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Custom GPTs to Support Academic Leadership Webinar
Thursday, July 17, 2025, 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM CDT
Category: Virtual Roundtable or Webinar

Custom GPTs to Support Academic Leadership Webinar

Date: Thursday, July 17, 2025 at 10:30-11:30am CST
Cost: $0/TAIS Member; $20/Guest
Audience: Academic Deans and Department Chairs; Division Directors; Deans of Students and Deans of Faculty; Associate Heads of School

Generative Pre-trained Transformers (GPTs) or agents are at the forefront of current AI advancements, offering immense potential for Academic Leaders to elevate their work. In this webinar, we'll offer some case studies of custom bots built by (non coding) Academic Leaders that assist with student registration, purposeful communications, and curricular alignment. We'll also share practical tips for getting started--it's easier than you think!

Meet the Facilitator

Sarah Hanawald, Executive Director, Association for Academic Leaders

Sarah has spent over twenty-five years leading education innovation in curriculum and pedagogy in independent schools. During that time, she was a classroom teacher and advisor, department chair, technology director, and an academic dean at three North Carolina Independent schools. In just three schools, Sarah worked in environments that included boarding and day, K-12 and just high school, single gender and co-ed, faith-based and secular philosophies. She currently serves as the Executive Director for the Association for Academic Leaders, a professional association dedicated to supporting those in academic leadership roles in growing in the competencies that empower them to further their schools’ growth in meeting their missions.

 

A Preview of the Panelists and Their Bots

Ingrid Geisler, Assistant Director of Parish Arts, Parish Epsicopal School (TX)
Bot: Teacher Feedback
John King, Associate Head of School, Ransom Everglades School (FL)
Bot: Curriculum Planning for Student Advising
Joel Sok Sohn, Assistant Head of School for Planning and Strategic Initiatives, Head Royce School (CA)
Bot: Student Handbook
Bob Weiman, Associate Head of School, Interim Director of Enrollment, St Stephen's and St Agnes School (VA)
Bot: Communications and Alumni Relations
Vinnie Vrotny, Director of Technology, Kinkaid School (TX)

This webinar will be run via Zoom by TAIS. Ticket costs are per person, and registrants will receive a Zoom link one day prior to the webinar. To maintain participant privacy and data security, personal AI companions or note-taking tools will not be permitted. Please reach out to us at [email protected] if participation in this webinar requires an AI note-taker for accessibility.
REGISTER HERE

 

TAIS Board-Approved Cancellation Policy

Attendees will receive a full refund for an in-person event if they cancel up to three weeks prior to the event and a 50% refund up to two weeks before the event. Refunds are not possible after two weeks prior to the event due to the costs incurred for food orders and other administrative and setup fees. All refunds will reflect a 15% administration fee.