AI Professional Development by teachers for teachers.

Join educators across the country as we explore AI tools and meet together to discuss the impact of this emerging technology on teaching and learning.

Our Mission

Co-Lab believes that teachers need hands-on exploration with AI tools in order to make informed decisions about when and how to best leverage AI for pedagogically-sound teaching and learning. Each month, we offer a new AI exploration to interrogate the potentials and pitfalls of a specific AI use in the classroom followed by a collaborative discussion where participants share their findings across schools and disciplines. Driven by our belief that teachers need ongoing experimentation and dialogue in order to move from AI literacy to agency, we are committed to offering high-caliber, monthly professional development that pushes back on the “one and done” style of other training. We make it our mission to serve as a network and a community. We aim to cultivate solidarity among our members so that we remain resilient in our work to bring innovative and responsible approaches to AI back to our respective schools.

How it Works

Each month, we will explore different prompts, then meet together to discuss the benefits and drawbacks of this kind of AI use for our classrooms.

  • Introduction Call. This 25 minute zoom call will explain the exploration for the month. You will hear from the prompt designers on how to get the most out of your time exploring the prompt.

  • Independent Exploration. Co-Laborators will spend 45-60 minutes independently exploring the given prompt.

  • Collaboration Call. This 60 minute zoom call will lead members through small group, facilitated conversations. You will meet other educators and talk together about how this exploration could bring benefit (or not) to your educational space.

A Wide-Reaching Network

Co-Lab membership includes educators from East to West coast, as well as some international educators. Though our conversations focus on pedagogical implications, our membership extends beyond core subject teachers. Co-Laboration calls will include elementary, middle, and high school teachers, administrators, and technology professionals.

  • “The structure works very well. I like how the intro call and the exploration cycle function. It is easy to work into my life, and there is little wasted time. This is some of the best PD I have ever experienced!”
    —Anissa, Educator

  • “I am finding the prompt/focus incredibly rich in terms of opening my mind to what is possible with AI as an educator, and I am also learning through a parallel stream, new theories to explore, and new features to look into in a LLM. It's fodder for rich learning!”
    —Nate, Educator

  • “Co-Lab offers a great format, and I explore AI in a way I never would otherwise. So very valuable.”
    —Liza, Educator

  • “Built by educators who want to empower educators to build meaningful AI systems in the classroom, it offers hands-on exploration fo real AI tools, honest conversations about classroom use, and shared problem-solving around lesson design, assessment, and ethics. It’s greatest strength is the community”
    —Andrew, Educator

  • “Co-Lab is one of the most powerful professional development opportunites I’ve been a part of over the course of my career. The grassroots way it is driven by teachers and designed for teachers is authentically relevant.”
    —Jeff, Director of Innovation and Technology

  • “Co-Lab structures the engagement with AI in a helpful way that can help to build competencies and identify areas that need to change (and those that don't).”
    —Lisa, Parent @ Sidwell Friends

  • “Co-Lab was far and away my most exciting takeaway from the conference.”
    — David, Educator @ NAIS AI Summit

  • “Co-Lab was maybe the thing I heard the most buzz about coming from the NAIS symposium, and from everything I’ve heard, the hype is totally deserved.”
    —Evan, President Pathos Consulting Group