Join the NAIS Strategy Lab: AI Ethics and Values to go from having big questions surrounding artificial intelligence (AI) in education, to getting ready-to-use frameworks for advancing the use and guidance of emergent technology at your school. Leverage these two highly interactive sessions to solidify your ethical stance on AI at your school—and also shape the critical future path students will need to thrive in an uncertain and constantly changing world.
Day 1: Defining Ethical AI Use
Explore real-world AI use cases, uncover hidden ethical risks, and clarify your school's stance on issues like bias, intellectual property, and responsible student use. Gain tools and activities that boost ethical AI literacy across your community.
Day 2: Drafting AI Guidelines That Reflect Your Values
This working session gives you the time and support to write or refine your school’s AI guidelines using proven templates, real examples, and peer feedback. Leave with a concrete draft you can bring back to your leadership team.
Develop your own AI literacy by deepening your understanding of ethical concerns with the technology and the dimensions of use by students and employees.
Consider a framework for prioritizing ethical AI literacy in your own community, beginning with clarifying a position and setting practical guidelines.
Learn from examples from other schools and collaborate across schools to generate ideas and action steps.
Lead Facilitator
Eric Hudson
Designer, facilitator, and strategic advisor Eric Hudson supports schools in making sense of what’s changing in education. He specializes in learner-centered assessment, human-centered leadership, and strategic program design. Hudson has designed and facilitated professional learning for hundreds of schools and learning organizations. Most recently, he spent a decade at Global Online Academy (GOA), first as an instructional coach and ultimately as chief program officer, working with schools around the world to rethink where, when, and how learning happens. Prior to GOA, Hudson was a teacher at the middle school, high school, and college levels. The classroom is where he developed his passion for designing learning experiences. Hudson serves on the board of the Association of Technology Leaders in Independent Schools (ATLIS). His Substack newsletter “Learning on Purpose” has been featured in The Marshall Memo and The Educator’s Notebook. Hudson has an M.A. from the University of California, Berkeley and a B.A. from Cornell University. He lives on Cape Cod in Massachusetts.
Schools select up to six participants to make up their workshop team. The ideal team includes three to six participants. The minimum number of school participants is three people. Individuals or pairs are not recommended due to the significant amount of teamwork time built into the agenda. You need to know the number of participants at the time of registration. You can make updates to the attendee names that fill your spots until two weeks before the event.
Cancellations must be received in writing at strategylab@nais.org. Cancellations received up to 30 days before the program’s start date (September 16) will be fully refunded, less a $75 administration fee. Cancellations received fewer than 30 days prior to the program will not be refunded.
Please contact strategylab@nais.org or (202) 973-9700 with any questions.
October 16 – 17, 2025, 1:00 – 3:00 PM ET each day
This virtual workshop works best as a team-based experience, so a group representing a diverse cross-section of roles at your school (up to six people) is recommended. Heads, assistant heads, division heads, technology directors, curriculum coordinators, strategic initiative directors, or other administrators in similar roles are the primary audience
