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.
GenAI 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 GenAI subject matter expertise. School and division leaders engage in high-interest, timely topics related to Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) with subject matter experts to inform a systems approach to GenAI in their districts.
- Cultivation of a Network of Practitioners. Participants engage in an emerging community of practice that leverages shared resources, expertise, and learning to navigate challenges and opportunities relative to GenAI.
Below you will find recordings from our collaborations.
COP Session 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. COP Session 1 Recording
COP Session 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. COP Session 2 Recording
COP Session 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. COP Session 3 Recording
COP Session 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 COP Session 4 Recording
COP Session 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. COP Session 5 Recording
COP Session 6: Districts’ AI Resources
Subject Matter Expert: Work Group shares their learning and artifacts.
ALP GenAI Cohort
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.
Cohort Session 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 Recording
Cohort Session 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 2 Recording
Cohort Session 3:
Common Sense Media provides a brief overview of their AI Rating System to support district evaluation of AI tools. Session 3 Recording
Cohort Session 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 4 Recording
Cohort Session 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 5 Recording
