Project Leo - Lessons from building AI-Driven Personalize PBL Classes

Steve Wallis is the Executive Director of the Da Vinci Institute, a co-founder of Da Vinci Schools, and was the principal of Da Vinci Science High School from 2010-2022. His current work focuses on supporting school leaders, building connections between teachers and professionals in the community, and facilitating connectedness across the Da Vinci Schools and the local community. Steve is credentialed in physics, biology and chemistry. He earned a B.S. in Psychobiology in 1998, an M.Ed. in 1999, an MBA in 2021 and an Ed.D. in 2023. His doctoral research focuses on the factors that support innovation in the classroom.

Dr Tim Yee (DMin, MEd) has been a non-profit leader for over 27 years, serving as a public high school math teacher, working with charter schools, and most recently with micro-schools that have launched nationwide. He launched an urban farm in Little Tokyo and volunteered as a board member of two organizations that served several thousand homeless adults and children each year in downtown LA’s Skid Row. He is on the team behind the TruMotivate assessment which uses a student’s personal stories to reveal purpose and career opportunities. www.trumotivate.com