In the age of AI, the most valuable capability in organizations is judgment.

As AI accelerates decision-making, increases cognitive load, and creates the illusion of clarity, leaders are being asked to decide faster, align more people, and execute under tighter constraints. Most organizations are adding tools faster than they’re strengthening the human systems required to use them well.

My work sits at the intersection of leadership development, learning systems, and AI-enabled decision-making. I help organizations build the human judgment, shared clarity, and execution discipline required to lead effectively in complex, high-stakes environments.

I bring more than two decades of experience leading leadership development inside highly regulated, accountability-driven systems, where weak alignment, poor decisions, or failed change efforts have real consequences. That background shaped a deeply practical approach: people need to see both the destination and the path before meaningful change can occur.

I design leadership and learning systems that make the roadmap visible—clarifying priorities, sequencing decisions, and creating structured opportunities for feedback and course correction. This balance of clarity and shared ownership turns strategic intent into sustained follow-through.

My AI work is explicitly non-technical and human-centered. I don’t just train people on tools. Rather help leaders:

Strengthen human-in-the-loop decision-making

Apply product thinking to leadership and learning systems

Reduce AI-driven overwhelm, noise, and false confidence

Use AI to support better judgment rather than replace it

Whether I’m coaching executives, facilitating leadership teams, or designing learning architectures, the goal is the same: make the work usable for real people, inside real organizations, under real constraints.

If your organization is busy but not moving, or if AI has increased activity without improving decisions, we’re likely working on the same problem.

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Cheryl Agrawal

Hi! I'm Stacy. 👋🏼 I’ve been a passionate high school educator since 2007. I spent many years as a physical educator and dance teacher. Currently I serve in a bunch of TOSA roles: Instructional Coach, Instructional Technology Facilitator, Student Equity Council Coordinator, and Professional Development Coordinator, in addition to teaching two classes for Multilingual Learners at an IB high school. Outside of my full time job in the SMUHSD, I lead workshops on AI and Canva for teachers, write a blog series on AI for the Krause Center for Innovation, and co-teach a course at NDNU in the teacher credential program! 

I thrive on tackling big challenges, exploring innovative solutions (design thinking is my jam), and collaborating to drive meaningful change. I am extremely purpose-driven. My work focuses on antiracism, strategic planning, fostering creativity, leadership, and leveraging technology to enhance education. I'm especially passionate about AI in education. Two driving questions I have are: How might AI be used as a tool for equity? How might we ensure AI literacy empowers everyone and not just a few?

I look forward to connecting with you!

Stacy Kratochvil

I was in high school during the 1900s, as the kids would say.

In 1997 I had an English teacher who (IN 1997) allowed me the option to either write an essay or create a PowerPoint and present to the class.

I had to work on it (and just kind of figure it out) in the school library after school or at lunch.

We did NOT have a computer at home. 

I didn’t yet have an email address.

I saved it on a floppy disk. 💾

And I think about this opportunity often because there is NO WAY this teacher could have predicted how many damn “slide decks” I would be making during distance teaching let alone the huge role they now play in education in general.

He prepared me for the future without even knowing the tech or teaching it. He just said “go figure it out.”

(I can’t believe I was such a nerd. 🤓 But creators gotta create!)

Fast forward to 2026, I finally looked up that teacher and found him online! I sent him an email a few days ago. It was exciting to hear back from him.

It was great to hear how he is now thriving in another career, that he remembered me 😝 and that in 1997 he was a new teacher with no real strategy in mind. Maybe it was just one less essay to have to read. 😂 But impact was there, intentional or not!

I still love telling this story because we all could be that forward-thinking teacher that lets kids run wild and create! And I love that he now knows that he played a part in my journey as a teacher (at that same high school)!

Also, this is your sign to go and contact a teacher who has made a difference for you! 💛

Teacher • Coach • Professional Development Designer | Designing professional learning that feels human, purposeful, and possible.

Teacher friends! 

Feeling lost in the AI weeds? 

🌟 Join me for the AI Clarity Camp for Teachers (starting March 30th!) and master the skills and mindsets that prioritize thinking and purpose over trends. 

The best part is that you will leave our virtual 6-week adventure with a human-centered AI mindset, clarity around your personal AI approach and confidence talking about AI with students and colleagues.

The Founding Camper rate is discounted for this first cohort, and spots are limited to only 12 teachers.

You can apply now at www.stacykedu.com 🏕️

Share this with your teacher besties. 😉 Thanks!!!! 

Happy Monday.

Details drop on Monday! Let’s go!!!!!!!

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What's better than “human-in-the-loop?"

A human who uses AI to bring more of their values into the work.

More creativity. More joy. More “razzle dazzle.”

How might AI help you bring more of that into your teaching?

And what happens when teachers have the mental space to show up more fully as themselves?

I explore the why and the how in my latest Substack post!

https://lnkd.in/gEA6JqXG

I can't believe I just recorded this on a bad hair day, but sometimes you just need to pull the trigger. 😂 

Something cool coming soon for just a handful of thoughtful teacher friends.

I'm also going to be posting more on Instagram this month so lets connect there if we aren't already! @edtechwithstacy

Happy Friday!

Do we still use the term “app smashing?” I haven’t heard it in a long time until recently.

I had a great app-smashing 5 minutes with a teacher a few days ago.

I showed a group of middle school teachers NotebookLM. One of them made an infographic in NotebookLM that inspired an idea for a lesson activity, so she went to Gemini.

In Gemini, she uploaded the infographic and described her ideas. Asked for alternatives.

Ran with it for a minute or two and decided she wanted to also create a survey in google forms.

It didn’t create the form for her in Gemini so she almost stopped there. 

But the trick is to stay curious and keep asking HOW. Don’t stay stuck when you have AI at your fingertips begging for your questions!

So… We asked Gemini to format it for a Google form and copy/pasted that into the AI chat box in Google forms! Instant survey. She left knowing the Sunday scaries weren’t coming for her this weekend!

I know this isn’t some revolutionary lesson redesign or super inventive example of combining tools, but in 5 minutes this teacher went from not knowing what to teach next to excitement, less mental exhaustion, and feeling confident and capable.

I wish it was recorded so I could share what it did for this wonderful, overworked teacher. 

Relief. Joy. All the feels.

𝙁𝙧𝙚𝙚 𝘼𝙄 𝙩𝙤𝙤𝙡𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙖𝙨 𝙥𝙖𝙞𝙙 𝘼𝙄 𝙩𝙤𝙤𝙡𝙨.

When you use free public AI tools, the information you enter may be stored or used to improve the system.

That means anything you feed it could potentially become part of the company’s training data.

Paid versions that districts purchase often include stronger privacy protections. 

Many contracts ensure that student data is not used to train the model and that conversations stay within a protected system.

Basically, are you writing in a communal diary or locking it up?

Always check your district’s approved tools and privacy agreements. And tell your students their data is also likely to be used, too...

Spread the word.

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