Making the Case for Operational Planning around Generative AI

Part 1 of 6 for Applying a Response Framework to a Timely Topic

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Having made the case for a response framework, we will apply the framework to a timely topic: Generative Artificial Intelligence. We have designed this framework to help schools facing disruptive, external events, which means it can flex to fit either crises (like the recent pandemic) or opportunities (like the more recent advances in Generative AI). Over the next 6 editions of Making the Case, we invite schools to follow along in their learning and doing, working through the following areas:

1. School Operations: Determining any necessary operational changes can save money and time (or reduce exposure).

2. Policies: New policies help to mitigate risk and create clarity for the workforce and community.

3. Work Tasks: Individual work expectations can both help productivity and reduce confusion/concern in the face of change.

4. Employees: School pivots, whether quick or slow, are enacted by employees. It is therefore important for employees to understand the why behind operational, policy, and task changes, as well as the opportunities for review and refinement as these new plans hit a new reality.

5. Students: Schools exist for the students; in crisis or opportunity, students deserve to be brought to a level of understanding that promotes their sense of comfort, belonging, safety, and development.

6. Families: If an event is big enough to disrupt your school, the adults in your students’ lives are likely navigating uncertainty, as well. They will be better partners with the school and supporters of their children if they understand how the school is operating.

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