St. Louis, MO - Learning Futures & Tech Media Meeting
When: Oct 14, 2025
Where: Fort Zumwalt School District - Professional Development Center, 1138 Tom Ginnever Ave., O’Fallon, MO 63366
Purpose
A Meeting to prepare educators on issues and trends and provide discussion workshops with unique professional development. Continental breakfast and lunch provided by Learning Counsel News Media. Complimentary registration for all educators.
Please register to gain from new perspectives on:
- The state of the education market and what the future holds for schools and teachers from mathematical trends modeling by Learning Counsel.
- AI types and what convergence will bring.
- Teaching the present generation.
- Local leader’s successful actions.
Agenda
8:00 - 9:30 a.m. - Welcome Breakfast & 3 Discussion Rounds
1. Alpha Generation Traits. One of the five reasons why students are absent or leave for an alternative has to do with the characteristics of the current K12 student population.
- Perfect for: All educators as they consider turn-around tactics administratively or within the classroom. Being in sync with the current generation’s cultural traits can make all the difference in achievement, reducing absenteeism, and retaining learners.
2. Human Intelligence – Balancing AI. Who and what are You? What are the nine types of human intelligences and how might schools help build IQ for students who will need to compete with AI later in life? What exactly makes a human unique?
- Perfect for: All educators seeking to know what makes humans unique, plus review the modernization of the Gardner Nine Human Intelligences. A new discussion about the often-overlooked co-intelligences of humans that balance the AI convergence on the horizon.
3. Omni-AI. What is Omni-AI and why is it set to transform the factory model of teaching and learning? What is the vision for efficiency, unburdening teachers, and setting up better personalization for every learner?
- Perfect for: Administrators and IT, seeing what the trajectory of AI will be in schooling beyond just the teaching/learning level.
9:30 - 10:00 a.m. – Challenges & Innovations Local Speaker
Nick Cusumano, Director of Instructional Technology, Fort Zumwalt School District
10:00 - 10:10 a.m. – Break
10:10 – 10:30 a.m. – Challenges & Innovations Local Speaker
10:30 - 11:30 a.m. - Special Market Briefing “School Relevancy in the Age of AI”
What the converging trends mean for the direction of schooling in America. Survey data and context available nowhere else, plus news and details on Omni-AI. Speaker: Leilani Cauthen, Author, Futurist, CEO of Learning Counsel News Media & Research.
- Perfect for: Superintendents, Communications Directors, Chief Academic and Innovation Officers, Chiefs and Directors of Operations, Tech, Student and Family Services, Principals and Teachers
Priorities Luncheon for All Educators
11:30 - 12:30 p.m. - Lunch, New EdTech Showcase
12:30 – 1:00 p.m. Everyone-is-a-Leader Workshop – Transforming Models, Practices, Outcomes
A chance to reframe your work, your administrative priorities, the way you view “schooling” and the outcomes of learning. Speaker: Leilani Cauthen, Author, Futurist, CEO of Learning Counsel News Media & Research.
- Perfect for: Superintendents, Communications Directors, Chief Academic and Innovation Officers, Chiefs and Directors of Operations, Tech, Student and Family Services, Principals and Teachers, even students
1:00 – 1:30 p.m. – Featured Panel Speakers
1:30 – 2:00 p.m. – Wrap up discussions and How-To Demos for Stayers
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Sponsors
Address:
Fort Zumwalt School District - Professional Development Center, 1138 Tom Ginnever Ave., O’Fallon, MO 63366