learning central—leveraging AI to reduce unproductive burdens while strengthening teaching, leadership, and student learning.
How We Help
We begin with your priorities—whether they be instructional quality, teacher retention, leadership development, or systemwide improvement—and design professional learning experiences that connect AI directly to those needs. Participants develop their AI confidence and fluency by learning to use AI to address their current challenges and accomplish their goals.
For those in instructional roles, we help you learn to design AI-enhanced learning opportunities for students that reduce barriers and busywork while protecting the kinds of effort that make learning meaningful. We emphasize productive struggle, social sense-making, and cognitive ownership in the learning of both teachers and students. This professional learning can fit any format, including single events, ongoing series, or professional coaching embedded into existing PLCs.
Service Delivery
- Online, onsite, and hybrid are all options.
Who Will Benefit
- Teachers
- Departments
- Principals
- District and regional leaders
- Preservice instructors
- Counselors
- Paraprofessionals, and student support staff
Ready to partner with us to design AI professional learning that meets your community’s needs?
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“I appreciated how the workshop broke down complex AI topics into manageable pieces, making them accessible even for beginners. The opportunity to engage in discussions with experts and peers provided diverse perspectives, enhancing the overall learning experience.”
— Teacher participant
Goshen, New York
Featured Experts
Drew Nucci
Patrick Moyle
Connecting Research With Practice
This service draws on WestEd’s Friction by Design framework, which helps educators distinguish between productive friction that fuels learning and unproductive friction that stalls it. We integrate principles of adult learning theory, ensuring professional learning respects participants’ expertise, is problem-centered, and leads to immediate application. Together, these foundations ensure that AI is introduced not as a distraction but as a catalyst for meaningful, sustainable change in teaching and leadership practice.
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