I provide AI coaching for independent school leaders and educators.
Amplify capacity, enrich liberal arts and STEM learning, and keep people at the center of it all.
Why Coaching, Not Consulting?
Artificial intelligence isn’t just another innovation; it represents a fundamental shift in how we learn, work, and create. Schools and organizations are navigating a moment where the boundaries between human and machine intelligence are being redrawn. Many responses focus narrowly on risk—cheating, shortcuts, or loss of originality—but the deeper opportunity is transformation: using AI to deepen thinking, restore time for relationships, and make learning more human, not less.
That kind of change doesn’t come from a presentation or a policy. It requires ongoing reflection, experimentation, and conversation. Coaching builds internal fluency and institutional resilience—the habits of mind and structure that let leaders guide their communities through complexity with confidence. It’s about building wisdom, not dependency.
Consulting delivers information; coaching builds transformation. In a world that shifts this quickly, static advice expires. Coaching sustains growth through an evolving relationship, turning new technology into lived practice. Each engagement adapts to your mission and culture, helping teams learn in real time rather than waiting for the next big update.
The goal isn’t to outsource expertise—it’s to cultivate it within your institution. Coaching ensures your leaders develop lasting capacity to make sound, ethical, and creative decisions about technology. It’s not a one-time download; it’s the slow, steady work of formation—the kind that endures long after the partnership ends.
My Coaching Services
Executive 1:1 AI Coaching
Give your top leader a confidential, high-trust partner who turns AI noise into a mission-aligned plan. Over ten months, Dr. Michael Lomuscio works directly with the Head (or senior leader) to clarify priorities, set humane guardrails for safety, privacy, and integrity, and redesign high-leverage workflows—without outsourcing judgment. Each month blends strategy and hands-on problem solving; two additional office-hour blocks handle time-sensitive issues; and a monthly executive AI brief filters the firehose into plain-English implications for independent schools. Leaders finish with a 90-day readiness plan, board/team/family talking points, and a PD flight path that faculty can actually sustain. This is coaching, not consulting—capacity built inside your school, on the smart edge of AI.
Small Leadership Cohorts
Your front-line administrators—Division Heads, Academic Deans, Deans of Students—are fielding AI questions daily. This cohort gives them shared language, workable guardrails, and pilot playbooks they can deploy immediately. A leadership cohort can be made up of diverse leaders from your own school, or you can join a position-specific cohort built from multiple schools across the United States. The cadence moves from common frame → risk/opportunity map → communications and integrity protocols → pilot design → faculty support → a concrete 90-day plan. The result is alignment you can feel: consistent messages to faculty and families, fewer unexpected AI crises, and leaders who coach teachers with confidence instead of forwarding vendor decks. It’s a pragmatic forum where administrators learn, decide, and launch—from a supported environment.
Subject-Area Faculty Cohorts
Teachers need more than policies; they need judgment-free, practical coaching tied to their courses. These cohorts (English, History/Social Studies, World Languages, Math, Science, Arts/Design, CS) create a community of practice where educators bring real planning, feedback, and assessment tasks and leave with usable artifacts and simple integrity protocols that students actually understand. Sessions balance what’s possible with what’s prudent, building time-saving workflows (differentiation, accessibility, formative loops) that honor your mission and protect academic integrity. Options include building a same-school cohort made up of members from the same academic department to deepen internal consistency or joining a cohort of teachers from different schools to cross-pollinate best practices. Faculty walk away lighter, faster, and more focused on relationships and learning—the very heart of great teaching.
About Dr. Michael Lomuscio
For nearly twenty years, I’ve lived and led in independent schools—first as a teacher in math, physics, and computer science, and later as a school leader. Before becoming the Associate Head of School for Academic Affairs at Carolina Day School in Asheville, North Carolina, I served as Dean of Studies at ‘Iolani School in Honolulu and as Director of STEM Programs and New Faculty Development at Rabun Gap–Nacoochee School, where I taught and designed courses that bridged science, computation, and creativity. I also serve as the Senior Consultant for AI and Large Language Models at MehtaCognition, where I help organizations navigate the promise and peril of emerging technologies.
I hold a doctorate in Educational and Organizational Leadership from the University of Pennsylvania and a master’s degree in Applied Mathematics, and I’ve been teaching and thinking about machine learning and AI since long before it became fashionable. My work centers on helping schools—and increasingly, hospitals, churches, and nonprofits—respond to AI in ways that are safe, humane, and mission-aligned. It’s not enough to live on the cutting edge; schools are places that prize responsibility, integrity, and care for young people. My coaching helps leaders and teams operate on the smart edge of AI—where innovation meets wisdom, and technology strengthens rather than replaces human capacity.
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What others have to say.
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"Michael is a subject matter expert who skillfully tailors his presentations to meet the learning objectives of his audience. His ability to reference relevant studies, statistics, and real-world experiences on the fly underscores not only his deep knowledge but also his commitment to staying current in the rapidly evolving field of AI."
Ashly Maag
Assistant Head of School for Philanthropy
Asheville School
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"Michael's thoughts and insights on artificial intelligence have helped inspire countless schools and educators. He is able to connect the dots across numerous areas with schools and guide school leaders in the right direction."
William Stites
Director of Technology
Montclair Kimberley Academy
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"Michael is an incredibly patient and insightful thought partner. His curiosity, deep knowledge of AI, and ability to meet people where they are make him an exceptional coach for both beginners and experienced users alike."
Dan Morrison, Ed.D.
Director of Connections & Strategic Initiatives
Robert Louis Stevenson School (NYC)
