Back to Digests Week of April 5 - April 11, 2026

Week of April 5 - April 11, 2026

Back from PTO + Stanford Trip. Q2 kickoff week — AS Quarterly Planning on Wednesday.

Weekly Focus

From Q1 goals and current priorities

  • Q2 kickoff — AS Quarterly Planning (Wed) is the big one. Retrospective on Q1, capacity check, game plan for next quarter.
  • Leon Furze intro — First meeting with Australian AI-in-ed consultant (Mon 5pm). Flash Lab dissemination + TTT model.
  • CRISPRkit app — First meeting with Belinda Yeung (Wed). New tEquity seed grant collaboration.
  • Catch up after PTO — Process backlog from Thu-Fri off. Carried items piling up.

Daily Log

Sunday, April 5

  • Micah’s 15th birthday!

Monday, April 6

  • Hold for Chris (9:30am-3:30pm) — personal
  • Leon Furze meeting 5:00pm PT — Flash Lab / AI PD intro (NOTE: Calendly booking shows canceled — confirm this is still on via the manual calendar entry)

Tuesday, April 7

  • Chiropractor 8:00am
  • AS:DE Meeting 11:00am — Josh, Joe, Reuben (weekly team meeting)
  • AI Education Workshop (AI Collective) 3:30-5:00pm — “Application Developer to Agent Builder” virtual workshop
  • CAP 6:30pm — Civil Air Patrol (recurring)

Wednesday, April 8

  • AS Quarterly Planning 10:00-11:30am — Josh, Joe, Reuben. Retrospective, wins/challenges, capacity, tag analysis, brainstorm sharing. This is the big meeting of the week.
  • CRISPRkit app 1:30-2:30pm — Belinda Yeung. First meeting on cross-platform app development.

Thursday, April 9

  • Josh<>Reuben 1:1 10:00am — First 1:1 of Q2. Stanford trip debrief, quarterly planning follow-up.
  • VFT Seed Grantee Monthly 1:00pm — Kristen Blair hosting. Large group.

Friday, April 10

  • Tinker Time Planning for META 1:00-2:30pm — Christine Bywater
  • Weekly Personal Review 2:00pm

Saturday, April 11

  • [HOLD] AI Show (all day — multi-day hold through Apr 13)
  • ClaudeStanford Buildathon at Tinkery 10am (Gregory posted — FYI/optional)

This Week’s Calendar

Day Time Event Notes
Mon 9:30am-3:30pm Hold for Chris Personal
Mon 5:00pm Leon Furze — Flash Lab / AI PD Josh referral. Flash Lab dissemination, TTT. Confirm not canceled.
Tue 8:00am Chiropractor Badura D.C. Hemet
Tue 11:00am AS:DE Meeting Weekly team meeting
Tue 3:30pm AI Education Workshop AI Collective — virtual, “App Dev to Agent Builder”
Tue 6:30pm CAP Recurring
Wed 10:00am AS Quarterly Planning 90 min. Retro, wins, capacity, tags, sharing. Key meeting.
Wed 1:30pm CRISPRkit app Belinda Yeung. First meeting.
Thu 10:00am Josh<>Reuben 1:1 Q2 opener. Stanford debrief.
Thu 1:00pm VFT Seed Grantee Monthly Kristen Blair + large group
Fri 1:00pm Tinker Time Planning for META Christine Bywater
Fri 2:00pm Weekly Personal Review Overlaps slightly with Christine meeting

Key Upcoming (Beyond This Week)

Date Event Prep Needed?
Apr 15 Crystal Springs PD Not attending — told Christine. Confirm communicated to full team.
Apr 21 Robotics, AI & Education Panel 4-6pm RSVP if interested (Shriram II)
Apr 28-29 DeepLearning.AI Dev Day (Pier 48, SF) Yes — flights + hotel booked.
End of Jun ISTE Live 2026 Yes — still need to register

Action Items Status

Critical This Week

  • Prep for AS Quarterly Planning (Wed 10am) — retrospective on Q1: wins, challenges, tag analysis, capacity. Bring data.
  • Confirm Leon Furze meeting — Calendly booking shows canceled but manual event exists. Check if rescheduled or still on.
  • Prep for CRISPRkit meeting (Wed 1:30pm) — review Alex Choi connection, Belinda Yeung context
  • Reply to Sergio Arango — he wants to schedule Zoom with Josh + Reuben, week of Apr 6-10

In Progress

  • Send Moraima flight receipts (Mar + Apr Stanford trips)
  • Push Airtable stories — was due before end-of-month meeting, may still be incomplete

Carried From Last Week

  • Draft CRM survey questions — Josh waiting
  • Write tag analysis plan — 3-month rollout
  • Register for ISTE Live 2026
  • Follow up with Vanessa Monterosa re: Flash Lab partnership
  • Send Rachel AI + learning-by-creating tool recommendations
  • Respond to Isabelle re: DCI Celebration June 5
  • Cat Nostrand follow-up — “how did NCCE go?” (no reply since Mar 16)
  • Create Flash Lab inventory document (basic vs deluxe)

Waiting On Others

  • Brooke (OTL): Follow up with Geoff Cox + YouCubed for contract precedent
  • Jessica Garner: ISTE online course preview access
  • Marily/Caitlin: IRB feedback on Health Coach Bot chatbot questions

Week’s Accomplishments

Cumulative list, updated as the week progresses

  • Leon Furze intro meeting (Mon)
  • AS:DE meeting (Tue)
  • AS Quarterly Planning completed (Wed)
  • CRISPRkit first meeting (Wed)
  • Josh 1:1 — Q2 opener (Thu)
  • VFT Seed Grantee monthly (Thu)
  • Christine Tinker Time planning (Fri)

Decisions Made

(Updated as the week progresses)

Stories/Impact to Capture

Candidates for Airtable or quoted-impact.md

  • Stanford trip recap (last week) — Tinkery Flash Lab with Gregory co-facilitating (16 York Scholars), Lake Forest Activation Stage (2 sessions, Superintendent Montgomery), Health Coach Bot Zoom w/ Marily (in-person didn’t happen). Massive week for Goal 2 + Goal 3.
  • Leon Furze connection — international AI-in-ed consultant interested in Flash Lab dissemination [BRIDGE-BUILD] [MULTIPLIER]
  • CRISPRkit — new tEquity seed grant collaboration starting [CO-CREATE]

Carried to Next Week

(Updated at end of week)


Created: 2026-04-06 (Monday — first day back from PTO)

Source: week-of-2026-04-05.md