People Over Paperwork: How School Leaders Are Using AI to Reclaim Time

School leaders are drowning in emails, reports, observations, parent communication, compliance tasks and endless administrative responsibilities, leaving less time for where they make the greatest impact: with students and staff. This practical session shows how artificial intelligence can serve as a true leadership tool rather than simply a writing assistant. Through real-world examples from a PK-8 school, you will identify leadership tasks that can be streamlined with AI and explore practical workflows for communication, observations, scheduling and data analysis that reduce administrative burden, improve decision-making and create more room for instructional leadership. We will also address ethical considerations and the guardrails needed for responsible AI use. You will leave with ready-to-use prompts, proven leadership workflows and an implementation framework to begin developing an AI plan for your own campus, so you can put people over paperwork starting right away.