AI Planning Guide for Indiana Schools

This guide provides Indiana K-12 school districts with a framework and practical insights for strategically integrating Artificial Intelligence (AI) into their educational systems, covering leadership, policy, instruction, and operational aspects.

Planning Guide for AI: A Framework for School Districts PROVIDED IN COLLABORATION WITH In collaboration with Michigan Virtual, CIESC is proud to present this Planning Guide for AI: A Framework for School Districts. An earlier version of this publication was authored by our good friends at Michigan Virtual and has been modified for this release. They are a founding member of the VLLA and serve as a supplemental online course provider for students and offer extensive online professional development program- ming for educators in Michigan. They also operate the Michigan Virtual Learning Research Institute which has launched an AI Lab to help school leaders leverage AI to support teaching, learning and business operations. As a 25-year-old nonprofit organization, Michigan Virtual also provides quality school consulting services nationwide for organizations who want a collaborative partner with strategic planning, micro school creation, AI implementation, systemwide transformation, and other innovations to personalize education. To learn more about their consulting services, please visit https://michiganvirtual.org/consulting/ Table of Contents Artificial Intelligence (AI) Integration Framework for School Districts . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Leadership & Vision. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Policy, Ethical, & Legal Considerations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Instructional Framework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Measuring Student Learning & Assessments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Professional Learning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Student Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Business & Technology Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Outreach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Appendix A Policy Considerations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Appendix B Recommended Language for Existing AUP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Appendix C Key Action Considerations & Discussion Prompts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Appendix D Portrait of AI Integration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Appendix E AI Risk Assessment for School Districts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Appendix F AI Integration Common Pitfalls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Appendix G Glossary of Terms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Planning Guide for AI: A Framework for School Districts 5 Artificial Intelligence (AI) Integration Framework for School Districts Investigating Implementing Innovating Leadership & District leadership is beginning to The district leadership has created a Leaders at all levels understand the Vision understand the potential uses of AI plan, along with an implementation district’s overall vision and harness AI to assist with teaching, learning, and team, to incorporate AI into various to enhance operational efficiencies and operations; however, they have not aspects of teaching, learning, and maximize student learning outcomes endorsed the widespread use of AI tools operations. The plan aligns with their while leveraging the distinct human or developed a plan. strategic priorities and includes a talents of educators and staff. baseline risk assessment. Policy, Ethical, The district is in the early stages of The district is establishing policies, The district has adopted Board- & Legal examining the policy, ethical, and legal reviewing ethical guidelines, and approved policies, robust ethical Considerations considerations associated with using strengthening a legal framework to guidelines, and a strong legal framework, AI to support teaching, learning, and address the challenges associated with demonstrating a commitment to operations, including the potential risks AI technologies, including student accountability, data privacy, compliance, and appropriate access for all student privacy, data protection, and responsible and continuous improvement in AI. populations. AI practices. There is consideration The district has a plan to evaluate the of how AI can be used to support all impact of AI, including efforts to narrow student populations, aiming to address educational equity gaps. equity gaps. Instructional Educators are independently exploring Educators are beginning to use AI tools The district’s instructional framework Framework the potential of AI-powered tools to to scale personalized learning activities. enables educators and students to use enhance their productivity; however, The tools enable teachers to develop and AI to accelerate personalized learning, little effort is being directed to change deliver tailored instructional activities foster learner ownership, leverage instructional practices. and resources that meet the unique intelligent tutoring services, enable data- needs and preferences of students. driven decision-making, or assist with teaching and educator administrative tasks. Learning Educators are beginning to explore Educators use AI tools and technologies Educators and students use AI to Assessments how AI tools can enhance formative to create assessments aligned with holistically assess learning experiences measures in quizzes, tests, projects, and personalized learning goals measuring and outcomes, including creativity, performance-based assessments. higher-order thinking skills and critical thinking, inventive problem- competencies. solving, and the application of knowledge in real-world situations. Professional The district is in the early stages of Educators have access to a variety of Educators have developed a strong Learning developing a plan for professional professional development opportunities understanding of AI, including ethical development opportunities focused to support the adoption and integration considerations, and have incorporated on AI tools and resources, leading of AI-based teaching tools and its use into reimagining learning educators to take the initiative to seek approaches aligned with the district’s pedagogies and assessment strategies. training independently. vision for student learning. Educators They are using AI systems and tools have the necessary expertise to teach AI that generate personalized professional ethics to students. development solutions. Student Use Students are being introduced to the Students engage with AI technologies Most students utilize AI to support basic concepts of AI and its potential in a variety of classes, demonstrating their learning goals, critically assessing applications in a handful of classes. They growing competence. They have AI’s societal impact, including biases, are developing an awareness of ethical explored the ethical implications of privacy concerns, and fairness issues, considerations related to AI use but have AI and have begun to collaborate on while making informed judgments about a limited understanding of responsible projects emphasizing the responsible the authenticity and origin of content. practice. and ethical application of AI tools. Evidence of use/proficiency is well Evidence of student us