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Reclaim Your Time: How AI Empowers Leaders to Focus on What Matters

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Session description

Overwhelmed by demands and distractions? Discover how AI declutters your workload, streamlines tasks, and frees up time for what truly matters. This session provides actionable strategies with sample prompts that can improve productivity, engagement, and well-being. It is tailored specifically for leaders ready to lead with clarity and care.

Outline

Outline
1. Introduction of Speaker and Wellness in Education (5 minutes)

- Content: Brief introduction of the speaker’s background and the significance of wellness for educators.

- Engagement: Use a quick audience poll to connect and engage participants from the start.

2. Overview of AI Tools for Leaders (10 minutes)

- Content: Present a summary of the key ideas from AI for School Leaders: 62 Ways to Lighten Your Workload and Focus on What Matters, highlighting the most impactful AI tools for leadership.

- Engagement: Include a brief audience interaction (e.g., asking participants to share their current experience with AI or tools they use).

3. Understanding AI and Demonstration of AI Platforms (15 minutes)

-Content: Provide an accessible introduction to AI technology, followed by live demonstrations of platforms like ChatGPT and Gemini, showcasing their practical use in educational leadership.

- Engagement: Participants will be asked to share experiences or reflect on prompts they have used.

4. Hands-on Experience with AI Examples (25 minutes)

- Content: Dive into five key examples—collaborative decision-making, trust-building, professional learning, data management, and family engagement—where AI can have a direct impact.

- Engagement: Each participant will explore these examples in small groups or on their own, using pre-provided AI prompts. Peer-to-peer interaction and device-based activities will facilitate hands-on learning.

5. Q&A and Closing (5 minutes)

- Content: Recap the main takeaways from the session and provide an opportunity for questions.

- Engagement: Encourage participants to share reflections or actionable next steps they plan to implement in their own leadership roles.

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Supporting research

1. Echols, V. (2024). AI for School Leaders: 62 Ways to Lighten Your Workload and Focus on What Matters. ISTE.
2. Burns, M. (2024). AI for School Leaders Podcast. [Monica Burns Podcast]
3. Are You an Educator on Fire? AI Can Help You Chill Out (2024). [NextGen Learning Article]
4. Bringing AI to School: Tips for School Leaders (2023). ISTE.
5. Hands On AI Projects: A Guide on Ethics and AI (2023). ISTE.
6. The Digital Citizenship Handbook for School Leaders: Fostering Positive Interactions Online (2019). ISTE.
7. Artificial Intelligence in Education (2024). ASCD. [Artificial Intelligence in Education](https://information.ascd.org/artificial-intelligence)
8. Technotes (2024). TCEA. [Technotes from TCEA]

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Presenters

Vickie Echols

School Transformation Coach / Consultant

Wellness for Educators

Session specifications

Topic:

Artificial Intelligence

Grade level:

PK-12

Audience:

Counselor, District Level Leadership, School Level Leadership

Attendee devices:

Devices useful

Attendee device specification:

Smartphone: Android, iOS, Windows
Laptop: Chromebook, Mac, PC
Tablet: Android, iOS, Windows

Participant accounts, software and other materials:

1. A ChatGPT Account
Sign up at https://chat.openai.com for access to ChatGPT.

2. Gemini by Google Account
Sign up at https://www.google.com/gemini/ (if available).

3. Claude AI Account
Sign up at https://www.anthropic.com/claude for access to Claude.

4. Google Docs or Microsoft Word
For taking notes and experimenting with AI-generated text.

Subject area:

Technology Education, Other: Please specify

ISTE Standards:

For Education Leaders:
Empowering Leader

Inspire a culture of innovation, creative problem-solving, and collaboration that allows the time to explore and develop teaching practices using digital tools.

Visionary Planner

Communicate effectively with stakeholders to gather input on the plan, celebrate successes and engage in a continuous improvement cycle.

Connected Learner

Use technology to regularly engage in reflective practices that support personal and professional growth.

TLPs:

Cultivate Belonging, Prioritize authentic experiences

Influencer Disclosure:

This session includes a presenter that indicated a “material connection” to a brand that includes a personal, family or employment relationship, or a financial relationship. See individual speaker menu for disclosure information.