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AI in Education Specialist

Helping Christian schools steward the next generation of human capacity in the age of AI — with wisdom, discernment, and faithful pedagogy.

Keynotes & workshops grounded in Imago Dei, stewardship, and the formation of students into wise image-bearers.

18
Years in the Classroom
4
Christian Schools Served
3-Part
Keynote Series
AI Pilot
Program Director
About Jeff

A veteran educator translating AI into faithful classroom practice.

Jeff Peterson is a veteran educator with 18 years of classroom experience, currently teaching World Geography and U.S. History at Trinity Christian Academy in Texas, where he also serves as AI Pilot Program Director.

A pioneering integrator of AI tools in secondary education, Jeff designs innovative, curriculum-aligned learning experiences and creates educator resources for fellow teachers. His speaking work moves past the AI headlines to the deeper question Christian schools are really asking: how do we steward technology while protecting the distinctly human — and distinctly God-given — capacities of our students?

Every keynote and workshop is built for working educators: philosophical where it counts, practical where it matters, and always anchored in a Biblical view of the student as an image-bearer.

Skills & Certifications

  • Certified Educator — Association of Christian Schools International
  • Certified Teacher — Modern Classrooms Project
  • AI Pilot Program Director — Trinity Christian Academy
  • Founder — AI Social Studies Lab
Signature Keynote Series

Architects of Hope

Stewarding the Next Generation of Human Capacity — a three-part keynote series that names the real challenges of AI in education and gives faithful, practical guidance for navigating them.

Philosophical · Research-Grounded · Faith-Anchored

One arc, three sessions.

The series can be delivered together as a cohesive journey or selected individually to fit your in-service or conference schedule. Each session moves your faculty from naming the problem, to a clear framework, to a concrete plan of action.

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01
The Disruption

Reclaiming the Image of God

Move beyond the headlines to name the AI era's real challenge: The Architecture Problem. Grounded in Imago Dei and stewardship, we identify the capacities technology cannot replicate — judgment, creativity, and relationship.

Faculty learn to spot "Cognitive Debt" and to shift their classrooms from passive prediction toward active, faithful discernment.

Imago Dei & Stewardship The Architecture Problem Spotting Cognitive Debt
02
The Framework

Elevating the Human Blueprint

Explore The New Essentials — three skill shifts that elevate, rather than replace, our humanity: from Production to Direction, from Authorship to Transparency, and from Knowledge to Judgment.

By reframing judgment as spiritual formation, we learn to guide students toward wisdom. Faculty use the Diagnostic Ledger to evaluate these shifts within their own school.

Production → Direction Authorship → Transparency Knowledge → Judgment The Diagnostic Ledger
03
The Response

Architecting a Future of Flourishing

Move from theory to the drawing board using the Capacity Audit Dashboard. Faculty learn to protect Productive Struggle, bridge Mentorship Gaps, and safeguard Distinctly Human Work.

We practice "Futures Literacy" — staying wise across multiple scenarios — and conclude with a concrete 30-day commitment to protect one specific practice that cultivates flourishing.

Capacity Audit Dashboard Protecting Productive Struggle Futures Literacy 30-Day Commitment
Hands-On Workshops

Practical, plug-and-play training.

Where the keynotes shape vision, the workshops put tools in teachers' hands. Each is built for upper elementary, middle, and high school faculty — and every attendee leaves with instruction and resources to build their own.

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01
Workshop

AI Tutors: Elevate Your Lessons

Upper Elementary · Middle School · High School

Learn to build and utilize AI tutors in your classroom. AI tutors are a research-backed, effective, and safe way to harness the strengths of AI while keeping a human in the loop to preserve sound pedagogical practice.

Discussion focuses on the when and how of using AI tutors well. Attendees receive instruction and resources for making their own.

Research-Backed Human-in-the-Loop Build-Your-Own Resources
02
Workshop

Clone Yourself: Building an AI Co-Teacher

Upper Elementary · Middle School · High School

Cut your prep time in half, improve your content generation, and feel more efficient. Learn to build and use an AI Co-Teacher that helps carry your workload without sacrificing quality.

Attendees receive step-by-step instruction and resources for making their own Co-Teacher.

Halve Your Prep Time Better Content Generation Build-Your-Own Resources
03
Workshop

Assessments from the Future

Upper Elementary · Middle School · High School

In a world of generative AI, assessing genuine student knowledge has become far more difficult. This workshop focuses on designing assessments that measure understanding at a deeper level — the kind students can't outsource.

Attendees receive instruction and resources for creating uncheatable assessments.

Deeper Understanding Uncheatable Design Build-Your-Own Resources
Work Experience

Eighteen years, four Christian schools.

A career built inside the Christian-school classroom — as teacher, coach, athletic director, and now AI Pilot Program Director.

2023 — Present
AI Pilot Program Director, Teacher & Coach Now
Trinity Christian Academy · Willow Park, TX
2019 — 2023
Teacher & Coach
Sunrise Christian Academy · Wichita, KS
2012 — 2019
Teacher & Athletic Director
Victory Baptist Academy · Weatherford, TX
2008 — 2012
Teacher & Coach
Old Suwanee Christian School · Buford, GA
Education

Trained for the classroom and for leadership.

B.A. in History Education
Pensacola Christian College
2008
Master's in Organizational Leadership
Maranatha Baptist University
2020
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