Expected Conference Outcomes
Shared AI Literacy Framework
Every participant leaves with a common language and understanding of the four AI competencies—Engaging, Creating, Managing, and Designing—aligned to global standards (OECD AI Literacy Framework).
AI Action Plan for Schools
Teams will co-design a draft Action Plan tailored to their school or district, outlining practical next steps for AI integration that can be implemented right away.
Student-Educator Partnership Models
Schools will learn structures for including student voice in AI decision-making, ensuring learners help shape the tools and policies that affect them most.
Practical Classroom & Leadership Strategies
Participants will collect ready-to-use examples and frameworks for applying AI in classrooms, school leadership, and community engagement—moving from “ideas” to “action.”
Ethical & Responsible AI Practices
Attendees gain tools to identify bias, evaluate AI trustworthiness, and promote fairness, equity, and responsible use across their schools.
Networking & Peer Collaboration
Student, educator, and administrator teams will connect with peers from across the state, creating a support network for continued collaboration after Catalyst.
Direct Access to Thought Leaders
Participants will hear from experts like Dr. Tara Nattrass and engage with innovators, ensuring exposure to the latest insights and research on AI in education.
Session Ideas for Students
- AI in Action: Student Design Sprint
Small groups tackle a challenge: “How could AI make learning more personal, fair, or creative in our school?” Students sketch solutions, then share a short pitch. - Student Voice Amplified: Building a School Conversation
Teach students how to run a Compass-style conversation with peers. They practice facilitation questions and leave with a mini toolkit to lead their own discussion back home. - AI + My Future Pathways
Explore real-world scenarios of careers being reshaped by AI (healthcare, trades, arts, business). Students map what skills matter most and what they want schools to teach.
Session Ideas for Teachers
- AI in My Classroom Tomorrow
Hands-on session where teachers test AI tools for lesson planning, formative assessment, or differentiation. - Balancing Integrity and Innovation
Strategies for handling academic honesty, assessment redesign, and setting classroom AI norms. - AI for Teacher Workload Relief
Practical workshop where teachers try prompts that save time (rubrics, feedback, parent communication) and evaluate what’s safe vs. risky.
Session Ideas for Administrators / Central Office
- Leading AI Conversations in Schools
How to replicate the Compass model with staff or students. Leave with a facilitation script and data framing. - Policy & Practice: Guardrails for AI
Drafting guidelines around acceptable use, integrity, privacy, and equity. - AI Strategy for Systems
Leaders analyze where AI could enhance instruction, operations, and communication. Build an “AI readiness map” for their district.
Cross-Audience / Team Sessions
- Equity and Access in the AI Era
Mixed teams (students + educators) explore how to close gaps in access to tools, knowledge, and opportunity.
School AI Challenge
Teams work together on a case study: “How should our school prepare for AI?” Students bring lived experience, teachers bring classroom practice, leaders bring policy/vision.