California Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages

AI That Actually Saves You Time (IEP)
5/22/2026
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM PST


Location: CATESOL Zoom Room


There are currently 67 spots remaining out of 100




Event Description

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This is a hands-on workshop that walks educators through five progressively advanced ways to integrate AI into their work. It starts with "parent prompts" using Claude Projects, ChatGPT Projects/GPTs, or Gemini Gems to give AI persistent context about your teaching role and materials, eliminating repetitive re-explaining. From there, it moves into agentic AI workflows (like having Claude or Manus generate a Google Form for student feedback), using AI to write HTML for a polished Canvas LMS home page, building a research-to-presentation pipeline with NotebookLM feeding into an LLM for lesson planning, and finally "Kahoot-ifying" the classroom by generating quiz questions in NotebookLM and importing them via Kahoot's PDF feature. The overall focus is on understanding what Retrieval Augmented Generation is and how to use it in the classroom.

Learning Outcomes 

1. Use AI tools for lesson planning, feedback, course design, and engagement
2. Understand and apply RAG to create more accurate, context-based AI outputs

Presenter

Jeffrey Foulkes, Ed.D.
With over a decade of experience in education and institutional change, Jeffrey Foulkes helps educators navigate AI with clarity and purpose. He is the founder of AIReadyEducation and currently Adjunct ESL Faculty at Glendale Community College.

Website: 
https://www.aireadyeducation.com/
LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-foulkes/

Date and Time

May 22, 2026 from 12:00 to 1:15 PM

Moderators

Edgar Zardaryan, IEP Chair
Sean Saly, IEP Assistant Chair

Cost

Member: $0
Non-member: $5