AI Strategy Development and Implementation Planning

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Building your personal knowledge base is a crucial prerequisite for effectively implementing AI within your district. It ensures you can make informed decisions, understand complex implications, and lead your community through the evolving landscape of AI. To support this, we will help curate a range of valuable resources tailored to your needs to maximize your time as you develop a comprehensive understanding. Our resource recommendations include:

• Diverse texts with varied perspectives on AI in education
• Opportunities for multimedia learning, such as podcasts, webinars, and online learning communities
• Suggestions for experimentation with AI tools. We recognize the importance of opportunities to explore resources as a way to develop proficiency in use.

A personal philosophy serves as your touchstone as you begin or continue to make complex decisions about AI implementation in your setting. We provide support to help you and others develop personal philosophies for AI implementation by providing resources and facilitating sessions that address important considerations such as:

• The role of AI in supporting (not replacing) effective teaching and learning
• Ethical boundaries around student data usage and privacy
• How to ensure AI tools promote equity rather than widening achievement gaps
• How to balance human and automated decision-making 
• How to lead through concerns about academic integrity and authentic student work

We recommend developing a cross-functional AI learning community to embark on or further this important work in your setting. We believe it is important to have diverse voices represented on the team and suggest the following be included:

• District leaders (executive, curriculum, technology, operations, finance, etc.)
• Building leaders 
• Teachers (from representative subjects and grade levels)
• Students (NOTE: Without students, you will miss critical perspectives on how tools impact learning experiences and potential unintended consequences)
• Parents (if applicable)

We will support you and your team as you develop and deepen the collective knowledge that will ultimately inform decision-making for the larger district community. Knowledge building might include: 

• Learning circles with shared readings and discussion protocols
• Guided exploration of AI tools with reflection sessions
• Site visits to districts successfully implementing AI
• Regular sharing of insights and concerns in a digital space 

As a result of the learning your stakeholder group has participated in, you will be poised to move toward collaboratively creating a dynamic AI policy. We provide support to you to ensure your policy includes the key elements of opportunities and important safeguard measures. Our facilitation of policy development sessions will provides:

• Establishment of foundational values that will guide all decisions regarding AI.
• Creation of specific guidelines for student data (e.g. what data can be processed by AI, how long it is retained, and who has access).
• Ensurance of compliance with FERPA, COPPA, and state privacy laws.

Our integration planning process supports districts as they transform AI policy into actionable implementation steps using a strategic planning approach.  Our process is organized around six key phases:  Assessment, Prioritization, Pilot Planning, Training Design, Resource Allocation, and Evaluation.

To assist your AI integration, we support your AI implementation by serving as an accountability partner, a resource, or a trainer for your team to help the organization move the work forward with intentionality.  

We can provide easily accessible resources such as how-to guides, FAQ documents, and troubleshooting protocols.