Thursday, 26 February 2026
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD hour
* This interactive online recording includes questions and quizzes requiring critical thinking about the topics, so you have no annual limits to the number of points/hours you can claim with this format of learning. Please verify with your CPD rules
Learning Objectives:
- Identify key legal risks and obligations associated with implementing AI in schools, including privacy, copyright and student safety
- Apply practical risk management strategies and develop a Digital Strategy to support compliant and effective AI integration
AI in Schools: Governance, Risk and Implementation Challenges
- Explore the critical legal considerations that school leadership teams must understand when integrating artificial intelligence technologies. As schools increasingly adopt generative AI tools, they face several responsibilities and risks spanning privacy, copyright, data sovereignty, employment law, and student safety.
- Examine key legal obligations and potential liability issues as well as practical mitigation strategies that school leaders can implement immediately. A central recommendation is the development of a comprehensive Digital Strategy that not only ensures legal compliance but also positions schools to leverage digital technologies, including generative AI, strategically to advance their educational goals.
- Leave with a clear understanding of your legal duties, actionable risk management approaches, and a framework for creating a Digital Strategy that transforms legal requirements from barriers into opportunities for innovation and excellence.
Presented by Dr Rod Lane, Director, Learning and Innovation, Te Whakarōputanga Kaitiaki Kura o Aotearoa, New Zealand School Boards Association
Chair
Simon Kenny, Principal, Fergusson Intermediate School
Presenters
Simon Kenny, Principal, Fergusson Intermediate SchoolSimon has been in education for over 25 years now after leaving his career in graphic design and photolithography at the age of 26. He has taught in many schools in Wellington and has been the Principal of a small contributing School (Birchville School) before winning the Principal position at Fergusson Intermediate where he has been for the past 7 years. Leading the school community through the COVID years has been a challenge, but also a huge privilege and opportunity to learn and grow. Simon’s wife is also a Principal and they have a 16 year old son who went to both of their schools as a young student before escaping to college. Simon is passionate about education and empowering all of our amazing young people. He works in a high energy environment and absolutely loves his school, his team and his community.
Dr Rod Lane, Director, Learning and Innovation, Te Whakarōputanga Kaitiaki Kura o Aotearoa, New Zealand School Boards Association
Dr Rod Lane is the Director of Learning and Innovation at the NZ School Boards Association (NZSBA). A former Associate Professor and Head of Learning and Teaching at Macquarie University (Sydney), he draws upon two decades of leadership in curriculum design, assessment, and educational technology to support school leaders in their crucial management and governance roles.
