AI Innovation Summit 2025
AI Summit 2025
February 3-5, 2025 | SeaTac, WA
The AI Innovation Summit was a transformative three-day event where district and building teams delved into the power of artificial intelligence in K-12 education. Whether participants were new to AI or already implementing it, this statewide conference offered invaluable insights, strategies, and collaborative opportunities. Attendees engaged in hands-on sessions, crafted actionable AI implementation plans, and networked with colleagues across the AI spectrum. Ideal for board members, administrators, educators, and IT professionals, everyone left with concrete next steps to enhance their district’s AI capabilities.
Summit Highlights
Visionary Keynotes and Panelists
Hear from WA district leaders and leading voices in AI and education who will share insights and inspire action towards a future where AI integration elevates student learning and potential.
Role-Specific Breakouts
Join breakout sessions tailored to your role, whether you’re crafting policies, leading educational systems, or directly impacting students in the classroom.
Collaborative Exploration
Engage with peers and experts in discussions on AI’s role in revolutionizing education, promoting collective efforts for successful AI adoption in educational practices.
Actionable Strategies
Develop concrete, actionable plans to enhance your team’s engagement with AI, supported by a continuum of learning and partner-provided supports.
Event Partners
The AI Innovation Summit is an unprecedented collaboration among statewide educational organizations, including:
Program
Exploring AI Possibilities
Beginner Level
Start your AI journey and discover the power of AI and how it can shape learning and leadership at every level in K-12 education.
Focus areas
AI foundations and key concepts, basic prompting strategies, the role of AI in education, and using AI for productivity support
Beginner-level Preview
Strategic AI Prompting: Creating and Validating AI Content
Learn to create impactful prompts using prompt engineering frameworks and assess outputs through established diagnostic evaluation frameworks.
Presenters: Trinh Pham (PSESD 121), Dr. Shannon Thissen (ESD 113)
Maximizing Efficiency Using AI Tools
Explore how AI can streamline workplace operations and improve efficiency across educational roles. Participants will gain hands-on experience with various AI tools, engage in group problem-solving scenarios, and reflect on practical applications for their unique contexts.
Presenters: Stefan Troutman (ESD 171), Debbie Stewart (ESD 101)
AI-Powered Inclusion: Enhancing UDL and Differentiation for All Learners
Explore how AI can enhance inclusion and differentiation with practical, easy-to-use strategies. This session will equip you with actionable tips for leveraging AI to meet diverse learner needs, streamline your workflow, and foster equitable educational experiences.
Presenters: Dr. Min Sun (Federal Way Public Schools), Hayley Spohn (Colleague AI)
Enhancing Your AI Impact
Intermediate Level
Enhance your use of AI and broaden your understanding of its potential impact on teaching, school leadership, and district innovation.
Focus areas
Practical applications to enhance student engagement, using AI to tailor instruction to support diverse needs, collaborating with AI as a mentor or coach, leverage AI to analyze data for strategic decisions.
Intermediate-level Preview
AI and Students: Setting Transparent Expectations for Responsible Use
Explore a practical framework for defining appropriate levels of AI use (restricted, permitted, encouraged) for assignments and projects. Discover strategies to set transparent expectations, engage students in reflective activities to track and evaluate their AI interactions, and promote critical thinking.
Presenter: Mike Batali (ESD 105)
Demystifying AI Security: Building Safe Pathways for Educational Innovation
Transform your approach to AI tools in education with a comprehensive framework for secure, ethical implementation across your organization. We will break down complex AI security concepts into actionable strategies while sharing practical knowledge about how AI actually works and the real (not imagined) risks we need to address in education.
Presenter: Kris Hagel (Peninsula School District)
Build Your AI Toolbox
Discover and test-drive practical AI tools to enhance your personal and professional uses of AI. Build your own personalized AI toolkit while connecting with fellow educators who can support your journey.
Presenter: Molly Brinkley (ESD 123)
Creating AI-Driven Solutions
Advanced Level*
Build your own AI-powered solutions—transform your classroom, school, or district with hands-on learning labs designed to help you create, innovate, and lead with AI.
Focus areas
Deploying AI initiatives, integrating AI tools into curriculum, building custom bots, creating content like video podcasts or data analytic dashboards.
Advanced-level Preview
Media Literacy & Digital Citizenship: The Antidote to the AI Panic (Part 1 of 2)
Engage with resources and each other to understand what media literacy and digital citizenship are, how they relate to the new AI reality, and how they are important to all learning areas.
Presenter: Kim Weaver (ESD 114), Debbie Stewart (ESD 101), Vanessa Allen (ESD 189)
Media Literacy & Digital Citizenship: Crafting a Scope and Sequence to Prepare Students for the AI Future (Part 2 of 2)
Explore the EdTech, SEL, and various content standards to work together to build a Scope and Sequence of ML/DC and AI learning that you can take back to your districts. In this session, we will resist the bells and whistles of AI tools and focus on the foundational understandings students need to have to interact with AI tools and AI-created content in ethical and responsible ways.
Presenter: Kim Weaver (ESD 114), Debbie Stewart (ESD 101), Vanessa Allen (ESD 189)
Unlock the Power of AI to Transform Your Leadership and Communication Strategies
Create two impactful tools to streamline their work and better engage their stakeholders: a custom chatbot and an AI-powered podcast. Participants will have time to create these tools with support from facilitators, ensuring they leave with actionable products and the skills to continue developing them.
Presenter: Kim Fry (WASA)
Day 1: AI Insights: Tools, Techniques, & Transformations
Attendees will engage in hands-on learning sessions that meet them at their current state of AI use and understanding.
| TIME | ACTIVITY |
|---|---|
| 7:30am – 8:30am | Registration & Breakfast (included) |
| 8:30am – 11:15am | Keynote & Morning Session |
| 10:30am – 12:00pm | Breakout Sessions: What can AI DO for me? |
| 12:00pm – 1:00pm | Lunch (included) |
| 1:00pm – 3:30pm | Breakout Sessions: What can AI BE for me? |
| 3:45pm – 4:30pm | Team Time |
| 4:30pm – 6:00pm | Reception (Dinner on your own) |
Day 2: AI Integration: Aligning Roles Strategically
Participants will engage in job-alike groups to explore ways to engage AI in the unique aspects of their roles: Board & Governance; District Leadership; Building Leadership; Teachers; Student Supports; Teaching & Learning; Information Technology
| TIME | ACTIVITY |
|---|---|
| 7:30am – 8:30am | Breakfast (included) |
| 8:30am – 11:15am | Keynote & Morning Session |
| 10:30am – 12:00pm | Job-Alike Breakout Sessions: Optimizing Your Role with Strategic AI Innovations |
| 12:00pm – 1:00pm | Lunch (included) |
| 1:00pm – 3:30pm | Job-Alike Planning Breakout Sessions: From Guidelines to Implementation: Role-Based Implementation & Planning Frameworks for Success |
| 3:45pm – 4:30pm | Team Time and Partner Support Planning |
Day 3: Action Planning: From Insights to Implementation
Participants will bring together learnings from Days 1 & 2 to create a plan with concrete next steps for moving forward as individuals and teams.
| TIME | ACTIVITY |
|---|---|
| 7:30am – 8:30am | Breakfast (included) |
| 8:30am – 11:15am | Keynote & Morning Session |
| 10:30am – 11:30am | Team Networking & Planning |
| 11:30am – 12:00pm | Closing Remarks |
Sponsors
We are extremely grateful to all of our sponsors for their support and participation!
Premier Sponsor
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