AI: Friend or Foe? Key Considerations on Accuracy, Critical Thinking, Equity, Ethics, Privacy, Security, and Humanity

Program Overview

As with the development of other emerging technologies throughout history, Artificial Intelligence has proven to be a transformative force in all aspects of our lives and holds great promise as a means to leverage promising educational reforms.  However, without careful planning and thoughtful parameters, it is a tool that can also be misused in ways that undermine critical educational goals.  In this workshop, we will explore AI through a series of critical lenses and seek to learn from the experiences of others in New Jersey and beyond.

Program Content and Framework

The day will be organized into four learning segments:  

• Learning Segment 1 will focus on issues related to the use of AI to promote critical thinking and the ethics of AI use by students, educators, and school leaders. How do we ensure that AI is used in ways that promote critical and creative thinking, rather than as a means to short-circuit the learning process?  

• Learning Segment 2 will focus on issues related to accuracy and equity.  How do we reduce the potential for AI to produce biased, incomplete, or inaccurate information?  This section will begin with a brief presentation on the issue of algorithmic discrimination, followed by a panel discussion.

• Learning Segment 3 will focus on protecting the privacy of student and staff information and ensuring the security of digital information and district operations.  

• Learning Segment 4 will focus on the role of AI in promoting our shared humanity, and will include an exploration of fundamental questions related to who we are in relation to technology and how AI can be leveraged to unleash the potential in all students and staff members, rather than as a means of replacing meaningful human connection.  This segment will explore the increasing use of AI in promising and dangerous ways to address social and emotional well-being, and the potential for AI to close certain career paths while creating others.

Each of the four learning segments will begin with a brief overview of key issues, and will include a panel discussion involving educational administrators, legal experts, and one or more leading practitioners from the field.

Program Agenda (Tentative)

9:00 - 9:10 AM Welcome and Overview

9:10 - 9:45 AM The Latest Legal Developments

9:50 - 10:50 AM Part 1 - Critical Thinking and Ethics

10:50 - 11:00 AM Break

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Part 2 - Accuracy and Equity

12:00 - 12:30 PM Lunch Break

12:30 - 1:30 PM Part 3 - Security and Privacy

1:30 - 1:40 PM Break

1:40 - 2:50 PM Part 4 - AI and Our Shared Humanity

2:50 - 3:00 PM Q & A/ Wrap Up/ Moving Forward

Recommended Audience

This program will benefit all Grades PK-12 Educators, including:

• Principals and Assistant Principals

• Superintendents and Assistant Superintendents

• Directors of Student Services, Special Education, Curriculum, Instruction, and Technology

• K-12 Teachers

• HIB Coordinators/Specialists

• Guidance Counselors, LDTCs, and Case Managers

Registration Fees

• Early Registration Rates - Thru July 31, 2026
  

  • Individual Registrant: $125
    

  • 2026-2027 Early Registration "Bundle" Discount: Register for all four (4) of the 2026-2027 TMI-LEGAL ONE Virtual Workshop Professional Learning Series programs for only $119/workshop ($476 - $164 savings off the standard rate). The "Bundle" discount applies to a single registrant only and cannot be distributed across multiple registrants. If interested, please contact support@tmieducation.com.
    

    • The four "bundled" 2026-2027 TMI-LEGAL ONE Virtual Workshop Professional Learning Series programs include:

      • Hot Issues in School Law: 2026-2027

      • Hot Issues in Special Education Law: 2026-2027

      • HIB Law Update: 2026-2027

      • AI: Friend or Foe? Key Considerations on Accuracy, Critical Thinking, Equity, Ethics, Privacy, Security, and Humanity
        

  • Group Pricing: Teams of 4 or More - $100/registrant
    

• Standard Registration Rates - Begins August 1, 2026 
  

  • Individual Registrant: $160
    

  • 2026-2027 "Bundle" Discount: Register for all four (4) of the 2026-2027 TMI-LEGAL ONE Virtual Workshop Professional Learning Series programs for only $135/workshop ($540 - $100 savings off the standard rate). The "Bundle" discount applies to a single registrant and cannot be distributed across multiple registrants. If interested, please contact support@tmieducation.com.
    

  • Group Pricing: Teams of 4 or More - $135/registrant

    
    

*Important: Other special offers, including, but not limited to, the STAR Advantage, L2L Mentor, and NJEXCEL student coupons, are not eligible for this program.

Payment

Registration fees may be paid by purchase order/organizational check, or personal check made payable to: The Madison Institute LLC (d.b.a. TMI Education)

Please send all materials either:

• By email: support@tmieducation.com

• By U.S. mail:

TMI Education

P.O. Box 922

Madison, NJ 07940

If paying by purchase order, TMI Education will invoice the district directly following registration. The invoice will be sent to both the registrant’s email address and the district business office. Please confirm receipt of the invoice with your district business office.

For more information, email support@tmieducation.com.

Program Organizers and Presenters

David Nash, Esq.

Director of Legal Education and National Outreach, NJPSA/FEA/LEGAL ONE

Mr. Nash currently serves as Director of Legal Education and National Outreach for the Foundation for Educational Administration. His responsibilities include coordinating the efforts of FEA to promote its wide array of professional learning courses, events, programs, and services nationally. Mr. Nash is also responsible for overseeing legal education through the LEGAL ONE (Law, Ethics, Governance for All Leaders, including an Overview of New and Emerging issues) program. LEGAL ONE is an innovative program that provides school law professional development for school leaders and other educators. From 2003 to 2011, Mr. Nash served as legal counsel for the New Jersey Principals and Supervisors Association. In that role, Mr. Nash provided legal assistance to NJPSA members for legal issues arising out of the performance of their duties. Mr. Nash also served as Assistant Director of Government Relations for NJPSA from 1994 to 2003. He currently teaches graduate-level school law courses at Ramapo College and has previously taught at Rutgers University and New Jersey City University. Mr. Nash received his B.A. from Rutgers University and graduated with High Honors from Rutgers Law School in 2003. While at Rutgers Law School, he served as an editor for the Rutgers Law Review. His prior civic involvement includes six years’ service as a member of the Old Bridge Board of Education, including two years as board president, and service on the Board of Trustees for both Healing the Children New Jersey and Advocates for Children of New Jersey.