Strategic AI leadership for school districts.

Both formats deliver the same five-session arc and the same yearlong outcomes. The in-person week is the right choice for districts launching a yearlong AI initiative with a clear runway and concentrated energy. The Innovator in Residence is the right choice for districts that want a sustained thinking partner across the year, with strategic sessions distributed quarterly and additional flexibility for virtual delivery. The decision is typically clarified during the discovery call.

Most districts begin with the in-person Launch Week, which offers a concentrated start that builds shared language, leadership alignment, and a written plan for the year. From there, the natural next chapter is the Innovator in Residence model: quarterly strategic sessions across the academic year, distributed in a way that fits your calendar and lets the work compound across years. Year 1 builds the foundation; Year 2 and beyond keep the strategy sharp and the practice evolving as the field changes.

Capacity is limited by design. The partnership is high-touch and requires sustained attention across the academic year. Limiting the number of partnerships enables us to do the work at the depth it requires without compromising any single district’s experience.

The lead practitioner. We are not a large agency, and partnerships are not delegated to associates. You can expect the same person at the opening session and at the closing one, and through the yearlong checkpoints in between, whether the engagement is delivered as an in-person week or as an Innovator in Residence across the year.

For the in-person week: five contiguous business days. For the Innovator in Residence format: typically one strategic session per quarter, plus an opening session, distributed across the academic year. For learning pathways: about 10 hours per educator, paced across the year. For leadership: two to four hours of meeting time for checkpoints across the year, plus a short capstone artifact at the end.

Districts typically confirm partnerships through the spring and summer. In-district sessions are scheduled across the academic year based on your calendar. The learning pathways open for your educators on confirmation.

Yes. Standalone pathways purchases require a 50-seat minimum and are billed at tiered per-educator rates ($40 to $80 depending on district size). Pathways for 100 educators are included in the full partnership; additional educators are billed at the same tiered rates.

Our work is with adults: superintendents, principals, teachers, and staff. We do not collect student personally identifiable information through the partnership itself. For districts where student data is in scope (a custom local language model deployment, for example), we sign a Student Data Privacy Agreement as part of the contract.

A private, well-designed report scored across five dimensions: leadership and vision, pedagogical integration, educator capacity, technical infrastructure, and ethics and policy. Each dimension is scored on a four-point maturity ladder, with brief explanations and three recommendations tailored to your district’s stage of work. The report is yours to keep, print, and share with your administrative team or board. If you go on to schedule a discovery call, we use the report as the starting point for the conversation.