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Christine Bywater

Christine Bywater

Role: Associate Director of CSET, Digital Pedagogy Implementation Lead Organization: Center to Support Excellence in Teaching (CSET), Stanford GSE Email: cbywater@stanford.edu Profile: https://cset.stanford.edu/about/our-team/christine-bywater Relationship Depth: Active Collaborator

Professional Background

  • Associate Director of CSET at Stanford’s Graduate School of Education
  • Digital Pedagogy Implementation Lead
  • Project Manager for CRAFT (AI literacy curriculum resources for high school educators)
  • Former high school social studies teacher in Brooklyn
  • Former technology instructional coach in Redwood City
  • Former instructor and curriculum developer at Apple

Current Focus

  • Designing and facilitating research-backed professional learning for K-12 educators
  • Supporting educators in purposefully applying technologies for engaging, creative, equitable learning
  • CRAFT initiative: co-designed curriculum resources for AI literacy
  • PLEX (Professional Learning EXtension) — spearheading this new initiative (Feb 2026). CSET may be rebranding to PLEX. Details TBD after Feb 26 meeting.

Working Relationship with Reuben

  • Helps with CSET-related expense reports
  • Co-design/Partnerships workshop lead
  • Connected to CRAFT AI literacy work (overlap with Build-a-Bot mission)

Key Notes

  • Not Finance/Admin - she’s Associate Director with pedagogy focus
  • Contact for: CSET expense reimbursements, CRAFT collaboration
  • Josh emails Christine about reimbursements
  • CSET has stopped doing 1-day workshops — minimum is 8 hours across 2-3 days (as of Feb 2026)
  • Uses key phrase “problem of practice” in her pedagogy work
  • UDC triangle framework — “critic” critiques AI in society, not just the output
  • Working with org called “Ground Floor” on a 5-session series; Flash Lab may fit as Session 3
  • Lake Forest, Chicago connection: Superintendent Matthew Montgomery — can bring teachers + admins to Stanford (March 30 – April 1, 2026)
  • Goes to Germany March 8, 2026 — very busy with PD through spring

Last updated: Feb 26, 2026

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