An Ethical Systems Approach to Creating AI Policy in Your Schools
Date: June 23, 2025, 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
Description: AI is innovating faster than governments or school policies can keep up, leaving many institutions with policies that cannot properly address the threats AI poses to students, faculty, and staff. Join us for an all-day professional workshop to help educators create roadmaps and tools to address the new ethical issues AI presents (like deepfakes). We will discuss how to integrate ethics into digital literacy courses, and engage in the education and training required to create successful AI policy, including:
- Using systems thinking to develop policy
- Grounding in Gen AI language and usage
- Understanding your values in regard to teaching/learning and how Gen AI disrupts them
- Developing an authentic policy based on school culture and values
Cost: Registration is $200.00 for the first two people in your school district; $100.00 per person for each additional registration from the same school district.
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Presenters:
Dr. Karen Rezach, the Founding Director of The Ethics Institute at Kent Place School. Karen has been an independent school administrator for over 25 years. A leader in primary and secondary school ethics education, Dr. Rezach has been teaching and facilitating ethics workshops for students, parents, faculty, administrators, and private organizations for over 20 years.
Mrs. Kimberly Pearson, the Director of Technology at Kent Place School. She boasts over two decades of dedicated service in the Technology Department at Kent Place School. Kim initially served as the Instructional Technology Coordinator in the middle school before ascending to Chair of the Technology and Computer Science Program until 2019. Kimberly has served as Director of Technology since 2003.
Ms. Meredith Durtra, an educator for over fifteen years and serves as the technology integration specialist at Scarsdale High School. Meredith's work embeds real-world applications of technology in the classroom that students can use beyond their K-12 experience. She realizes the need for in-depth media literacy, which includes artificial intelligence, and has made it one of her top priorities for students and teachers today.
Ms. Lisa Yokana, a career educator and educational consultant who specializes in innovation and entrepreneurship. As the co-founder and CEO at the Next World Learning Lab, Lisa designs transformative experiences that inspire educators and empower students to thrive in diverse and interconnected communities. Lisa was the STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and math) coordinator at Scarsdale High School for 15 years, is a Coach for IDEO’s Teachers Guild, is an author of curriculum for outside organizations including the U.S. History Advanced Placement course, and she co-instructs Project Zero/Harvard Graduate School of Education’s online class: Maker Centered Learning. Lisa leads Innovation Education, Design Thinking, Entrepreneurship and Maker workshops and presents at conferences, encouraging educators to shift their practice.
