# Does Your School Need an A.I. Advisory Team?

- Link: https://teachercast.net/captivate-podcast/attc-ep264-ai-advisary-team-matt-sherrill/
- Published: 2024-05-28T05:00:00-04:00
- Author: Jeff Bradbury

Welcome to “Ask the Tech Coach,” a podcast for Instructional Coaches and Digital
Learning Leaders.

In this episode of “[Ask the Tech Coach](https://www.teachercast.net/attc),” Jeff
welcomes Matt Sherrill on the podcast to discuss the importance of forming an Artificial
Intelligence Advisory Team in your school when supporting emerging technologies 
including AI.

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## Weekly Topic

 * What is a Virtual Instruction Coach?
 * How to form an AI Advisory Team?
    - Who is on the team?
 * What are the advantages of using AI in the classroom?
 * How to get teachers to see the benefit of investing their time in becoming AI
   literate
 * How various states/districts are taking wildly different approaches to AI use
   and why
 * How does the average teacher go about ensuring the AI tools they are using are
   secure and safe for school purposes?
 * How can AI accelerate a much-needed overhaul to our current education system?
 * How to develop vertically-aligned AI literacy standards/lessons

### Links Mentioned in this Episode

 * [https://www.aiforeducation.io/](https://www.aiforeducation.io/)
 * [MagicSchool.ai](http://MagicSchool.ai)
 * [Google Arts and Culture: Say What You See](https://artsandculture.google.com/experiment/say-what-you-see/jwG3m7wQShZngw?hl=en)
 * [Google Generative AI for Educators](https://grow.google/ai-for-educators/)

## About our Guest: Matt Sherrill

Matt Sherrill has been a classroom teacher for 15 years, with 13 of them being in
8th Grade ELA. In that time, he has served as the Building Chair for the ELA department
at his school for 10 years, as well as serving as a Virtual Instructional Coach 
for early career teachers around the state of Illinois for the last 2 years. Most
recently, Matt has been a central member of his district’s recently formed AI Advisory
Team. As part of that work, he has helped design and deliver district-wide professional
development around AI Literacy for teachers and staff, helped craft his district’s
AI Position Statement, and helped draft district guidelines regarding AI use for
students and staff. Matt’s passion for spreading AI Literacy among educators extends
to the local university where he has also presented as a guest speaker to pre-service
teachers this past school year.

### Links of Interest

 * LinkedIn: [www.linkedin.com/in/matt-sherrill-25ba9625a](http://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-sherrill-25ba9625a)

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