Name: AI + You: The Ultimate Teaching Design Duo
Start: 2026-08-28T12:45:00-0600
End: 2026-08-28T13:45:00-0600

ECSD Elementary Summer Summit 2026: September Starts Here
Join us on August 28 for a day of learning, collaboration, and inspiration designed to help you start the school year strong! Choose from over 25 sessions featuring classroom-ready resources, practical strategies, and ready-to-use lessons across literacy, mathematics, science, social studies, assessment, inclusion, faith permeation, and wellness. Whether you’re exploring the new Grades 4–6 Social Studies curriculum, discovering Dynamic Math, or looking for fresh ideas to support every learner, you’ll leave confident, energized, and September ready!

AI + You: The Ultimate Teaching Design Duo

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Friday August 28, 2026 12:45pm - 1:45pm MDT

Limited Capacity seats available

Session Materials

How can we design learning experiences that are rooted in joy, grounded in faith, and intentionally responsive to the diverse needs of all learners? This session invites educators to explore how artificial intelligence can support the design of inclusive, equitable, and rigorous Tier 1 instruction aligned with the conditions of Optimal Learning: Catholic faith and permeation, joy and rigour, and ownership of learning.
Inspired by Catlin Tucker’s Elevating Educational Design with AI: Making Learning Accessible, Inclusive, and Equitable, participants will engage with AI as a thought partner in the instructional design process. The focus is on strengthening clarity of learning goals, alignment of assessment and instruction, and the intentional design of learning experiences grounded in Universal Design for Learning (UDL).
Educators will explore how AI can support the creation of high-quality, student-facing resources, such as scaffolds, models, multiple entry points, and differentiated pathways, that reduce barriers and increase access for all learners. Emphasis will be placed on designing for variability from the outset, rather than retrofitting supports after instruction.
Participants will apply these ideas to redesign a lesson or learning sequence for September through November, leaving with practical strategies and adaptable tools to support purposeful, inclusive, and joy-filled learning experiences for every student.

Speakers

Nicole Cunningham

Emtech, Edmonton Catholic School Division

Nicole Cunningham is an Educational Technology Consultant with Edmonton Catholic Schools for the past 3 years, supporting teachers from Kindergarten to Grade 12. She designs and delivers professional learning and at the elbow planning and in-class support that helps educators purposefully... Read More →

Leanne Hemphill

Curriculum and Assessment, Edmonton Catholic School Division

As an Assessment Consultant with Edmonton Catholic School Division, I support schools in developing responsive, curriculum-aligned assessment and reporting practices that leverage technology to enhance learning. I collaborate with educators and administrators to build capacity in... Read More →

Friday August 28, 2026 12:45pm - 1:45pm MDT
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