LEVERAGING AI IN YOUR CLASSROOM

Use AI as your instructional design assistant to save time, raise rigor, and personalize learning.

Quick facts

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Format

Facilitated cohort plus self-paced modules

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Time

25 hours total

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Certificate

Yes

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Price

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Agency by Design:

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Agency by Design:

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Agency by Design:

Why this VLC

AI can help you work smarter without lowering expectations. In this VLC you will learn how to use AI as a thought partner for planning, as a generator of rubrics, protocols, and activities, and as a source of leveled questions that keep thinking high. You will also explore ways AI can support executive function and SEL, so personalization becomes practical in everyday teaching.

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Agency by Design:

replace tasks with authentic problems and give learners real decisions to make.

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Structures First:

time, resources, choice, and feedback systems that transfer responsibility to the learner.

Who it is for

Teachers and instructional coaches who want faster planning and better differentiation

Structures First:

School and district leaders seeking safe, effective classroom uses of AI

Executive Function for All:

Teams building workflows for lesson design, feedback, and student supports

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Evidence of Learning:

use student work to guide the next move, not just to record a grade.

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Human and Tech Together:

tools serve the design, not the other way around.

Professional Learning That Puts Learners in Charge

Great teaching is design. Our Professional Learning Experiences help teams create learner-active environments where people own the work, build executive function, and solve authentic problems.

What you will gain

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Replace tasks with purpose-driven problems

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Build structures for choice, time, and resources learners can manage

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Coach executive function skills that drive results

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Use evidence of learning to adjust in real time

What you will be able to do

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Explain what classroom-ready AI can and cannot do, and set safe, practical norms

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Use AI as a thought partner to co-design rubrics, protocols, and instructional activities

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Generate higher-order, leveled facilitation questions aligned to standards and success criteria

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Create talking points and outlines for lessons and short videos

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Personalize supports that build executive function and SEL skills

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Design routines so students use AI responsibly while maintaining academic integrity

Syllabus snapshot

  • WHAT AI LOOKS LIKE IN CLASS

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    Takeaway: Understand key AI concepts, strengths, and limits, and set classroom norms for safe, effective use.

  • AI AS A THOUGHT PARTNER FOR DESIGN

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    Takeaway: Leverage AI to co-create rubrics, protocols, and activities that match your learners and goals.

  • SUPPORT EF AND SEL WITH AI

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    Takeaway: Explore tools and prompts that help students plan, persist, self-monitor, and collaborate.

  • QUESTIONS, TALKING POINTS, AND MORE

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    Takeaway: Use AI to generate higher-order, leveled facilitation questions and concise lesson talking points.

Course materials and access

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Required texts: No additional text required beyond course resources

Included access: MyQPortal  access is included for all participants while enrolled in the VLC.

Evidence and impact

AI helped me differentiate quickly while keeping my expectations high.
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I cut planning time and raised question quality at the same time.
AI helped me differentiate quickly while keeping my expectations high.
I cut planning time and raised question quality at the same time.
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FAQs

  • HOW MUCH TIME WILL I NEED

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    Plan for 25 hours total including self-paced work and scheduled sessions.

  • CAN OUR TEAM ENROLL TOGETHER

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    Yes. Seat bundles are available. Price:

    VLC PRICE LINE

  • DO I GET A CERTIFICATE

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    Yes. You will receive a certificate noting contact hours and outcomes.

  • WILL THIS ALIGN TO OUR STANDARDS AND CURRICULUM

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    Yes. You will build prompts and workflows tied to your actual units and success criteria.

  • IS STUDENT USE OF AI INCLUDED

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    Yes. We share guidance for responsible student use that supports learning and integrity.

Turn AI Into Your Planning Edge

PO accepted. Seat bundles available.