Video PD
Available Spring 2026
We offer district-ready video training options designed to meet schools where they are. AI-Enhanced Educator is adapted from Ben's successful college-level course and refined for district-wide professional learning, while The PIVOT Framework™ for Responsible Technology Integration in Schools is a comprehensive program with 10+ modules that pair short, focused videos with applied activities. NotebookLM for Educators is a shorter, focused study designed to introduce staff to effective use of the tool.
Districts may add an in-person SSG trainer at a discounted rate to support implementation of the AI-Enhanced Educator and PIVOT programs.
Contact Samara Solutions Group today to inquire about our Video PD options.
AI-Enhanced Educator
AI-Enhanced Educator is adapted from Ben Samara’s college-level course and redesigned for district-wide professional development. The content is consistently updated to reflect the most current tools, research, and guidance, ensuring districts are working with accurate, relevant information. from exploring teacher and student facing tools to improve productivity and rhance learning, to teaching responsible use, this training will equips staff with the skills to confidently navigate this new and evolving terrain.
The PIVOT Framework
For Resonsible Technology
Use in Schools
The PIVOT Framework™ provides districts with a clear, human-centered approach to responsible technology use in schools. It serves as a filter to help school leaders make better decisions by grounding technology integration in purpose, values, oversight, and ongoing reflection. The framework gives educators a shared language and structure to evaluate new tools, set expectations, and ensure technology supports learning and student.
NotebookLM for Educators
NotebookLM for Educators is a short, focused professional learning experience designed to help educators understand and use NotebookLM effectively and responsibly. The training covers practical classroom and planning applications, showing how staff can work with their own materials to support thinking and efficiency. The course positions NotebookLM as a support tool that can greatly strengthen day-to-day performance and creativity.
SSG Video Library (Coming Summer 2027)
The SSG Video Library is being built to give school districts and individual educators access to high-quality, on-demand, human-centered professional learning. We're curating focused video modules created by talented educators from across the country who are doing innovative work in real schools, with real students, right now. By recruiting and elevating these voices, we’re building a national bench of practitioners who understand AI and Technology Integration, MTSS, SEL, and the day-to-day realities districts face. Our goal is simple: provide credible, up-to-date guidance from a source schools can actually trust, while creating a platform where effective educators can share what works, learn from one another, and help keep education grounded in human connection as the landscape continues to change more rapidly every day.
Districts who engage in partnerships with SSG during the 25-26 and 26-27 school years will receive priority access to the SSG Video Library when it goes live.
