Val Verde Studio
Applied AI build cohort
A small, cross-role cohort from across TK-12. Bring recurring work, research and shape it, build and test something useful, then share what can scale.
The clearest result of this work is never the tools. It is what each person can do next. The Studio brings that growth to a small, cross-functional class of people running our district, our schools, and our operations, TK-12: real capability, built on your own work, with the time it saves going back to students.
No generic training. Every session works on a tool you actually need, using district workflows. By the end of each session, something useful is ready to put to work. The proof is useful work, not seat time.
Time back from the work that drains it goes back to students. Faster board reporting, cleaner data, less time on forms and formatting, more time on the decisions that matter.
The capability grows through repeated practice. You leave able to make the next useful thing, explain the method, and help the work travel beyond one person or team.
Each working session moves a real piece of district work forward. Research the problem, build and test the response, then make the result understandable enough to share and improve.
Map the recurring work, the people involved, the source material, and the friction worth solving. Start with the work as it actually happens.
A precise problem is the first build decision.
Turn the problem into a working dashboard, presentation, application, or workflow. Test it with the people and conditions it needs to serve.
The work becomes useful through evidence and revision.
Make the result visible, explain what changed, and identify what another site or team would need to adapt it responsibly.
The useful pattern matters as much as the finished artifact.
You do not need a project in mind to apply. Most work starts as something small and repetitive that never quite gets fixed. Three illustrative starting points are below. The one you bring is the one you would build.
Build a walkthrough log you can fill in on a phone between classrooms, and a view that shows what is emerging across the site instead of one room at a time.
The structure travels. Another site keeps the shape and swaps in its own look-fors.
Build one intake that confirms it was received, sends it where the work is managed, and keeps every open item in a single place with an owner.
Any team holding a request queue can adopt the same pattern.
Build one focused page that answers them once, in language families actually use, and send that instead of writing the explanation again.
The page becomes the reference other sites point to.
Begin with a real workflow. Build something people can open, use, and improve. Choose a category to explore the quality and depth participants can build toward. Every example below is illustrative: the numbers, records, and slides are sample content, not Val Verde data.
A synthetic operating view joining priorities, dependencies, decisions, and follow-through.
The read: seven items are ready for decision; the only shared bottleneck is ownership on two cross-team dependencies.
DEMO-1047 · District Office · Operations · added to the local coordination queue.
Opening the workflow desk…
The submitted values now drive the first queue row, the counts, and the workload read.
Your request: the sample record landed in Operations with a This week priority; the queue and category count moved with it.
Val Verde-styled prototypes · All dashboard and application content is sample data · No Val Verde records are shown
Participation is voluntary and selected across roles and sites, elementary through high school. District leaders, site administrators, coaches, TOSAs, and other leaders work together so useful ideas can travel across the system.
People leading programs, services, data, and strategy from the District Office, Educational Services, Business Services, Human Resources, and Technology who want to turn recurring work into clearer, more usable systems.
Site leaders across our elementary, middle, and high schools, plus Val Verde Academy and the Adult School, building dashboards, communications, and workflows around the work schools actually need to manage.
Cross-role builders who help practices move between TK-12 classrooms, sites, departments, and district teams.
The Karst AI Leader Track is a proposed applied pathway for people leading real work with AI. This section remains private until Val Verde Unified approves the public standard.
A documented AI workflow operating in your actual role.
Three or more tools in use at your site or department.
One session where colleagues learn the method from you.
A capstone shared with district colleagues.
Track 01 · Applied Practice
The Karst AI Leader credential is a proprietary professional-learning designation. It does not confer academic credit, professional licensure, or third-party accreditation, and it does not represent a determination that any person, tool, or system is safe or compliant.
The cohort is intentionally small and selected across roles and sites. Tell the review team who you are and which recurring piece of work you want to make better.
You will identify your role and site, describe one recurring piece of work worth improving, and confirm the participation and technology commitments.
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