Case Study: Innovative Learning AI Coursework Development

Broward County Public Schools, 2025-2026

The Challenge

As artificial intelligence began reshaping classroom tools and instructional practice, Broward County Public Schools recognized the need to equip staff with meaningful AI literacy. The Innovative Learning department was tasked with developing a comprehensive suite of AI coursework covering both foundational AI literacy and AI integrated features within the district's existing digital tools, and deploying it across 240 schools district-wide.

The Approach

Leading a team of eight Instructional Technology Facilitators, I coordinated the development of more than thirty courses across two phases. During the summer, facilitators worked remotely on the initial building of their courses. To manage progress across those concurrent workstreams, I designed an individual Microsoft Word tracking form for each course and shared it directly with the assigned facilitator, giving each a dedicated space to document updates while allowing me to monitor progress across all active courses at once. 

When cabinet-level leadership directed the team to pause development mid-summer, the decision was communicated promptly and followed up individually with each facilitator to ensure clarity and address any questions. When the team returned on calendar again in August, I transitioned from remote tracking forms to in-person and Teams meetings, documenting action items and sending detailed follow-up emails outlining any adjustments needed, adapting my coordination approach to match the team's latest working environment.

Throughout development I provided ongoing coaching and individualized feedback to each facilitator as their courses moved through successive stages. I also reviewed and approved the standardized design template my team developed collaboratively, which became the department's shared framework ensuring consistency, clarity, and design quality across all 30+ courses.

The Solution

The result was a library of more than thirty AI courses available to staff across 240 schools in one of the largest school districts in the United States. Courses covered AI literacy fundamentals as well as practical AI applications within tools already in use across the district, ensuring relevance and immediate applicability for staff.

Every course passed through my quality review prior to district-wide release, evaluated against criteria of accuracy, practical application, and design consistency. My director initially joined course review meetings alongside me, and after observing the process firsthand, entrusted me to lead the approval process independently going forward.

After each course concluded, facilitators and I reviewed participant survey feedback and made data-informed decisions about any adjustments needed. When one participant flagged concerns about a course's length, we evaluated it against the broader feedback data, determined it was an isolated response, maintained the original design, and offered that participant individualized support.

The Outcome

By the end of the 2025-2026 school year, the department had successfully delivered more than thirty AI courses to staff across 240 schools, with consistently positive feedback throughout the year.

The project demonstrated that a small team with clear coordination structures, consistent feedback loops, and a shared design framework could produce a high-quality, scalable professional learning program at the district level, on time and to standard.

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