Learning that values context and complexity
Futures Literacy practitioner and AI workshop facilitator helping K-12 schools navigate the era of AI — with creativity, ethics, and zero jargon.
Starting with what matters
Too often, AI professional development starts with tools. I start with what matters: pedagogy, judgment, and the necessary questions that help schools make decisions about teaching and learning that values creativity and collaboration.
Weaving across
literacies.
I believe the biggest challenges facing schools can’t be solved inside a single discipline. I help educators think interdisciplinarily — connecting digital, ethical, civic, and media literacies into something more useful than any one alone.
Interdisciplinary by designCreativity as
a compass.
Changing times demand divergent thinking. I help educators and leaders use creativity not as an add-on but as a way to navigate uncertainty, reframe problems, and discover possibilities.
Divergent by defaultEthics as practice,
not checklist.
I don’t treat AI ethics as a one-time policy review. I help communities build the habit of examining values, questioning assumptions, and making decisions they can defend — together, and often.
Ongoing, not one-and-doneWant to explore what this looks like for your school?
Where I’ll be this year
Open invitation: opportunities to join me.
Are you near WA state, looking for a workshop on either side of these dates?
- Sep15–172026
- Oct21–222026
- Dec15–162026
- Jan26–272027
I am on the ground in Washington State on those days, working with a district team on AI training. Those days are spoken for. The ones on either side usually are not — so if your school is anywhere nearby and you have been meaning to book something, that is the easy time to make it happen.
Tell me what you are thinkingLead Creatively with AI: A Strategic Leadership Studio
CEESA · four-part online seriesFour Thursdays, 45 minutes each, for international school leaders. We stay on the decisions you are actually making right now: what to tell your board, how to pressure-test a scenario before you commit to it, what assessment asks of you once the old proxies stop working. You leave each session with a tool and a template, not a reading list.
- Sept 10 — AI and Executive Judgment
- Sept 24 — Institutional Communication and Trust
- Oct 8 — Assessment, Integrity, and Learning Design
- Nov 5 — System-Level Innovation
AAIE Future Foresight Community
AAIE · three-session cohort challengeThree 30-minute sessions, three plausible directions for international education. The question sitting under all of them: when the assumptions our schools were built on start to shift, what holds, and what was never as fixed as we thought? September 23, September 30, and October 7.
Join the cohortAI, Anxiety, and Adolescence: What School Counselors Need to Know
ISCA World Mental Health Day 2026Jeff Utecht and I get into what teenagers are actually doing with AI, which is rarely what the headlines say they are doing, and what that asks of the adults around them. Part of a one-day event for counselors and student support teams.
See the full scheduleThe Future of Friendship: A Futures Literacy Lab
IFSEL · for parents, educators, and anyone who matters in a young person’s worldAI companions are changing how young people make and keep friends, and most of us are improvising. We imagine a few futures together, then get specific about what support looks like this week, at your dinner table or in your classroom.
Save your spotEmpathy as Interface: Rethinking AI in Education
ISA Centre for Digital Learning & Teaching · Amstelveen, NetherlandsTwo days in person with K-12 teachers, starting with people instead of platforms. Digital humanities is a roomy phrase for something simple: we come at AI through ethics, storytelling, identity, and community, and you leave with entry points you can adapt to your own students.
Workshop detailsAAIE 61st Annual Conference — Reconnect. Reflect. Reimagine.
AAIE · Atlanta, GeorgiaInternational school leaders gather in Atlanta for the 61st annual Global Leadership Conversation. Pre-conference sessions run January 31.
Conference informationCEESA 2027 Conference — Shaping Tomorrow: Innovation with Integrity in a Changing World
CEESA · Skopje, North Macedonia · hosted by NOVA International SchoolThe 37th annual CEESA conference. I am giving a keynote on what innovation with integrity actually asks of a school.
Conference informationWant a version of this for your own school or team?
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What exactly is Futures Literacy, and why now?
Read my full case for Futures Literacy →
What workshops are available for my school or team?
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How should families navigate AI companions?
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Three books. One mission.
Whether you want a hands-on challenge or the full playbook, there’s a way in.
Off Leash
The 10-Day Challenge to Let Your Futures Literacy Run WildA 10-day challenge for anyone who wants to get better at noticing change before it hardens into “just the way things are.” Field missions, sketches, awkward questions, and the BARK framework — all designed to sharpen your eye for the signals hiding in everyday life.
How Do You See the Dog?
A Playbook to Navigate AI with a Futures Literacy ApproachThe full Futures Literacy playbook for K-12 leaders navigating AI. Companion species research meets futures thinking — with solo prompts and team activities ready to use in your next meeting.
The Agents Are Here, Now What?
A Futures Literacy Guide for K-12 LeadersA practical guide for K-12 leaders as AI shifts from tool to teammate. Fifteen short chapters, the BARK to the Future framework, and the questions worth asking before agents quietly reshape your building.