Half of teachers are caught between students who use AI and assessments that can't see it.
The trust crisisA one-day regional gathering for K-12 teachers and the leaders who back them. Practical, ethical, hands-on, unconference-flavored.
Half of teachers are caught between students who use AI and assessments that can't see it.
The trust crisisEvery district has an AI policy. Almost none have an AI practice.
The implementation gapWhat if every teacher in Western New York walked into class Monday knowing one new thing that worked?
The Monday-morning questionThe topics under each track are starting points, not a fixed menu. If your work fits the spirit, propose it anyway.
If you're teaching this fall and want one new thing that works.
K-12 teachers using AI this fall
Working toolkit. Monday-morning ready. AI inside real lessons and real student work.
If you're tired of fighting AI in assessments and want to integrate.
Teachers, coaches, and counselors rethinking what we ask of students
Address the trust crisis. Move from detection to integration. Protect what AI shouldn't replace.
If you want to leave the summit having shipped a tool you made.
Teachers and leaders ready to create, not just consume
From user to builder. Leave with a working agent, app, or tool you made yourself.
If you have to defend an AI policy to a skeptical board.
Principals, directors, board members, district leaders
Governance, infrastructure, workforce planning. AI policy you can defend to a skeptical board.
Speaker revealed July 15.
KeynoteCross-district leaders on the questions that matter.
All attendeesThree parallel rooms. No slides. No demos.
See the three rooms →Three parallel rooms. Attendee-led. No slides, no demos. Facilitators keep the conversation moving. Each room produces a one-page summary, emailed within 48 hours.
"What changed in your classroom this year because of AI?"
Tap to peek inside →"Where does the human teacher become irreplaceable?"
Tap to peek inside →"What should a 14-year-old never have to do with AI?"
Tap to peek inside →Every conversation produces a one-page summary. In your inbox within 48 hours.
We're asking K-12 teachers and leaders with one usable thing to share. Confirmed presenters revealed July 15.
$500 honorarium for confirmed presenters. An additional $300 travel support if you're coming from outside New York State. We pay because your time is real.
Doors open in
If you have one usable thing to share — a tool, a method, a hard-won lesson — we want to hear it. Audience is 90% K-12 classroom teachers and building leaders. Speak to them.
If you wouldn't say it to someone with 27 students and 4 minutes between bells, edit it out.
Every session should have one moment where teachers do something — not just hear something.
Send people home with something they can use Monday morning. The summit is judged Monday morning, not Friday afternoon.
Email to ersoy@buffsci.org. We confirm placement on a rolling basis, no later than July 15.
If your work fits the spirit of a track but doesn't match a listed topic, propose it anyway. Reviewing on a rolling basis. Confirmations by July 15, 2026.
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