Rita Garcia-Prats, M.Ed.
Featured speaker on ethical AI integration for evaluators and diagnosticians.
Featured Speaker
The thought partner for evaluation teams who want AI to improve clarity, compliance, and impact statements.
Smarter Workflows: Mastering Ethical AI for Effective FIEs
Shared practical strategies that keep FERPA compliance in sight while showing how AI supports evaluation workflows.
Integrating AI Responsibly in Writing FIEs
Explored how evaluators can elevate impact statements while maintaining student-centered judgment.
What Drives the Impact Statement
Examined how AI can support, not replace, the human insight required to translate assessment findings.
Applying Guardrails to Appropriate AI Integration Considering FERPA
Presented to 100+ evaluators on building ethical guardrails into AI workflows, balancing practical AI use with FERPA compliance and student data protection.
Upcoming Sessions
- July 20, 2026 • Virtual Think Tank Thursday 9:00 – 12:00 PM CT • Regions 12, 15 & 17
- October 20, 2026 • Baton Rouge, LA Louisiana Diagnostics Association Conference LA-ED Conference • In Person
- 2026–2027 School Year • Region 11 Fall Advanced Evaluation Analysis Series Evaluation Bias and Poverty: How We Misidentify Students From Under-Resourced Backgrounds
TEDA resource pack
Impact statements through a teacher’s lens + AI-ready examples
This TEDA slide deck walks teams through using AI to write clear, defensible impact statements from the teacher perspective. The companion guide adds reusable prompts, examples, and workflow pull-throughs.
TEDA 2026 slide deck
Introduces responsible AI integrations, sample prompts, and how to translate data into teacher-ready language.
- AI-assisted summarizing
- Teacher lens guidance
- Impact statement primes
Impact statement companion guide
A workbook with prompts, compliance checklists, and workflows from data review to documentation.
- FERPA-aligned prompts
- NotebookLM + Copilot tips
- Workflow maps