Digital Learning Cohort Overview:

During each school year, the SPS Digital Learning Team works with a different cadre of educators to build expertise in digital learning strategies that will meet the needs of our students, families, and communities. The 2025-26 cohort will explore the use of A.I. tools to enhance teaching and learning, computer science for elementary, leveraging PK-2 iPads in the classroom.

Together, educators foster leadership for and integration of digital learning strategies, with an unapologetic emphasis on students furthest from educational justice.

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2025-2026 Cohort Meeting Goals

Professional Learning – Equip teachers and instructional staff with the digital learning tools and skills needed to lead instructional change. Educators are offered in person and remote session options to learn from a menu of offerings. In October, the focus was on leveraging PK-2 iPads for learning. November sessions focused on AI for 21st Century Classrooms. Future sessions will focus on Computer Science for K-5 Classrooms.

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2024-2025 Benefits for Staff and Students

Develop School AI Guidelines: 

• Clear and consistent school guidelines around AI use will be developed and shared with staff, students, and families. 

Share Best Pedagogical Practices: 

• Educators will learn and practice the best pedagogical strategies involving A.I., leading to more engaging and effective instruction that benefits students by catering to diverse learning styles and needs. 

Identify and Mitigate Bias 

• Sessions will focus on evaluating and mitigating risks of biased AI information, with educators identifying biases, using an anti-racist lens, and discussing these issues with staff and students to find solutions. 

Ensure Access for Future Careers 

• Staff will ensure equitable access to AI education and tools for all students, preparing students for success in a 21st century world. 

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Participating Schools

The following schools have participated in the SPS Digital Learning Cohort: 

2024-2025

• Ballard High School
• Cleveland High School
• Franklin High School
• Madison Middle School
• Seattle World School
• West Seattle High School
• Whitman Middle School

2023-2024

• Bailey Gatzert Elementary
• Beacon Hill International School
• Cascade K-12
• Cascadia Elementary
• Chief Sealth International High School
• Coe Elementary
• Dearborn Park Elementary
• Decatur Elementary
• Denny International Middle School
• Franklin High School
• Hawthorne Elementary
• Lafayette Elementary
• Laurelhurst Elementary
• Madison Middle School
• Martin Luther King Jr. and Rising Star Elementary
• McClure Middle School
• Meany Middle School
• Middle College High School
• Middle College High School at North Seattle
• North Beach Elementary
• Olympic View Elementary
• Robert Eagle Staff Middle School
• Salmon Bay K-8
• The Center School
• Thurgood Marshall Elementary
• Washington Middle School
• West Seattle High School

2022-2023

• B.F. Day
• Beacon Hill International School
• Concord International School
• Dunlap
• Greenwood
• Laurelhurst
• Rising Star

2021-2022 

• Adams Elementary
• Bailey Gatzert Elementary
• Bryant Elementary
• Cascade Parent Partnership
• Cedar Park Elementary
• Decatur Elementary
• Genesee Hill Elementary
• Graham Hill Elementary
• John Roger Elementary
• McDonald Elementary
• North Beach Elementary
• Orca K-8 Elementary
• Pathfinder K-8
• Rainier View Elementary
• South Shore PK-8
• Thurgood Marshall Elementary
• TOPS K-8
• West Woodland Elementary

2020-2021 

• Aki Kurose Middle 
•  Broadview-Thomson K-8 School
•  Denny International Middle School
•  Eckstein Middle School
•  Emerson Elementary
•  Gatewood Elementary
•  Hawthorne Elementary
•  Interagency
•  Jane Addams Middle School
•  Lafayette Elementary
•  Louisa Boren STEM K-8 School
•  Lowell Elementary
•  Maple Elementary
•  McClure Middle School
•  McGilvra Elementary
•  Meany Middle School
•  Montlake Elementary
•  Olympic View Elementary
•  Roxhill @ Hughes Elementary
•  Wedgwood Elementary
• Whittier Elementary

2019-2020 

• Chief Sealth High School
• Cleveland STEM High School
• Dunlap Elementary
• Franklin High School
• Franz Coe Elementary
• Garfield High School
• Ingraham High School
• Lincoln High School
• Loyal Heights Elementary
• Madison Middle School
• Mercer International Middle School
• Rainier Beach High School
• Rising Star Elementary
• West Seattle Elementary
• West Seattle High School
• Wing Luke Elementary