Rita Garcia-Prats, M.Ed.

Featured speaker on ethical AI integration for evaluators and diagnosticians.

Rita Garcia-Prats, M.Ed., Bilingual Educational Diagnostician and Featured Speaker

Featured Speaker

The thought partner for evaluation teams who want AI to improve clarity, compliance, and impact statements.

AI in Special Education Ethical AI Workflows FIE Writing Impact Statements English & Spanish
2025 • TEDA (Feb)

Smarter Workflows: Mastering Ethical AI for Effective FIEs

Shared practical strategies that keep FERPA compliance in sight while showing how AI supports evaluation workflows.

AI Workflows FERPA FIE Writing
2026 • EvalEd (Feb)

Integrating AI Responsibly in Writing FIEs

Explored how evaluators can elevate impact statements while maintaining student-centered judgment.

Responsible AI Special Education Ethics
2026 • TEDA (Mar)

What Drives the Impact Statement

Examined how AI can support, not replace, the human insight required to translate assessment findings.

Impact Statements Teacher Lens AI + Judgment
2026 • BALG (Apr)

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.

FERPA AI Guardrails Ethics 100+ Evaluators

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