As schools across the country embrace the transformative potential of artificial intelligence (AI), innovative educators are leading the way, showing how AI can enhance teaching and learning while keeping students at the center of the experience. Providing educators with concrete examples of how to implement AI-enabled instructional practices empowers teachers with new strategies and helps the K-12 education sector more rapidly and efficiently adopt this technology.

This is where the School Teams AI Collaborative comes in – a partnership between Leading Educators and The Learning Accelerator (TLA), the Collaborative brings together forward-thinking school teams from across the country who are championing AI-enabled instructional practices with their students and educators. Collaborative members receive coaching and also have opportunities to share practices and get feedback through convenings, all while Collaborative leaders capture and share their promising practices to help more schools bring the promise of AI into their classrooms. At its core, the initiative emphasizes the human element of education – ensuring students continue to do the cognitive heavy lifting and learning, and that the critical connections between students and teachers remain strong. Moreover, students are encouraged to question and challenge the AI-generated feedback, fostering a more interactive and thoughtful learning process.

Earlier this year, we previewed some of the exciting practices emerging from this work, and today, we are thrilled to share the first set of resources showcasing standout AI-enabled instructional strategies from educators in the Collaborative. These strategies highlight tangible examples of how educators are embedding AI into classroom instruction and provide guidance on applying these strategies in your context. Here’s what we are learning:

1. From Consumers to Creators: Students Taking the Lead with AI

To thrive in a world increasingly shaped by AI, students need to go beyond being passive consumers of technology — they must also become active creators with it. At DSST Public Schools in Denver, for example, students engaged in a Civics Project where they identified a real-world challenge facing their community and developed a chatbot to address it. Students not only shared their solutions with public officials but also had the opportunity to transform promising projects into web-based apps with the support of a community partner. This project exemplifies how schools can empower students to leverage AI for meaningful problem-solving, leading to notable action steps.

Read the full article about AI-enabled instructional strategies by Jin-Soo Huh at The Learning Accelerator.