Every Academic Leader has two things in common: the to-do list is long, and there’s not enough time in the day to cross everything off. Academic Leaders are tasked with increasingly complex jobs with an expanding set of responsibilities, and that means they have to know more, do more, and be more efficient than ever before. The Association for Academic Leaders was created because we know how critical and complicated your work is, and we’re dedicated to getting you the learning, resources, and community you need to thrive. And that’s why we built the Association Research Assistant: to get you to the learning, resources, and community you need faster and more effectively. Our Research Assistant has access to everything the Association has produced since its founding. That includes the content of every course, every webinar, every newsletter and article. That’s more than 5 million words about the topics you care about, including Generative AI, hiring, inclusion, and leadership. When you ask the Research Assistant a question, you’ll get a brief answer that directs you to the big ideas you need to consider, and you’ll get links to relevant courses, articles, and videos that can get you the details you need. Let’s ask our Association Research Assistant a question. Here’s what you’ll get: In a few seconds, our Association Research Assistant combs through all the relevant information in those 5 million words. The resources give you a starting place for your work, which could include reading an article from our library, or taking an online course to prepare for introducing a new schedule–both linked here. There are also some things the Association Research Assistant isn’t designed to do. It won’t design a schedule for you, or write a letter for you, or create an outline for a slide deck. At the moment, our Research Assistant has access only to Association resources, so it won’t gather research or data from other sites or sources. We know that Academic Leaders ask the best questions, and that might mean you’ll ask a question the Research Assistant can’t answer yet. If that happens, we’ll use your question to help us understand what the Research Assistant needs to know, and how we can improve it. At the Association for Academic Leaders, we embrace iteration. As you’re using our Research Assistant, we’re still refining it. This is version 1.0. We’ll be making changes based on how Academic Leaders use this tool. We’ll be adding to the research library, and teaching the research librarian how to answer your questions more effectively. We’ll continue making changes, because we know you’ve still got a long to-do list–and with our new Association Research Assistant, we hope you can check things off a little faster. Ask your question! Not a member yet? Discover the benefits of joining the Association for Academic Leaders and gain access to the resources, community, and learning you need. Click here for membership details.
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Anneke’s work in the class helped her to understand the importance of making sure first encounters with Generative AI were manageable and accessible. She designed a brief, user-friendly online resource to jump start conversations at the start of the year: “I used some of the video and written resources, as well as the course’s big questions to guide our framework.” She also designed workshops for teachers using the resources from the course. "We really wanted to get AI language into rubrics, into syllabi, and into classroom conversations when students returned to school last fall," Anneke emphasized. "The Association's course, and the resources we were able to develop as a result, helped us give folks the information they needed to consider how they wanted to set expectations with students.” Association Members: Click here to read of the rest of the post in the Association Portal!
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Bob started out by "reading every article, watching every YouTube video, and going to every webinar." The Association's course AI Guidance for Academic Leaders was instrumental in Bob's drive to understand the impacts of Generative AI. "There were so many high-caliber resources included. Instead of having to do all of that searching on my own, it was right there." Bob found added benefit in attending the Association's live programming: "The Meetups and Cohorts were even better." Association Members: Click here to read of the rest of the post in the Association Portal!
Non-members: Learn more about membership and explore all of our offerings on our website. As part of our commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice, we recognize observances and holidays that center the voices and experiences of historically excluded peoples in the United States. This month, we’re bringing together Black History Month and Lunar New Year resources for educators and schools. To learn more about these recognitions, read our blog post on how and why we acknowledge. Recognize Black History Month at your school: The Center for Racial Justice in Education provides a Black History Month resource guide with the purpose of “ensuring the ongoing integration of Black history and experiences… to uplift every student and reinforce that Black Lives Matter everyday.” Storycorps curates Black voices of the past and present, bringing together “stories that center Black voices in conversations about Black history, identity, struggles, and joy.” Reimagine February with Black Futures Month: In her essay, “How Long Till Black Future Month,” novelist N. K. Jemisen writes, “Everyone jokes that of course Black history gets celebrated only during the shortest month of the year. No one seems puzzled by the fact that there is no time correspondingly devoted to examining, celebrating, or imagining the black future.” Black Futures Month, founded in 2025 by the Movement for Black Lives is dedicated to “a reimagining of life as we know it and a revolutionary transformation of the beliefs, norms, and systems that reject our humanity.” Recognize Lunar New Year celebrations: The Lunar New Year is celebrated under various names across East Asia. In Chinese communities, it's known as the Spring Festival or Chinese New Year. Vietnamese people celebrate Tet Nguyen Dan, Koreans observe Seollal, Tibetans observe in Losar, and Mongolians mark Tsagaan Sar. In Thailand, the new year is Songkran; Balinese communities celebrate Nyepi, and Filipino-Chinese communities observe Tsinoy.
“Learning About Lunar New Year”, from WeTeachNYC and the New York City Department of Education provides sample lessons and activities for exploring Lunar New Year with grades K-8. |
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