Part of the Strategic AI Governance for School Boards Series
Module I serves as the foundation for the Strategic AI Governance for School Boards (SAIGSB) series. This experience asks the board to establish purpose and direction for artificial intelligence before tools, vendors, or pilots define the work. Beyond Technology SAIGSB focuses on governance, public trust, and organizational coherence rather than technology implementation. Participants examine how purpose, competing priorities, and board decisions influence responsible AI adoption. The work does not ask the board to select software or write a technical specification. Designed for Practicing Board Members and Trustees Created specifically for busy school board members, each experience emphasizes reflection, application, and a concrete governance action that can be taken at the next work session or regular meeting. Responses are for professional reflection and are not externally evaluated. Guided by the LEADS Framework Every module is grounded in the LEADS Framework, providing a consistent structure for analyzing challenges, strengthening coherence, and guiding intentional governance decisions over time. A Connected Governance Journey Participants may complete Module I as a standalone experience or continue through the full SAIGSB series. Later modules explore teaching and assessment, governance policy, ethics and equity, data stewardship, professional learning, organizational change, and future-ready board leadership—always from the dais rather than the classroom or the server room.
Meet Your Instructor
Dr. Jeffrey Maiden is a professor and former educational leader with a passion for helping board members leaders navigate the complexity of digital learning. Drawing on experience in leadership, research, and professional learning, he created the Strategic AI Leadership in Education (SAILE) suite to help busy educational leaders better understand systems, strengthen coherence, and take purposeful action. His work is guided by the LEADS Framework and a commitment to practical, meaningful leadership development.
A Welcome Message for Your AI Governance Journey!
In this brief introduction video, Dr. Jeffrey Maiden, creator of the experience, welcomes you and highlights the importance of purpose in shaping responsible AI governance.
Perspectives about ELA Series from Educational Leaders
Leadership Perspective: "The experience challenged me to think beyond a district management paradigm toward a digital stewardship approach that frames leadership through relationships, instructional purpose, organizational culture, and professional judgment."
Practical Relevance: "As I transitioned into a district leadership role, I found myself returning to the ideas presented in each video as they closely mirrored the decisions I was making in practice."
Expert Perspective: The LEADS Framework for Strategic Leadership, which Dr. Jeff Maiden developed to improve educators' leadership development, is a must for all leaders who seek to deepen their knowledge of evidence-informed decision-making.
Reflection and Professional Growth: "Rather than offering a prescriptive model of leadership, the series encouraged thoughtful reflection."
Overall Experience: "Most importantly, the series strengthened my understanding that strategic digital leadership is ultimately an act of stewardship..."
Understand What Should Guide AI Authorization
Identify the educational needs, organizational priorities, and desired outcomes that should shape board decisions about artificial intelligence—before a demonstration reaches the table
Make a Shared Vision Visible to the Public
Learn how boards develop a common understanding of the role AI should play and require that understanding to appear in the packet, not only in hallway conversation.
Move from Reflection to Board Action
Apply the LEADS questions to identify one governance action—something the board itself would require, schedule, or ask—and describe the first steps the board would take.
About the learning experience
Artificial intelligence initiatives rarely develop exactly as intended. Competing priorities, unclear purpose, and board decisions all influence how systems evolve over time. This Governance Application Experience helps board members examine those dynamics and identify actions that strengthen public trust and organizational coherence. Through concise video segments, guided reflection, practical governance applications, and professional dialogue, participants move beyond understanding concepts to applying systems thinking at the dais. As participants progress through the experience, they complete a series of structured reflections and governance applications that are compiled into a downloadable reflective journal. The journal serves as an ongoing board resource, capturing insights, analyses, and board actions that can inform future agenda work. Participants conclude the experience with: * A deeper understanding of purpose, shared vision, and strategic direction as public board work * A specific governance action that improves what the board requires to see before an AI item * Initial steps the board would take, written so they can be explained to a colleague or the board president * A downloadable Professional Development Certificate of Completion * A downloadable reflective governance journal
How the Experience Works
Participants move from system understanding to board action through a structured process of reflection, analysis, application, and governance planning. Video → Reflect → Apply → Integrate → Governance Action → Dialogue
Govern With Purpose in an AI-Enabled Future
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