Building Custom District AI: Maximize ROI with Faster, Higher-Quality Teacher and Paraeducator Feedback

District leaders need a sustainable way to deliver meaningful support to teachers and paraeducators without draining budgets or overworking administrators. This session shows how building a custom district AI coaching tool can deliver return on investment across four dimensions: saving staff and administrator time, accelerating feedback loops, reducing costs, and elevating feedback quality. You will see how an in-house AI solution can analyze classroom video to generate rubric-aligned feedback complete with timestamped evidence, direct quotes, and targeted growth strategies. By automating the heavy lifting of observation analysis and documentation, administrators can deliver coaching almost immediately after a lesson while staying focused on the human side of leadership. We will demystify the development process and share a build-versus-buy blueprint with non-technical steps for creating a tool aligned to your observation rubrics while maintaining FERPA and COPPA compliance. You will leave with a framework for calculating ROI and a clear path toward faster, higher-quality feedback that drives continuous instructional improvement.