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The "Portrait of a Teacher" in the Age of AI

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Colorado Convention Center, 603

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Presenters

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Vriti Saraf
Chief Executive Officer
Ed3 DAO
@vritisaraf
Vriti Saraf is co-founder and CEO of Ed3 DAO, a non-profit that helps educators learn about emerging technology, with a focus on AI & Web3. She is also the founder of k20 Educators, a metaverse for learning design studio and consultancy, which also incubated Ed3 DAO. Vriti started her career as a Teach for America teacher in Brooklyn, NY. She has served as a professor, a dean, & a director in public, private, & charter schools both locally & internationally across k12 & higher education. She currently serves in advisory roles at XPrize, Full Steam Forward, and Mi Primer Bitcoin.

Session description

"Portraits of a Graduate" have helped schools identify markers for student success. But for students to be happy, agentic, critical thinkers, teachers need to be happy, agentic, critical thinkers. If AI can replace tutoring & more, what role should teachers have? Join us to explore the new role of teachers.

Purpose & objective

Districts all over the US have been creating competency based "Portraits of a Graduate" to identify markers for student success. But in order for students to be happy, agentic, critical thinkers, teachers need to be happy, agentic, critical thinkers. If AI can replace tutoring, personalization, curation, and so much more for learners, what role should teachers have? What should teachers continue doing and what should they lean on AI for? What should the Portrait of a Teacher be? Join us to learn how you can build a Portrait of your ideal Teacher and use AI to enhance the teaching role. Use this practice to update your expectations for educators, reimagine the teaching role, and hire more thoughtfully.

Participants will:
-understand how the teacher role will shift with AI
-understand how to leverage AI optimally to support the teacher role
-identify the process for creating a portrait of a teacher
-understand the connection between the portrait of a graduate and a portrait of a teacher
-refine expectations for educator hiring and professional learning

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Outline

This session will be hands on - it will present AI as a teammate who can augment the teaching role. It will require participants to help reimagine what the teaching role might become, and then identify the competencies teachers need to fill that role. It will use many turn and talks, polls, and collective resource sharing.

Outline
-Intro to speaker and content
-Intro to portrait of a graduate and portrait of a teacher
-Data on teacher burnout
-Data on AI usage by students and across industries
-Identification of competencies that teachers have now
-Identification of what the role might turn into and what competencies they'll need in the future
-Intro to our Portrait of a Teacher framework
-Group work time
-Closing

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Supporting research

https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2024/04/04/whats-it-like-to-be-a-teacher-in-america-today/

https://www.gettingsmart.com/whitepaper/the-portrait-model-building-coherence-in-school-and-system-redesign/

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Session specifications

Topic:
Artificial Intelligence
Grade level:
PK-12
Skill level:
Beginner
Audience:
Principals/head teachers, Teachers, Chief technology officers/superintendents/school board members
Attendee devices:
Devices useful
Attendee device specification:
Smartphone: Android, iOS, Windows
Laptop: Chromebook, Mac, PC
Tablet: Android, iOS, Windows
ISTE Standards:
For Education Leaders:
Empowering Leader
  • Empower educators to exercise professional agency, build teacher leadership skills and pursue personalized professional learning.
  • Inspire a culture of innovation and collaboration that allows the time and space to explore and experiment with digital tools.
For Educators:
Learner
  • Set professional learning goals to explore and apply pedagogical approaches made possible by technology and reflect on their effectiveness.

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