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HUMAN INGENUITY. APPLIED AI.

Applied AI for
School leaders
Teachers
Administrators

Practical AI learning built around your own school.

Come to a conference, join a four-week programme, or lead with a group of principals. Start with what you already know.

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Human × AI
Your knowledge.
Put into practice.
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FOUR WEEKS / WEEKLY CLASSROOM APPLICATION
Teaching practice
Differentiation
Less admin
Student relationships
AI confidence
School leadership
01 / OUR OFFERINGS

Three ways in.
One approach.

Whether you have a day and a half, four weeks or a year, it starts the same way. Your knowledge first. AI is the tool you apply to it.

CONFERENCE

AILearn Aotearoa 2027

For principals, school leaders and teachers

1.5 DAYS

An evening mixer and a full conference day in the April school holidays, so no relief cover. Teachers and school leaders from across Aotearoa share what they've really tried with AI. What worked. What didn't.

  • +20–21 April 2027
  • +Auckland
  • +In person, for 200 people
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PROGRAMME

Applied AI for Education

For school leaders, teachers and administrators

4 WEEKS

Learn alongside the work you already do. Each week you create something for your classroom, use it with your students, then reflect and refine.

  • +Next programme January 2027
  • +At your school or online with us
  • +One classroom output every week
PROFESSIONAL LEARNING GROUP

Global AI Leadership 2027

For principals

1 YEAR

A school year with 15 to 20 principals from across Aotearoa. Four engagements, from an Auckland launch to ISTE+ASCD in Boston and Google's New York headquarters, then home to put it into practice. Plain-language AI leadership. No hype.

  • +Terms 1 to 4, 2027
  • +Auckland, Boston and New York
  • +15 to 20 principals
Early bird fee until 30 November 2026
02 / OUR APPROACH

You know your students.
Build on that.

Your knowledge comes first. AI is the tool you apply to it.

Every Global Institute offering starts there, whether you work in a classroom, a staffroom or the principal's office.

See how the four weeks work ↓
/ 01

Grow your confidence.

Start with your own material and your own students. Confidence comes when the work is yours.

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Reduce the routine work.

Take the load off planning, reporting and admin, so there is more time for people.

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Keep relationships close.

Adapt for the students, staff and whānau you know. You stay in charge of the AI.

03 / THE FOUR-WEEK PROGRAMME

Improve your practice in 4 weeks.

Create it. Use it with your students. Reflect and refine. Something useful for your classroom, every week.

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Applied AI
for Education.
A CLASSROOM OUTPUT EVERY WEEK
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FOUR WEEKS OF APPLIED LEARNING

Something useful for
your classroom. Every week.

Work with your own curriculum, teaching material and student needs. Each week, create and use a classroom resource, activity or workflow, then reflect on how it supports your practice.

  • +Build confidence through regular, practical use
  • +Differentiate resources using your knowledge of your students
  • +Reduce repetitive planning and administrative work
  • +Develop a practice you can keep refining
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Run in New Zealand. Four-week programme. Next Programme January 2027.

TWO WAYS TO ENGAGE

At your school

We come to you and run the programme as professional development for all your staff, scheduled around your PD calendar.

Online with us

Join our online programme and work through the four weeks alongside teachers from other schools.

03 / YOUR FOUR WEEKS

Curiosity becomes
capability.

Bring your classroom into your learning. Every week, make something you can use with your students and build on what you discover.

A CLASSROOM OUTPUT EACH WEEK
01
Build your confidence

Start with a lesson you already teach. Practise giving AI clear context and checking the material it produces for accuracy and relevance.

WEEK 1 OUTPUT

A lesson resource ready to use with your class.

02
Adapt for your students

Use your knowledge of your students to adapt language, support and challenge. Review each version against your learning intention before trying it in class.

WEEK 2 OUTPUT

A differentiated activity for your students’ learning needs.

03
Reduce the routine work

Choose a recurring planning or admin task. Develop an AI-assisted workflow, check its results and use it in your teaching week.

WEEK 3 OUTPUT

A reusable workflow and the classroom material it helps you prepare.

04
Develop your practice

Build on what you have tried. Use your observations and student feedback to refine a learning sequence, and decide how AI will support your ongoing practice.

WEEK 4 OUTPUT

A refined learning sequence to deliver in your classroom.

04 / THE INSTITUTE

Practical learning.
No hype.

Global Institute is an applied AI professional learning provider for New Zealand schools.

We work with school leaders, teachers and administrators, at your school, online and in person. No geek-speak. No hype.

Part of the Crimson Academies Group

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Technology should give time back for the work that matters.

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You learn best alongside peers who know your context.

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Every session should leave you with something you can use the next morning.

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Start where you are and build from there.

Not sure which offering fits? Tell us about your school and we'll point you to one.

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