A Corporate Council partnership initiative of NYSCATE & Dell Technologies
Many districts and educational organizations are being asked to respond to AI quickly, often without the time, structure, or real examples they need. The NYSCATE AI Use Case Project creates a supported pathway from AI idea to AI practice.
Participating districts, BOCES, RICs, and educational organizations will each identify one meaningful AI use case connected to a real need in their context. It might be rolling out AI guidance to students, building an instructional coaching chatbot for teachers, designing an AI-guided professional learning series, or something entirely different. The use case is yours to define.
Throughout the project, each team receives one-on-one planning and coaching support to move their use case from idea through implementation, including help with design, responsible-use considerations, and documenting what they learn. The work culminates in a showcase at the NYSCATE Annual Conference, and each team's story and artifacts will be published on the NYSCATE website as a growing statewide collection of practical AI implementation examples.
This is a working partnership where your team builds something real, with support, and the whole NYSCATE community benefits from what you create and learn!
Timeline at a glance:
- Applications due: July 8, 2026 - Project launch session (virtual, recorded): Mid-July 2026 - Summer planning and one-on-one support: July and August - Implementation and check-ins: Fall 2026 - Showcase: NYSCATE Annual Conference - Stories and artifacts published on the NYSCATE website following the conference
Participation expectations:
To keep the project high quality and genuinely useful to the field, participating teams agree to:
1. Name a real team. Identify the specific individuals who will spearhead the work in your district or organization. This is a doing project, not an idea submission.
2. Pursue one focused use case. Specific enough to implement, important enough to matter, realistic enough to show progress by the conference. Full district-wide implementation is not expected; at least one complete cycle of trying, learning, and adjusting is.
3. Participate in the support structure. Join the launch session (or watch the recording), engage in planning meetings and periodic check-ins, and a September touch base.
4. Present at the NYSCATE Annual Conference. Each team shares its use case, process, and lessons learned as part of the project showcase.
5. Share openly. Resources and artifacts co-developed through the project will be posted publicly on the NYSCATE website for the benefit of the educational community.
