AI PD for NJ, PA, NY Teachers: Zoom or In-Person

Enjoying a Parisian Breakfast in 2022

Hi Folks,

I’m Dr. Cristofer Slotoroff. Call me Cris! I’m based in Philadelphia, PA.

I’m reaching out to let you know that you can book me as a consultant for your next in-person or virtual professional development session. 

Whether it’s AI (artificial intelligence) and ChatGPT in schools, writing acceptable use policies for large language models in classroom contexts, or helping students and teachers to develop better relationships with their devices, I’d love to bring a research-driven, practitioner’s perspective to you and your colleagues.

Let me tell you a little bit about how and why I do what I do:

I sat through a LOT of bad professional development as a teacher and as an administrator. What made this fact even more frustrating was that I worked with a LOT of great teachers. If there are so many great teachers, well, why was so much PD so…bad?

Well, since 2020, I’ve been trying to make sure that the training and professional learning sessions I conduct are dynamic, fun, practical, not forced or contrived, and—above all—genuinely useful. 

That brings me to today: February 24th, 2025.

I had actually started this blog with my colleague, Marc Martorana, a few years ago as part of our Mindful Tech Initiative (MTI) project. Now, I am reviving it because the topics we addressed in our sessions are only becoming more relevant by the day:

- AI in Education

- Information Literacy

- Students’ and Teachers’ Relationships with Educational Technology

- Cultivating Academic Integrity in the AI Era

- Shifts in Public Education

- Changing Attitudes Toward Postsecondary Learning

… and a lot more.

If you have an interest in these topics, I’d love to work with you and your colleagues!

I’ve spent most of my life learning and teaching: 

- I was a high school English teacher for well over a decade in two NJ school districts

- I was a school district administrator in a third NJ district

- I’ve published research on K-12 education, artificial intelligence (AI), identity, and technology

- I was an adjunct graduate professor of research methods at Fairleigh Dickinson University

- I’ve worked as a project-based consultant for Harvard University and Carnegie Learning

Today, I continue to be immersed in pedagogy:

- I serve as a consultant to school district administrators and classroom teachers

- I work as a vendor for an educational technology company

- I have several edtech projects in the works

Outside of this stuff, I’m a human being:

- I love soccer, and I play, watch, and coach it whenever I can

- I surf…especially where I grew up, outside of Atlantic City, NJ

- I enjoy recording music with my band, The Deafening Colors

- I build handwound, single coil pickups for offset-waist guitars

- I read a lot, and these days, I’m pretty into nonfiction

- I’ve lived in NYC, Jersey City, Hoboken, Weehawken, Easton, St. Louis, and more

Want to book me for an in-person or Zoom PD session? Contact me here.

- Dr. Cristofer Slotoroff

February 23rd, 2025