Applications Open: Join the Information & Artificial Intelligence Teacher Advisory Council

The Pulitzer Center's Information and Artificial Intelligence (AI) initiatives support journalism and audience engagement on in-depth AI accountability stories that examine governments' and corporations’ uses of predictive and surveillance technologies to guide decisions in policing, medicine, social welfare, the criminal justice system, hiring, and more.

 Information & AI Teacher Advisory Council

This K-12 engagement program centers K-12 teachers and students as a critical audience for reporting on Information and Artificial Intelligence (AI), identifying the barriers that exist for teachers and students hoping to engage with our in-depth AI accountability stories and producing resources that support engagement with AI journalism for a range of teachers and students. 

Council members will participate in five evening workshops to explore underreported news stories about Information and Artificial Intelligence, connect with Pulitzer Center-supported journalists reporting on AI accountability, and use Pulitzer Center education frameworks as tools in their collaborative discussions about the opportunities and challenges for K-12 classrooms seeking to engage with reporting on Information and AI. As part of the workshops, teachers will use data from audience research and reporting from the Pulitzer Center’s AI Accountability Network to develop tools and strategies for K-12 educators to engage students in reporting on AI accountability. Educators will implement these tools and strategies in their classrooms, ultimately presenting their learning in a public-facing panel in the fall of 2024. Resources created through the program will be free and accessible to other teachers on the Pulitzer Center website, and will be shared with educators engaging with AI reporting through the virtual visit program.

Council members will support Pulitzer Center staff members in crafting a programmatic vision for the K-12 teams’ strategic outreach around Information and Artificial Intelligence by engaging with the following guiding questions:

• In what ways does reporting on Information and AI align with broader themes, ideas, and questions explored in K-12 classrooms?
• In what ways are teachers and students struggling to access or understand reporting on Information and AI? 
• What tools and strategies can we develop to support exploration and analysis of a broad range of Pulitzer Center reporting on Information and Artificial Intelligence?
• What strategies do journalists use to question, investigate, and advance the conversation about  AI accountability and how can educators leverage these strategies to empower student voice?
• How can teachers and students provide feedback to journalists reporting underreported Information and AI stories?
• How can underreported stories inspire students to reflect on their own lives and histories, cultivate curiosity, and evaluate how their lives connect to the lives of others?

This program seeks to extend the impact of the AI Accountability Network by developing resources that support classroom conversations about the use of predictive and surveillance technologies to guide decisions that impact a range of global communities.

Applications are due Wednesday, July 24, 2024.

Upon successful completion of the program, Council Members will be provided with...

• $300 stipend
• Pulitzer Center Advisory Council digital badge
• Certificate for 10 professional learning units (PLUs)

The Pulitzer Center is committed to making real, measurable progress on diversity, equity and inclusion in all of our programs and partnerships. Please review our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion statement for more information on our commitments. Educators from historically marginalized backgrounds, and/or educators who are teaching students from historically marginalized backgrounds, are strongly encouraged to apply.

Key Dates and Requirements:

Educators will be expected to...

1. Attend the following workshops:

• Thursday, August 8th: Workshop 1, 6:00-8:00 pm EST 
• Thursday, August 15th: Workshop 2, 6:00-8:00 pm EST 
• Thursday, August 22nd: Workshop 3, 6:00-8:00 pm EST 
• Thursday, August 29th: Workshop 4, 6:00-8:00 pm EST 
• Thursday, September 12th: Workshop 5, 6:00-8:00 pm EST

2. Host a Pulitzer Center journalist reporting on Artificial Intelligence and Technology between August 30 - September 12, 2024, implementing resources developed through the program.
3. Collaborate with council members to develop public-facing resources to engage with AI and Technology reporting.
4. Participate in a virtual panel in September 2024.  

Eligibility Requirements:

This Fellowship is open to all classroom teachers (grades four–12) working in public, charter, independent, and alternative schools in the United States and U.S. territories. Applicants must be currently teaching or leading instruction virtually or in person, and plan to continue teaching in their current school at least through the end of the 2024-2025 school year.

Because all sessions will be held virtually, applicants must have stable internet access and a computer with a webcam and microphone.

Educators who are interested in applying to this council should complete the Teaching AI: Interest Survey. We encourage educators to share the survey with other teachers in their network.

If you have additional questions, please contact us by emailing [email protected]. We look forward to hearing from you!