Meet Dr. Marla James
Dr. Marla James is an award-winning educator, instructional leader, and conference speaker helping schools harness AI while keeping student thinking at the center. Named the 2024 Co-Nonpublic School Teacher of the Year by the New Jersey Council for American Private Education, Dr. James serves as an instructional supervisor and faculty leader at Union Catholic Regional High School in New Jersey, where she teaches Honors English, AP U.S. Government, AP European History, and AP African American Studies while mentoring both students and teachers. As a seasoned presenter at national conferences, Dr. James leads conversations on creating inclusive learning environments rooted in Universal Design for Learning, project-based pedagogy, and student-centered innovation. Her classrooms and professional development sessions focus on documented learning, metacognition, ethical AI use, and assessment practices that keep student thinking visible. She believes the future of education depends less on catching AI use and more on teaching students how to think alongside it without surrendering their own judgment.
Past Presentations
Keynotes and conference sessions on AI literacy, documented learning, and assessment that inspire educators with immediately usable practices.
- Using AI to Transform AP Exam Prep with Peter Paccone
- The Phigital Generation and the Four C’s of Historical Analysis
- Leveraging AI in the Humanities Classroom
- Leveraging AI for Transformative Online Education
- Leveraging AI for Student Empowerment in AP History Classes
- Innovating Beyond: Fostering Empathy, Curiosity & Ethical AI Use in Catholic Education
- Engaging Gen Z: Stimulating Strategies for National and European Identity
- Discussion Boards that Transcend Discussions
- Creating Discussions with Gen Z
- Process over Product in the Age of AI: Making Thinking Visible in AP Classrooms
- Designing AI-Durable Assessments: Keeping Learning Human in an AI World
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AI in the High School ELA Classroom
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Blog
Insights on AI, assessment, and innovative teaching.
Contact Dr. James
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