AdminEdge: AI for School Leaders is a practical, time-saving series designed to give school administrators quick, high-impact wins with AI tools. Each skill challenge introduces a simple, actionable skill that helps streamline everyday tasks. Bring efficiency to  summarizing long reports, drafting newsletters, or creating surveys, so you can focus more time on what matters most, like meaningful human interactions, instructional leadership, and building a positive school culture. These AI strategies are not about replacing your professional expertise, they’re about boosting it. AdminEdge equips you with smart tools that reduce mental load, support data-driven decision making, and make your day-to-day leadership more efficient and manageable.

Skill Challenge #1:

Summarize Long Reports Instantly

Skill to Try: Upload long policy documents, reports or meeting transcripts to produce an efficient summary.

The Tool: Claude.ai

Step-by-Step Directions: contact me for step-by-step directions and a how-to video

Why It's Important:
Administrators face information overload. AI summarization allows you to extract key points quickly, helping you prioritize action steps and stay informed without spending hours reading.

How It Helps:

• Quickly understand research reports, policy documents, or organizational updates.

• Save summaries for staff or parent communication.
  
  

Get Started:

• Choose a document you’ve been putting off reading.

• Paste it into a summarizer tool.

• Review and highlight important actions or decisions.

Skill Challenge #2:

Draft Professional Learning Agendas 

Skill to Try: Use AI to generate draft agendas for professional learning experiences based on goals you provide.

The Tool: Magic School

Step-by-Step Directions: contact me for step-by-step directions and a how-to video

Why It's Important:
Meaningful professional learning experiences require planning to balance needs and priorities with time constraints. AI can help you create detailed, differentiated agendas faster.

How It Helps:

• Offers outlines based on your focus areas.

• Helps structure sessions with time suggestions based on outcomes.

• Saves time without sacrificing quality.

Get Started:

• Input your adult learning goals (e.g., "focus on high yield instructional practices for new or experienced teachers").

• Request a draft agenda and adjust according to your school's timing and needs.

Skill Challenge #3:

Create Surveys in Minutes (*Bonus* Analyze Results)

Skill to Try:  Generate surveys questions for staff, students, or parents specific to your needs.

The Tool: Google Forms/Gemini

Step-by-Step Directions: contact me for step-by-step directions and a how-to video

Why It's Important:
Effective surveys are key to understanding your community. AI helps you create clear, unbiased questions quickly, ensuring better data collection. 

How It Helps:

• Saves time brainstorming and formatting surveys.

• Produces well-structured, neutral-question drafts.

• Boosts response rates through better clarity.

Get Started:

• Specify the goal (e.g., "get feedback on schedule changes").

• Generate a draft survey with AI.

• Review, personalize, and distribute via Google Forms or similar tools.