Teacher Taco Tuesday is more than your average professional development. Our experience feeds the mind, the heart, and the classroom.
What it is
A one-of-a-kind TKES-aligned PD session where educators gather over a catered meal to learn AI literacy through hands-on art practices. We combine accessible AI concepts with creative exploration so teachers leave inspired, confident, and ready to transform learning for students.
Why it works
People learn best when curiosity, creativity, and community are activated together. Art-making demystifies AI: tactile, visual activities translate abstract algorithms into relatable experiences. The shared meal and collaborative structure lower barriers, build trust, and model the kind of student-centered culture teachers can recreate.
What teachers gain
Clear, practical AI literacy: foundational terms, ethical considerations, and classroom-safe prompts and tools explained in plain language.
Transferable art-based strategies: low-cost, low-prep activities that use drawing, storytelling, collage, and digital media to explore AI concepts like pattern recognition, bias, and generative creativity.
Immediate classroom-ready lessons: 2–3 modular lesson plans tailored for middle and high school with rubrics, differentiation strategies, and assessment ideas.
Transformative practice design: frameworks for guiding reflective dialogue, identity-centered inquiry, and culturally responsive applications of AI in the classroom.
Community and momentum: a reproducible model for Teacher Taco Tuesday at your school or district, including facilitation guides and materials lists so teachers can sustain the practice.
Bring Teacher Taco Tuesday to your school and turn AI anxiety into creative agency. Educators will leave with tangible lesson ideas, ethical frameworks, and a replicable, community-building practice that centers identity and transforms how students engage with AI.
Teacher Taco Tuesday is more than your average professional development. Our experience feeds the mind, the heart, and the classroom.
What it is
A one-of-a-kind TKES-aligned PD session where educators gather over a catered meal to learn AI literacy through hands-on art practices. We combine accessible AI concepts with creative exploration so teachers leave inspired, confident, and ready to transform learning for students.
Why it works
People learn best when curiosity, creativity, and community are activated together. Art-making demystifies AI: tactile, visual activities translate abstract algorithms into relatable experiences. The shared meal and collaborative structure lower barriers, build trust, and model the kind of student-centered culture teachers can recreate.
What teachers gain
Clear, practical AI literacy: foundational terms, ethical considerations, and classroom-safe prompts and tools explained in plain language.
Transferable art-based strategies: low-cost, low-prep activities that use drawing, storytelling, collage, and digital media to explore AI concepts like pattern recognition, bias, and generative creativity.
Immediate classroom-ready lessons: 2–3 modular lesson plans tailored for middle and high school with rubrics, differentiation strategies, and assessment ideas.
Transformative practice design: frameworks for guiding reflective dialogue, identity-centered inquiry, and culturally responsive applications of AI in the classroom.
Community and momentum: a reproducible model for Teacher Taco Tuesday at your school or district, including facilitation guides and materials lists so teachers can sustain the practice.
Bring Teacher Taco Tuesday to your school and turn AI anxiety into creative agency. Educators will leave with tangible lesson ideas, ethical frameworks, and a replicable, community-building practice that centers identity and transforms how students engage with AI.
