The Companion Shelf — Head of School
The guide is the map; this shelf holds the tools — demonstrations of the real work, downloadable templates, and exercises you can run with your team. It grows and changes between editions, which is why the guide points here rather than to individual items.
By chapter —
Each item is what a chapter's "in practice" callout points to.
Chapter 2 — How AI Actually Works and Behaves
— the guided, hands-on version of the four AI behaviors the chapter describes; Lab 2 is built around observing each one in a working session.
Chapter 4 — The Personal Disciplines
— the guided version of the thinking-partner discipline; the chapter's starter prompt is adapted from this lab.
Chapter 5 — The Leadership Layer
— the Real AI Series video presenting the chapter's core concept on screen.
Chapter 6 — Strategy, Board, and Communications
— watch a static board report become a working what-if tool.
Chapter 10 — Governing AI
— the free self-diagnostic for the three postures the chapter describes. ·
— the trustee-facing TRE scenario lab (Lab 4) with downloadable whitepaper.
Chapter 12 — Leading the Team
— a ready-made team activity for a learning circle or leadership meeting.
Chapter 13 — Different Schools, Different Playbooks
— a school-level read on process, data, and culture readiness.
Templates & downloads —
Feel free to adapt to your school. One click to the PDF.
Seven-Part AI Policy Skeleton — the policy outline to adapt (Ch 10)
Thinking Partner Prompt Card — the personal-disciplines starter prompt (Ch 4)
Vendor AI Questions Card — five questions + the demo-day list (Ch 11 / A1)
Board Packet — TRE→NIST Crosswalk + the Four Standing Artifacts(Ch 10 / A2)
Six Starting Rules for the Leadership Team — the data-line one-pager (Ch 3)
AI Posture Statement Skeleton — a fill-in starting posture statement (Ch 10)
Vendor Data-Question Checklist (Ch 3)
The Four-Move Redirect Card — classroom AI questions (Ch 14)
I add to this shelf regularly, alongside each new edition of the guide. New demonstrations and templates land here first.
Occasional notes from Linda
Updates when there's something worth sharing. No schedule. No spam.