ALP’s Community of Practice (COP) for district administrators and school leaders facilitates monthly virtual sessions featuring subject matter experts, time for questions, and space to collaborate and share the work of the learning community.

AI Community of Practice Goals
In close partnership with leaders from over 100 U.S. and Canadian districts, ALP facilitates an innovative networking teams model to realize the following outcomes:

Access to AI subject matter expertise. School and division leaders engage in high-interest, timely topics with subject matter experts to inform a systems approach to AI.
Exploration of transformational applications of AI. The community will explore how AI can be leveraged in areas such as operations, curriculum, personalized learning, and teacher engagement/retention.
Cultivation of a Network of Practitioners. Participants engage in a CoP that utilizes shared resources, expertise, and learning to navigate challenges and opportunities relative to AI.

🔵 ALP AI CoP Cohort 3, 2025-26

Session 3.2: Building Educators’ AI Competencies Through Coaching

Panelists: Chris Woehl, Lake Travis ISD, Lisa Johnson, Lake Travis ISD, Kendall Latham, Lenovo

Description: The Trailblazer coaching model is a powerful way to lead and scale innovation among teachers. Join ALP, Lake Travis ISD, and Lenovo as we unpack the process of equipping teachers with AI competencies through job-embedded coaching.
⏯️Session 3.2 Recording

Session 3.1: A Provincial Effort – Gen AI Readiness Across Ontario

Speakers: Mary Donaghy, Dr. Tom D’Amico, Joanne Benard, Paula Mann, Peter Sovran, Krishna Burra

Description: Ontario Directors leverage their Professional Association to build Gen AI leadership literacy and organizational capacity. A panel of Directors reflects on the Province-wide initiative facilitated by ALP and CODE. Amos and Katy Fodchuk, as well as Dean Shareski, share resources and insights from the October 1-2 Canadian Edu Leadership Gen AI Summit in Surrey.
⏯️Session 3.1 Recording

🔵 ALP GenAI CoP Cohort 2, 2024-25

Session 2.1: AI and Accessibility

Subject Matter Experts: Sam Canning-Kaplan, OpenAI Edu GTM, Haley Mullins, Director of Special Education at Winchester Public Schools, VA and Christine Fox, VP of Operations at CAST
Description: We begin by learning about OpenAI’s work around education from Sam Canning-Kaplan followed by a discussion with Haley Mullins and Christine Fox, VP of Operations at CAST about AI and accessibility. The session ends with breakout groups to synthesize and apply the learning shared by our guest speakers.
⏯️Session 2.1 Recording

Session 2.2: Deepfakes

Subject Matter Expert: Julia Fischer, Senior Product Marketing Manager at Microsoft and Geoff Edwards Superintendent of Learning Technologies, Ottawa Catholic School Board
Description: Julia shares an update about education features in Microsoft Co-pilot and Geoff shares how his school board is addressing deepfakes.
⏯️Session 2.2 Recording

Session 2.3: AI in the Classroom

Subject Matter Expert: Steven Butschi, Director of Go-To-Market & Partnerships, Google for Education, Kayla Urban, Specialist, Instructional Software for Loudoun County Public Schools, and Jon Gregori, Innovation Specialist at Henrico County Public Schools
Description: Jon speaks about the resources being developed in Henrico to support students with generative AI and student chat tools. Kayla shares the GenAI literacy standards that her cohort is working on.
⏯️Session 2.3 Recording

Session 2.4: A Look Ahead

Subject Matter Experts: Jeff Plourd, Co-founder & CEO of Snorkel AI, and Jon Laven, Co-founder & COO of Snorkel AI
Description: Fishbowl Discussion – What’s on the horizon

Sean Nosek, Superintendent, Abbotsford School District, British Columbia
Martha Barwick, Supervisor of Innovation in Learning, Harford County Public Schools, Maryland
Allison Reid, Senior Director of Digital Learning & Libraries, Wake County Public Schools, North

⏯️Session 2.4 Recording

Session 2.5: What’s Been Happening

Subject Matter Expert: Adam Garry, Kylie Hand, Tom Woodward
Description: Adam, Kylie and Tom will bring relevant, interesting, and useful AI updates to a fun, gamified CoP session.
⏯️Session 2.5 Recording

Session 2.6: What’s Been Happening

Subject Matter Expert: Kylie Hand, Tom Woodward, Jeff Faust
Description: Kylie Hand, Tom Woodward, Jeff Faust bring relevant, interesting, and useful AI updates to a fun, gamified CoP session.
⏯️Session 2.6 Recording

Session 2.7: Districts’ AI Resources

Subject Matter Expert: Kylie Hand, Tom Woodward, Brian Kosena, and Work Group participants
Description: The Community of Practice Work Group presents resources that they collaboratively developed and implemented within their school districts.
⏯️Session 2.7 Recording

CoP Event: Generative AI in K12 Education Summit

Nashville, TN, USA; May 5-7, 2025 Nashville Summit Highlights

🔵 ALP GenAI CoP Cohort 1, 2023-24

Advanced Learning Partnerships engaged a cohort of 18-20 school districts from across North America around the systemic integration of Generative AI and Large Language Models at scale. Together, beginning in the fall of 2023, our team of SMEs and ALP consultants worked alongside district leaders in service of two outcomes:

Building Awareness and Competency on the Possibilities and Risks of Generative AI
Planning for a Year of Learning and Beyond

Below you will find recordings from our collaborations. Resources shared during these sessions or created during our collaboration with learning communities can be found in the GenAI Resources page.

Session 1.1

Gretchen Shipley and her firm F3 Law helped develop the National Student Data Privacy Agreement and have been supporting school districts with policy as they transition to Generative AI. ⏯️Session 1.1 Recording

Session 1.2

District Leaders from Plymouth Canton Community Schools, Henrico County Public Schools, and Fairfax County Public Schools shared their plans for the integration of GenAI into their work with stakeholders, policy, and infrastructure. ⏯️Session 1.2 Recording

Session 1.3

Common Sense Media provides a brief overview of their AI Rating System to support district evaluation of AI tools. ⏯️Session 1.3 Recording

Session 1.4

In this session, we focus on developing rapid prototypes for resources aimed at empowering teams to effectively operationalize their GenAI plans in 2024. ⏯️Session 1.4 Recording

Session 1.5

After crowdsourcing resources for operationalizing our Year of Learning Plans, we discuss some of the shifts our organizations will need to make along the way. ⏯️Session 1.5 Recording