Agency & Engagement

Speaker: Amanda Bickerstaff, AI for Education, Inc.

Building Student AI Literacy is a forward-thinking workshop designed to equip educators with the knowledge and tools necessary to prepare students for an AI-driven future. This comprehensive session empowers teachers to cultivate essential AI literacy skills, ensuring students can navigate, critically evaluate, and ethically engage with AI technologies in their academic, personal, and future professional lives.

Speakers: Dr. Sonja Taylor and Dr. David-Aaron Roth, Charlotte Latin School

Agency and belonging are essential mindsets that must be modeled and cultivated. In this session, we will explore practical strategies for fostering a sense of student agency and belonging within your school community. The session will be structured around a
case study of Charlotte Latin’s journey, and the focus will be on actionable steps you can take in your own context.

We’ll discuss how to make your school’s vision and values a guiding document, not just words on a page. Learn how to incorporate these principles into meaningful experiences for both students and faculty, sending a clear message that student
empowerment is an institutional priority. Leave this session with a clear action plan for creating a school culture where students truly feel heard, supported, and empowered to take ownership of their learning and faculty have observable and measurable ways to ensure that success.

Speaker: Connie White, Woodward Academy

Join us for a deep dive into the essential foundations of modern learning at Woodward Academy. This session will focus on curriculum development, including the articulation of disciplinary goals and the Portrait of a Graduate skills. We’ll demonstrate how we use Toddle for curriculum planning, assessments, and student portfolios.

Curriculum alignment can be challenging, but you’ll gain valuable ideas, resources, and frameworks to jumpstart your work. We’ll also share how we’ve harnessed AI to reduce the time teachers spend on repetitive tasks and enhance student agency by integrating cornerstone performance tasks in our courses. This research-based session offers practical insights and strategies to meet the evolving needs of today’s learners. Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your educational practices with tools and knowledge that will make a real difference in your school.

Speakers: Lauren Frye, Michelle Klosterman, and Dr. Yolanda McClure, Forsyth Country Day School

Examine how using no-cost, low-cost, or transformative strategies can help your school uncover the potential of the built environment to maximize student engagement. Learn how learning spaces, when intentionally designed and used, can enhance student learning outcomes, improve the well-being of students and teachers, support differentiated learning and inclusive learning, and demonstrate a commitment to sustainability and environmental responsibility. Explore and design spaces that maximize the built environment for learning. Examine our school’s journey of soliciting teacher, student, and community voices alongside established research to map the next steps for your school and most importantly, student engagement.