Beyond the Blackboard: Leveraging Technology and AI to Support Early Childhood Educators

Instructional coaching can help teachers build the combination of expertise in development, pedagogy, and empathy needed to support the daily growth of young children. But the costs of providing coaches with information needed to identify and track components of high-quality instruction limits the scale of implementation. This discussion with leaders in early childhood teaching, classroom observation, and AI-systems on innovations in instructional coaching will explore how advances in AI might help support teacher coaching while addressing concerns regarding privacy, equity, and bias.