Work Smarter with AI
Start the new year with a resolution you might actually keep: spend less time on repetitive tasks and more time on the work that matters most.
About the Virtual Series
Join the Montana Professional Learning Collaborative (MTPLC) and Montana Digital Academy's Frontier Learning Lab for a practical five-part series designed to help educators use artificial intelligence to make everyday work more manageable.
This is a hands-on, task-focused series. Rather than focusing on AI theory, participants will explore practical ways to use AI to support work they are already doing—drafting communication, organizing meeting notes, working through lengthy documents, making sense of data, and creating reusable prompts and templates.
Throughout the series, the Frontier Learning Lab team will emphasize responsible AI use, privacy, professional judgment, and practical strategies that educators can adapt to their own roles and technology environments.
Session Schedule
Clearer Communication in Less Time
Explore practical ways to use AI to support everyday family and staff communication. Participants will practice drafting and revising messages, adjusting tone and reading level, and creating home-language versions while keeping professional judgment at the center of the process.
From Meeting Notes to Next Steps
Turn your own meeting notes or transcripts into something useful. Learn strategies for creating concise summaries, identifying action items, organizing responsibilities, and drafting follow-up communication.
Long Documents, Made Manageable
Policies, reports, research articles, guidance documents—educators have a lot to read. Explore ways AI can help summarize, organize, compare, and identify key information in lengthy documents while maintaining appropriate review and professional oversight.
Spreadsheets and Surveys, Sorted
Explore practical ways to work more efficiently with spreadsheets, surveys, and other data. Participants will learn strategies for cleaning up information, interpreting survey results, identifying patterns, and creating quick tables and charts.
Your Own Prompt Toolkit
Bring it all together by developing a personalized collection of reusable prompts and templates for the tasks you complete every week. Participants will leave with practical tools they can adapt and continue using after the series ends.
About Frontier Learning Lab
This series is facilitated by the Frontier Learning Lab team at Montana Digital Academy. The Frontier Learning Lab supports K–12 educators across Montana with AI literacy professional development, vetted tools, and policy resources. Their approach puts pedagogy first and educator professional judgment at the center while helping Montana educators navigate AI confidently and responsibly.
Questions?
Jessica N. Johnson, M.Ed.
Executive Director, Montana Professional Learning Collaborative