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Project 01: Unlocking the Potential: Generative AI in Secondary Education

This project addressed how empowering teachers with AI tools can reduce routine workload and enhance their focus on meaningful, student-centered instruction.

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Proposed Solution

Implement professional development sessions that introduce AI tools through hands-on, problem-based learning, empowering teachers to streamline routine tasks and take an active role in transforming their instructional practices.

Intervention:

Lesson 1 – Automating Grading and Feedback: This lesson helped teachers use AI tools to reduce time spent on grading and generate consistent, personalized feedback for students.

Lesson 2 – Streamlining Lesson Planning and Resource Generation: This lesson equipped teachers with AI tools to efficiently create lesson plans, quizzes, and instructional materials tailored to their subject areas. Lesson 3 – Developing Personalized Learning Materials for Differentiated Instruction: This lesson supported teachers in using AI to generate leveled resources that meet the diverse learning needs of students in mixed-ability classrooms.

Lesson 4 – Facilitating Parent Communication and Administrative Tasks: This lesson showed teachers how AI can streamline routine communications and administrative documentation to improve efficiency and maintain strong family engagement.

Lesson 5 – Reflective Practices and Sustainable AI Integration: This lesson encouraged teachers to reflect on their experiences with AI and develop long-term strategies for integrating these tools into their teaching practice.

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Conclusion

​Benefits

  • Gain confidence and competence using AI tools like ChatGPT, MagicSchool.ai, Gradescope, Canva, and Khanmigo.

  • Reduce time spent on repetitive, non-instructional tasks such as grading, lesson planning, and administrative work.

  • Improve the quality, personalization, and timeliness of student feedback.

  • Streamline lesson planning and resource creation through AI-assisted templates and visual tools.

  • Develop differentiated instructional materials to meet diverse student needs more effectively.

  • Enhance communication with parents through AI-supported, personalized messages and reports.

  • Increase collaboration and shared problem-solving through the PBL-based group learning format.

  • Build sustainable habits for integrating technology ethically and efficiently into classroom routines.

  • Reclaim valuable instructional time to focus more on student engagement and inquiry-based learning.

  • Strengthen professional growth through reflective journaling and continuous improvement practices.

  • Foster a growth mindset toward innovation and technology integration.

  • Reduce stress and workload fatigue by automating time-consuming responsibilities.

  • Create classroom materials more quickly while maintaining high instructional quality.

  • Gain access to a supportive network of peers exploring AI integration.

  • Become better prepared for future shifts in educational technology and AI policy.

  • Improve overall teaching efficiency and student learning outcomes.

  • Feel empowered as an instructional innovator and leader within the school community.

  • Leave the PD with ready-to-use AI-generated materials and classroom strategies.

  • Cultivate ethical awareness and responsible use of AI in education.

  • Build long-term sustainability plans for AI use tailored to personal teaching style and subject area.

Jeremy Nevitt

210 Forrest Ave.

Runnemede, NJ 08078

j.nevitt@hotmail.com

856.237.5714

© 2025 Jeremy Nevitt

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