HOW CAN WE UPLIFT AND SUPPORT EDUCATORS AS CO-CREATORS IN THIS WORK?
We create spaces where educators can tinker, reflect, and share together. We believe educators are essential partners in making youth digital thriving possible, and we treat them as both experts and collaborators.
Through advisory councils, workshops, and emerging communities of practice, we partner with educators to refine resources, test ideas in real classrooms, and bridge youth and educator voices.
HOW WE WORK WITH EDUCATORS
Advisory councils
Our inaugural Educator Advisory Council co-designed and refined our free AI classroom practices. They piloted early prototypes, tested activities with their students, and offered feedback from the field. They do so much more than “use” our resources. They stretch them, question them, and adapt them to meet their learners right where they are.
We’re now convening a set of regional Educator Advisory Councils, with advisors who will shape our work across digital well-being and AI.
Hear from the council in this teaser, or watch the full recording of Educators in Conversation: Navigating AI with Agency.
Live workshops + PD
We lead in-person workshops, keynotes, and school visits where educators, school communities, and other practitioners explore our resources and research together. These sessions can also be adapted for cross-disciplinary teams in other spaces who are interested in exploring the intersection of technology and well-being together.
Virtual workshops + PD
We occasionally host our own virtual learning sessions and presentations so educators can hear directly from our researchers. Our team also participates in interactive virtual sessions, workshops, and webinars to demonstrate our resources and share our research.
Emerging communities of practice
We’ve convened alumni from our 8 Mindshifts course, and educators from other professional development sessions to form communities of practice. These networks help us build continuous listening loops that strengthens both practice and research over time.
ON DEMAND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
8 Mindshifts for Teaching Digital Well-being
This 12-hour, self-paced course is designed for teachers, school counselors, and administrators. With eight enduring mindshifts, the course helps you move beyond tech panic and into empowering action. All participants are invited to a closed LinkedIn community group with fellow course enrollees.
self-paced Course
12-HR PD course
Explore all eight evidenced-based mindshifts, at your own pace (and with new AI content!).
POSTER DOWNLOAD
ALL EIGHT MINDSHIFTS
This poster-style printout serves as a handy guide to all eight mindshifts featured in the course.
FREE Videos SEGMENTS
The mindshifts, explained
Explore a sampling of our library of short videos from the course, spanning topics like the power of teen interviews, AI, and attention restoration.
GET INVOLVED
Here are a few ways to connect with our team about potential educator engagement and community building opportunities.
Community
Join an educator community or advisory
Be considered for a future CDT-hosted educator community of practice or advisory council. Our advisors help co-design, test, and refine resources across our work on digital well-being and AI.
Live PD
Bring us to your school
Invite our team for a school visit or live professional learning session on AI literacy, digital well-being, and agency.
Field kit
Request an AI Literacy field kit
We’re sending free IMAGINE field kits, featuring printed card decks and guides to up to 60 schools. We’ll follow up with a short survey about how the resources shaped your classroom and policies, to help us study their effects on agency and character.