Teaching and Learning CoLab 2024

In this interactive session, we will challenge the status quo use of AI as a mere technical tool, urging a more thoughtful approach. Participants will delve into the distinctions between technical and adaptive AI, reflect on their pedagogy, and design learning ecosystems to foster innovation and measurable outcomes, steering away from perpetuating ineffective practices. Learning Objective: Participants will explore how AI transcends its technical tool status in education and apply strategies to emphasize its potential benefits in redesigning teaching methods, personalizing learning, and meeting the needs of diverse students.

House Bill 21-1200 (and the corresponding revisions to state standards) require districts and schools to teach students a variety of new topics to prepare for life after high school. But even more importantly, these are the skills parents and former students say they wished they had learned before they graduated. College costs and student loans, aid applications like FAFSA and CASFA, the home buying process, retirement plans and pensions, and many other PFL topics need to find places in your classes by Fall of 2024. This session will look at strategies to integrate these topics (and others) into your existing classes, as well as free lesson resources that already exist to boost your efforts.

Participants will work through district plans to get their internship programs off the ground (or to enhance existing programs)

These trainings are designed for ANYONE in a position to provide guidance to those seeking to enter the workforce, pursue a specific career path, or change careers (now or in the future) and are centered on fostering hopeful and robust futures.

Trainers will lead participants through comprehensive content, peer-to-peer career conversation practices, reflection exercises, and demonstrations of career-focused tools that can be used across settings and career sectors. Participants will have opportunities to engage in a variety of topical resources and guides to help them to develop the skill sets, confidence, and understanding to support people in pursuing new career opportunities and pathways.

As leaders, it is challenging to translate a belief in inclusivity into leadership practices that make meeting the needs of all students a reality. This begins with engaging all stakeholders in a collective WHY for this work. This presentation will outline a step-by-step process that leaders can use to develop community-wide awareness, understanding and support for inclusive practices that will serve as a springboard for transforming schools. These concepts can be applied by leaders to any work where a shared understanding and buy-in is needed.