Event Description
It's time to move beyond conversations about what AI can or can’t do, and ask a deeper question; “What should we do, and what shouldn’t we do, to use AI tools to effectively support intentional teaching and intentional learning?” In this webinar, author Tony Frontier will give an overview of guiding principles and action steps to help leaders, teachers, and students use AI tools with the intentionality, integrity, and agency necessary to ensure they are used in ways that augment - rather than undermine - learning. Find out why John Hattie says, “This is the best book I have read to introduce all to optimize the power of AI.”
Your Presenter(s)
Tony Frontier
Tony Frontier, PhD is an award-winning educator who works with teachers and school leaders nationally and internationally to help them prioritize efforts to improve student learning. With expertise in classroom assessment, student engagement, curriculum development, meaningful feedback, technology integration, and strategic planning, Frontier emphasizes a systems approach to empower leaders and teachers to serve others. His books include AI with Intention: Principles and Action Steps for School Leaders and Teachers (ASCD, 2025) with an introduction by Jay McTighe; .
Frontier is also co-author of the ASCD books Teaching With Clarity: How to Prioritize and Do Less So Students Understand More; Five Levers to Improve Learning: How to Prioritize for Powerful Results in Your School with Jim Rickabaugh; Effective Supervision: Supporting the Art and Science of Teaching with Bob Marzano and David Livingston, and Making Teachers Better not Bitter: Balancing Teacher Evaluation, Supervision, and Reflection for Professional Growth with Paul Mielke. He is also co-author of Corwin’s Creating Passionate Learners: Engaging Today’s Students for Tomorrow’s World with Kim Brown and Don Viegut. Frontier is a frequent contributor to the flagship journal Educational Leadership, his most recent articles are, “Deeper Learning, Not Passive Compliance” (2025), “A Transformative Approach to AI” (June of 2023) and“How to Provide Better Feedback Through Rubrics” with Jay McTighe, (April of 2022). His books have been translated and published in Korean, Mandarin, and Arabic.
As a former classroom teacher in Milwaukee Public Schools, an Associate High School Principal, the Director of Instruction for the Whitefish Bay School District, and a college professor who taught PhD candidates statistics, research, and learning theory, Frontier brings a wealth of experience as a classroom teacher, building administrator, central office administrator, and researcher to his workshops, writing, and research. His workshops are known for being practical and interactive, and he seeks to balance affirmation, opportunity, application, and inspiration to challenge and support each teacher’s next efforts to improve. As a professional musician and photographer, he is always listening and looking for metaphors in the arts and humanities to help participants make authentic connections to the opportunities and challenges teachers and school leaders face each day.