WYTeacherCon25

Steven Priest is an Educational Program Consultant with the Wyoming Department of Education with the Innovation Team. Steven works with digital learning, serving our statewide Learning Management System (Canvas), micro-credentials, the Innovations in Learning Conference and the Digital Learning Plan. Steven led the development of the Guidance for Wyoming School Districts on Developing Artificial Intelligence Use Policy, and has become one of the AI gurus for the WDE. Steven is a Founding Member of the Human Intelligence Movement, serves on the SETDA Board of Directors and is a part of the Perplexity’s AI Business Fellowship. Steven has served on the 2025 COSN Driving K-12 Innovation Advisory Board, Teach AI’s Government Agency Advisory Group, Teach AI’s Policy Working Group, Teach AI’s Future of CS Working, Teach AI’s AI Literacy Advisory Group, and SETDA’s State Action Committee. Prior to coming to work for WDE, Steven served as a school administrator in Hanna, Wyoming. Steven has a background of over 20 years of educational experience serving as an instructional facilitator for technology, a science teacher, and an agricultural education teacher. Steven is currently studying at the University of Wyoming for his doctoral degree in Educational Leadership, his dissertation work is on the Model Code of Ethics for Educators. Steven lives in Elk Mountain, Wyoming with his family where they raise pack llamas.