The Wyoming Department of Education (WDE) will offer several Artificial Intelligence (AI) Professional Development (PD) opportunities throughout the year. PD will begin with basics and advance to policy development for a team of school/district personnel.
Introduction to AI – AI 101
The WDE will offer an interactive “Anatomy of Applied Generative AI” workshop for all teachers, educators, and leaders.
The curriculum covers the fundamentals of Large Language Models, ethical considerations in AI, and effective prompt writing. Participants will learn to apply AI for practical educational and administrative tasks, such as summarizing content, streamlining data analysis, and automating workflows, culminating in an AI-powered capstone project relevant to their current position.
This 12-hour program, delivered in six 2-hour Zoom sessions from 4–6 p.m. on November 18, 20, December 2, 4, 9, and 11. Register here.
Implementing AI in the classroom – AI 201
The WDE is offering educators and leaders a PD program focused on integrating AI into instructional practices. School teams will develop an AI Integration Action Plan, including creating detailed pilot lessons and projects to be implemented in the classroom. Participants will practice using AI for instructional integration by co-designing lesson materials, differentiating content, generating student feedback, and creating accessible activities. The goal is to build lasting internal capacity by establishing site-based teams equipped to lead ongoing professional learning and innovation with AI in education.
Live sessions are from 3–7 p.m. on November 10, 17, December 1, 8, 15, January 5, 12, and 19. Register here.
AI Policy Development – AI Academy
The WDE, with Evergreen Education, is offering the AI Academy, a program designed for school and district teams to collaboratively develop AI policies that work for everyone, from the Federal Government to local parents.
This hybrid program guides teams in navigating new policy mandates to create compliant AI policies by focusing on “Clearing Blurry Lines” and “Setting Bright Lines” for AI use. The training is delivered through a cohort-based model and aims to help districts align everyone, achieve buy-in from all stakeholders, and reduce their AI rollout timeline from months to weeks.
Live sessions are on November 20, December 18, and January 15, followed by asynchronous workshops that are ideally completed as a school/district AI Task Force. Register here.
For more information, contact Steven Priest, Personalized Learning Consultant, at steven.priest@wyo.gov or 307-777-3679.
