About
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.
Teaching Transparency with AI
As an author, speaker, and consultant, Marla partners with educators to design AI-informed curricula, rethink grading and feedback, and lead change that centers student voice, deep thinking, and ethical, future-ready use of emerging technologies.
Testimonials
Hope D.
Marla reframed AI from a threat to a thinking partner, helping our teachers design assessments that reveal student reasoning, not just polished products.
Hope D.
Her workshops modeled humane, equity-centered AI use and gave our instructional leaders concrete tools for coaching teachers through real classroom dilemmas.
Hope D.
Working with Marla transformed our grading culture; students now document their process, justify AI support, and take ownership of how they demonstrate learning.
Hope D.
Marla bridges research and practice, turning abstract AI literacy into protocols, rubrics, and routines our teachers could implement the very next day.
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