Conference Agenda

This workshop, organized by NW26 “Educational Leadership” invites emerging researchers to understand the aspect of crises in school organizations and explore how artificial intelligence (AI) tools can support school leaders’ role in addressing crisis incidents.

The concept of crisis in the field of educational leadership has emerged more prominently than ever, particularly since 2020, when the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet, in today’s world of complexity and uncertainty, school organizations are facing challenges and crises, including health crises, natural disasters, and human-made crises such as wars, the influx of migrants, natural hazards, shootings, and other disruptions, in which school leadership is the most important element in supporting and addressing these kinds of crises.

Additionally, AI tools can enhance school leaders’ decision-making, as the focus shifts from traditional processes toward the use of cutting-edge AI technologies such as ChatGPT, to support their leadership in school organizations.

Based on the above, this workshop will:

- Introduce emerging researchers to the key concepts of crisis in school organizations.

- Present the use of AI tool to assist school leaders in managing and supporting crises.

- Discuss ethical and moral dimensions of AI tools use during crises in school organizations.

- Engage emerging researchers to an interactive simulation exercise (using the AI tool ChatGPT from their phones/ devices) to address a school crisis incident and use an AI tool to support their leadership practice.

- Engage in discussion/ exchange of ideas and reflect on the future use of AI tools to support school leaders’ practice in addressing crisis incidents in school organizations.