— GenAI Educator Essentials Suite Microcourse—
AI-Powered Planning: Using GenAI to Plan and Differentiate Instruction
2 Hours | Self-Paced | Includes Certificate
Most educators can name the lessons that landed for their students, the materials they want to push further, and the planning challenge they have been sitting with. In this microcourse, you will bring that challenge and build the instructional planning skills to direct Generative AI (GenAI) as a thought partner for generating and pressure-testing ideas, a reflective partner for gaining feedback on existing materials, and a creative partner for tailoring resources to differentiate and reach more learners, with your professional expertise and classroom context guiding every step. You will leave with immediately applicable skills to confidently guide and utilize GenAI safely, ethically, and effectively to expand what is possible in your instructional planning.
This course builds on the prompting foundations from our GenAI Literacy in Practice: The Essentials for Every Educator microcourse but is also designed to stand alone. It includes a brief recap of key concepts so educators can start here without missing critical context.
About This Course
Course Outcomes
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
Identify the mindsets that shape intentional GenAI use in instructional planning and apply them to planning decisions
Apply GenAI prompting strategies to break down a planning challenge, generate multiple approaches, and determine a viable starting point
Evaluate GenAI feedback on existing instructional materials and determine what to act on based on your professional knowledge and context
Adapt instructional materials for specific learner needs and multiple modalities using GenAI tools
Course Outline
This course alternates between short video segments and hands-on activities across 120 minutes.
Pre-Course Survey
Identify where you are starting from with GenAI and what you want to get out of this course
Grounding Your Instructional Practice
Learn what GenAI can and cannot currently do in your instructional planning and identify the three roles it plays across this course
Mindsets for Intentional Planning
Identify the five mindsets that shape intentional GenAI use in your planning work and apply them to real K–12 planning scenarios
GenAI as a Thought Partner
Discover how GenAI supports the ideation phase of planning and apply the thought partner role to your own planning challenge
GenAI as a Reflective Partner
Explore how to use GenAI to examine existing instructional materials, learn how to recognize and redirect sycophantic responses, and apply the reflective partner role to your own work
GenAI as a Creative Partner
Use GenAI to reimagine and differentiate existing materials, then apply the creative partner role for the learners in your room
Your AI Literacy Toolkit
Access a curated set of resources, research frameworks, and reference materials to support your ongoing GenAI practice
Reflection & Action Planning
Reflect on what shifted in your thinking about GenAI and instructional planning, identify concrete next steps, and build a plan for where you want to grow next through the suite
WHAT MAKES THIS DIFFERENT
Built by educators, for educators
Most AI training treats GenAI as a set of tools to adopt. These courses are different — practical, grounded, and designed around how teachers actually work.
Research-backed content
Built on current research and field experience from 300+ districts — not hypotheticals..
Practice built in
Includes scenarios drawn from real K-12 contexts. You leave with skills you can use the same day.
Structured, self-paced learning
Complete each course in a single 120-minute session or work through it at your own pace.
Reflection & action planning
Every course closes with structured reflection and a concrete action plan, translating directly into next steps in your practice.
Certificate of completion
Earn a certificate for each course you complete to document your professional learning.
ABOUT AI FOR EDUCATION
Trusted by 300+ education partners worldwide
"This workshop gave us a strong foundation to start real conversations with students, educators, and administrators. We've already begun adjusting our approved AI tool list, and the framework is helping us refine our existing policy and guidelines. It surfaced tools we'd never heard of that students were attempting to use, along with some that our teachers had quietly adopted. That kind of visibility is exactly what district leaders need."
Marty Sharpe, CTO - Catawba County Schools
GENAI EDUCATOR ESSENTIALS SUITE
Four courses, one shared foundation
Each course is built around the questions educators are already asking: how to use GenAI well, how to use it responsibly, and what it means for their students. Courses build skills and mindsets that hold up as the technology continues to evolve. Grounded in AI for Education's SEE Framework and Five S Prompting Model, they can be taken individually or as a complete series.
GenAI Educator Essentials Suite Overview
GenAI Literacy in Practice: The Essentials for Every Educator
Using AI Responsibly: Ethics in Practice for Educators
AI-Ready Students: Teaching Responsible Use & Academic Integrity
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Enrollment Options
Whether you're an individual leader or bringing your whole district, there's an option for you.
INDIVIDUAL COURSE
$49
✓ Access to one course
✓ 2 hours, self-paced
✓ Certificate of completion
✓ Immediate enrollment
FULL SUITE
$149
25% savings
✓ Access to all 4 courses
✓ Certificate of completion for each course
✓ 8 hours total, self-paced
SCHOOLS & DISTRICTS
Volume Pricing/Group Rates
✓ Flexible enrollment options
✓ Admin reporting and tracking
✓ PD hour documentation
✓ Priority support