Speakers
Authorizers
Join this interactive discussion on how AI could shape the future of charter school authorizing. If we move discussions beyond the implications of AI generated charter applications, there is a world of issues for authorizers to consider about how AI could affect or enhance their daily work. Together, we’ll explore the potential for AI to support key authorizing practices. Through group dialogue, participants will discuss both the opportunities and challenges of integrating AI tools in their day to day work. This session will encourage participants to reflect on their current practices and consider how AI might enhance the way authorizers synthesize, summarize, and communicate, and how their decisions can be better informed by all the information available to them.
Alex Medler is Executive Director of the National Network for District Authorizing. Medler was previously the Chair of the NN4DA Governing Council and Executive Director of the Colorado Association of Charter School Authorizers (CACSA). He also served as the National Coordinator of the Tri-State Alliance to Improve District-Led Authorizing, which was a precursor to the NN4DA. This previous effort was a collaborative comprising CACSA, the Florida Association of Charter School Authorizers (FACSA), and the California Charter Authorizing Professionals (CCAP).
He previously led the National Charter School Resource Center; and directed policy, research, and technical assistance initiatives for the National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NACSA); the Colorado Children’s Campaign; the U.S. Department of Education’s Charter Schools Program; and the Education Commission of the States. He is a founding board member and former chair of the board of the Center for Learner Equity, he served on the board of NACSA, and he founded and chaired the board of the Colorado Charter School Institute.
Medler earned a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Colorado Boulder and graduated from the University of California Santa Cruz. He lives in Boulder, Colorado with wife, where he enjoys being in the mountains and playing music with friends.