Santa Margarita Catholic High School · Innovation Department
Forming Hearts and Minds in the AI Era
For Catholic middle school teachers, principals and diocesan staff
Run of the day
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8:30to 9:00 a.m.
Arrival, coffee and pastries
Greeted by SMCHS staff and students
Pick up your name tag. Tags are color-coded by role: teacher, principal, diocese.
DELTA: Love -
9:00to 9:15 a.m.
Prayer, welcome and our why
Fr. Matt and SMCHS students; Cheri, principal; Michelle Cho and Jorge Ledezma
Opening prayer led by Fr. Matt and our students, a welcome from our principal, and the why behind the day.
DELTA: Transcendence -
9:15to 9:50 a.m.
Keynote: Human Formation in the AI Era
Adam Kronk, Ed.D., Director, DELTA Network, University of Notre Dame
What AI is already changing about childhood, learning and the classroom, what it can never change about the human person, and the DELTA frame for the rest of the day.
DELTA: All five -
9:50to 10:00 a.m.
Break
Move to your Round 1 breakout room.
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10:00to 10:40 a.m.
Choose your adventure, round 1
SMCHS presenters
Five SMCHS-led sessions.
DELTA: Varies -
10:45to 11:25 a.m.
Choose your adventure, round 2
SMCHS presenters
Sessions repeat, so you attend two different ones.
DELTA: Varies -
11:30to 12:10 p.m.
Lunch, mixed roundtables and AI tool demos
SMCHS students and demo hosts
Sit with people from other schools and roles. Demo stations around the room let you try tools during lunch.
DELTA: Love, Dignity -
12:15to 1:00 p.m.
Survey + panel: Hearing from our students, faculty and parents
SMCHS students, faculty and a parent
What our students told us about AI, in their own words, with your questions on index cards.
DELTA: Agency, Love, Dignity -
1:00to 1:30 p.m.
Closing: bringing AI literacy into K–8
What AI literacy looks like from K–2 through 6–8, a quick unplugged activity, and one step to take on Monday.
DELTA: Embodiment, Agency