Leading with AI Vision, Part I: Planning Your School’s Future Readiness Roadmap

Gary Pretsfelder is Senior Manager, Professional Learning and Growth at the Jewish Education Project in New York, where he consults with, and coordinates professional development for, Yeshivot and Day School educators in the New York area in support of educational and cultural change in their schools. Gary is a former long-time, day school Principal and teacher in New York who built communities that put students and active learning at the center. 

Rivkah Schack is the Senior Managing Director of Educational Technology and Digital Strategy at The Jewish Education Project, where she leads national efforts to integrate AI, expand digital learning, and develop micro-credential pathways for Jewish educators. With over three decades in Jewish, Montessori, and classical education, she has founded two schools, built personalized and mastery-based learning models, and directed educator training organizations. Her work centers on guiding system-wide change through thoughtful use of technology, data, and human-centered design.