Resources for Responsible, Effective AI Use in Schools
Practical resources educators can use immediately, paired with guidance and research to help schools establish safe, ethical, and effective conditions for AI use.
Classroom & School Tools
Ready-to-use tools, templates, strategies, and handouts for teaching, learning, and instructional leadership.
AI Guidance & Policy Resources
Guidance and policy frameworks for responsible and appropriate AI use in schools.
Classroom & School Tools
AI tools and resources to help you get effective and appropriate support from AI.
Acceptable Student AI Use Decision Trees
Classroom-ready decision-making infographics for AI use level; for lower and upper elementary, middle school, and high school
Student Writing and AI: Teacher’s Guide
Practical guidance about AI use in student writing to support learning and academic integrity: strategies and tools for K–12.
Making a Strong Start: Prep for the New School Year
AI strategies to prepare for the next year, make a successful first week, and set-up long-term success for you and your students.
What You Need to Know When Using AI
AI can be a useful tool or not. To promote effective use, learn these 3 essential concepts about how AI works and is used.
Best Time-saving Prompts for Teachers
Our best time-saving prompts for teachers! Modify these prompt templates for your own use and save hours each week.
8 Sample Prompts for Teachers
See a variety of ways that you can use AI to improve instruction and classroom climate. Modify these for your own use!
8 Sample Prompts for School Administrators
Sample prompts showing different ways that school administrators can use AI to strengthen their leadership.
Quick Guide to Effective AI Prompting
10 tips for writing prompts that get you the results you need. If you use AI in your role, use these tips for making AI give you what you need.
AI for Kindergarten Teachers
Teaching kindergarten is hard enough! Use these 20 quick AI techniques to make your job easier and more fun.
Handout of 5 Levels of Acceptable AI Use by Students
Use this simple handout to define and communicate how students are allowed to use AI for an assignment.
Guide to Implementing the 5 Levels of AI Use
What are the 5 levels? What do they look like in practice? Which level is appropriate for an assignment? This guide answers these questions, and more.
Prompts for Differentiating Reading
Prompts from the webinar Differentiate Reading with AI. Use these to help students access grade-level content by differentiating reading. Watch the Recording
AI Prompts for PE teachers
Fully developed exemplar prompts that PE teachers can modify to get effective support from AI. Wide range of relevant uses to meet PE Teachers professional and instructional responsibilities.
AI Support for Standards-Based Instructional Workflows
The steps for delivering standards-based instruction, from data through delivery! AI support and sample prompts for each step, plus strategies for efficiency and school-wide use.
AI Guidance & Policy Resources
Information and resources to implement AI safely, ethically, and productively.
When Teachers are Hesitant to Use AI: A Leadership Framework
Teacher hesitancy about AI may reflect legitimate concerns. This guide reviews those concerns and describes strategies for leaders to create enabling conditions.
High-Leverage Prompts for Policy Makers
21 prompts that policy makers, school leaders, and school board members can use to make good decisions and lead with confidence
Managing Bias-A Governance Framework for Education Leaders
What is bias in AI, and what can we do about it? This guide provides a clear, practical framework for managing bias, ensuring appropriate use, and improving value.
Whitepaper: PD in AI Use, not Training in AI Products
The myriad AI Products hitting our schools are unlikely to improve student achievement. 5 reasons why teachers need PD that supports their judgment, agency, and thoughtful decision making when using AI.
Systems-level Guide to Preventing Cheating with AI
Comprehensive guide to making sure students are learning and we can measure what they (not AI) know and can do. Policies, Instructional design, Strategies, and Implementation guidance
Guide for K-12 AI Policy Development and Implementation
Critical considerations and structured step-by-step guidance on developing a policy for safe and instructionally sound AI use in your schools.
School and District AI Readiness Self Assessment
20 questions to determine your schools’ readiness for implementing AI safely and productively to improve teaching and learning.
National Guidance for Implementing AI in Schools – Empowering Education Leaders
Guidance from the US Department of Ed regarding policy, implementation, and application. This is a foundational guide for making sure AI is implemented and used appropriately.
Comprehensive AI Guide for Schools and School Systems
“Human-Centered AI: Guidance for K-12 Public Schools” – Essential and comprehensive guidance for AI in schools, by the Washington Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, 2024
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