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Rethinking the Org Chart: How Schools Build Teams with AI

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Session description

Explore how schools are rethinking their org charts to break silos and build a culture of collaboration between humans and AI. Hear leaders share real examples of redefining roles, workflows, and mindsets to strengthen teamwork and innovation across classrooms and departments.

Outline

0:00-0:05 | Welcome and Framing the Conversation
Moderator introduction and quick poll about how participants’ schools currently use AI.
Set the stage: Why rethinking the org chart and how we work with AI teammates matters for collaboration, trust, and innovation.
Engagement: Live poll + short audience reflection on one current team challenge.

0:05-0:15 | Setting the Context: Teams, Trust, and AI
Brief overview of research on trust, psychological safety, and high-performing teams.
Connection to how these principles translate when digital teammates (AI systems) join human teams.
Introduce the AI Teammate Framework as a practical lens for school leaders to assess readiness, roles, and workflows.
Engagement: Pair-share: “Where could AI strengthen or strain collaboration in your team?”

0:15-0:40 | Panel Discussion: Voices from the Field
Panelists share real examples from diverse contexts classroom, leadership, and industry.
Focus areas:
Breaking silos and redesigning workflows.
Building trust and shared intelligence between humans and AI.
Applying the AI Teammate Framework to support equitable innovation.
Engagement: Audience questions gathered via QR code or chat tool shape the dialogue.

0:40-0:50 | Interactive Reflection: Rethinking Your Org Chart
Participants use a reflection guide to map where AI could act as a teammate in their current systems.
Prompts: “Where are our silos?” “What decisions could AI support?” “How might this change collaboration?”
Engagement: Small-group discussions + share outs.
0:50-0:60 | Closing: From Tools to Teammates
Moderator synthesizes key insights and revisits the AI Teammate Framework as a takeaway resource.
Participants identify one next step to apply this in their own context.
Engagement: Final reflection: “What would it look like for AI to strengthen not replace trust in your team?”

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Outcomes

After this session, participants will be able to:
Analyze how breaking silos and rethinking organizational structures can strengthen collaboration and innovation across schools.
Apply a practical framework for integrating AI as a trusted teammate within their teams, departments, or systems.
Identify strategies to build trust, shared intelligence, and psychological safety when collaborating with both human and digital teammates.
Reflect on how reimagining team design and decision-making ultimately enhances the student learning experience.

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Supporting research

Microsoft Work Trend Index 2025
Fearless Organization Amy Edmonson
Agentic Artificial Intelligence by Pascal Bornet

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Presenters

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Head of AI & Digital Innovation
JESS Dubai
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Technology Teacher
Knox Gifted Academy
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Assistant Superintendent
Bangor Township Schools
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Futurist and CEO
Designing Schools

Moderator

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Curriculum Director
Bangor Township Schools

Session specifications

Topic:

Artificial Intelligence

Audience:

Curriculum Designer/Director, District-Level Leadership, School Level Leadership

Attendee devices:

Devices useful

Attendee device specification:

Smartphone: Android, iOS, Windows

Participant accounts, software and other materials:

Just the camera to scan a QR code

Subject area:

Other: Please specify

ISTE Standards:

For Education Leaders: Visionary Planner, Empowering Leader, Systems Designer

Transformational Learning Principles:

Prioritize Authentic Experiences, Ignite Agency
Related exhibitors:
Microsoft Corporation