Campfire Session — Flint Student Ambassador Program

Learn about Flint's new Student Ambassador Program that empowers high school students to lead AI literacy initiatives, create educational activities, and promote ethical AI adoption in their schools and communities.

Lulu Gao, Head of Teacher Experience at Flint | LinkedIn

In this session, we introduced our exciting new Student Ambassador Program designed to empower student leaders in promoting ethical AI adoption and educational transformation. We walked through the two-tier program structure—Student Representatives and Student Ambassadors—and outlined the key requirements, including completing AI Literacy courses, creating educational activities, and leading community presentations. This program offers a powerful way to engage the most motivated students in building AI literacy and leadership skills that will serve them throughout their academic and professional careers.

Content covered in this session included:

1. Inspiration for the program
2. Program details
3. Shareout from current students and admins

Slides from the presentation can be found here.

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Introduction • 00:00

• The Flint Student Ambassador program is introduced. Feedback from participants is encouraged throughout the discussion.

Ice-breaking news • 01:54

• GPT-5's recent release is discussed. Insights on its features and potential applications are shared.

Program inspiration • 03:53

• Student advocacy for Flint is highlighted. Conversations with students reveal the need for more support and resources.

• The mission focuses on developing student leaders. Students are encouraged to choose their learning paths.

• Three program goals are outlined for students. Scholarships are included to support educational pursuits.

Program details • 07:52

• Details about the Flint Student Ambassador program are shared. Students must fill out forms to express their interest.

• Opportunities for presentations and webinars are discussed. Various platforms for sharing about Flint are mentioned.

• Grants for extracurricular clubs are offered to representatives. The completion certificate and special edition merchandise are highlighted.

• Discussion on using grants for API credits occurs. A suggestion is made to support technical students.

• Details about becoming a student representative are shared. Information on required forms and media releases is provided.

• Requirements for becoming a Flint Ambassador are outlined. Tasks include completing an AI Literacy course and creating activities.

• Various advocacy tasks for Flint are discussed. Opportunities for presentations and community engagement are highlighted.

• A guest post opportunity for the Flint blog is presented. A minimum word count and topic guidelines are shared.

• Instructions for submitting evidence of completed tasks are provided. Flexibility in submission and editing is emphasized.

• Guidelines for activity creation are provided. Resources for inspiration are suggested.

• Details on publishing activities are discussed. Reflection on the activity process is emphasized.

• Presentation options and evidence sharing are outlined. Visibility settings for shared content are clarified.

• Details about sharing club meeting agendas were provided. A request for a faculty sponsor email was made. Additional evidence upload options were also discussed.

• Opportunities for sharing other initiatives using Flint were highlighted. A quick description and evidence submission were requested.

• The Student Ambassador of the Year award is introduced. Criteria for qualification and deadlines are outlined.

Shareout • 31:12

• Isaac Wu shares his experience with Flint. He discusses creating grammar activities that helped a peer succeed.

• A discussion about the applicability of AI is held. Izzie shares her experiences using AI for presentations and tutoring.

• Izzie outlines plans for monthly AI presentations. Different audiences will be targeted, including students and teachers.

• A student AI committee was discussed. Their guidelines became a model for other schools.

• Students are tasked with creating an AI literacy curriculum. This curriculum will span grades 9 through 12.

• Application forms for the ambassador program are available now. General AI presentations are permitted for the application.

• Feedback and suggestions for the program are requested. Nominations for suitable students are encouraged.

• The session concludes with thanks and goodbyes. Participants are reminded of the recording availability.

• Future sessions and resources are discussed. A build-along session is planned for the next week.