From Awareness to Action: AI Safety and Tool Audit
A workshop for district and school leaders ready to move beyond policy awareness into practical protection for students
One 3-hour in-person session
AI is already in your schools — often in ways you haven't approved, anticipated, or audited.
This half-day, in-person workshop is designed for administrators who want to take a hard look at what's actually happening in their district's technology ecosystem. Using AI for Education's SEE Framework (Safe, Ethical, Effective) as a foundation, leaders will develop the knowledge and hands-on tools to assess GenAI risks, surface blind spots, and build a concrete action plan for safer AI use across their schools.
Participants leave the workshop with a completed (or in-progress) GenAI Safety Tool Audit for their district, a clear picture of what's in use and what risk tier it falls into, and a prioritized action plan with concrete next steps across policy, professional development, and community engagement.
The Real AI Safety Landscape
Move beyond surface-level awareness to understand the most pressing risks districts face today — data privacy vulnerabilities, student over-reliance, the emotional risks of AI companion apps, and the limitations of tools like AI detectors and automated grading systems.
A Tiered Framework for Evaluating Every Tool
Not all AI tools carry the same risk. Leaders learn to apply AI for Education's risk tier framework to distinguish tools requiring immediate action and restricted access (Tier 1) from those with potential value that require vetting and clear use guidelines (Tier 2) — for both student-facing and educator-facing tools. Tier 1 examples include companion chatbots, AI humanizer/evasion tools, and AI detection tools used as the sole basis for academic integrity decisions. Tier 2 examples include general-purpose chatbots, lesson planning platforms, and AI-embedded classroom tools.
The SEE Framework in Action
Grounded in AI for Education's SEE Framework (Safe, Ethical, Effective), participants will learn to evaluate GenAI tools and use cases with a consistent, research-backed lens — asking the right questions before, during, and after AI is used in their schools.
A Phased Audit Process
Leaders work through a structured four-phase methodology they can apply immediately: inventorying tools and assigning risk tiers, collecting quantitative and qualitative data, facilitating leadership reflection, and building a prioritized action plan across policy, professional learning, and community support.
Want support taking the audit further? AI for Education offers the district audit process as an add-on service. Our team can help you analyze your tool inventory, facilitate leadership conversations, and develop a customized action plan — so you're not doing this work alone.
Designed for
Educational Leaders
Hands-on
Active Learning
In-Person
What Educators Say
AI for Education has trained over 500k educators globally and worked with more than 500 academic institutions across K12 and Higher Education, including some of the largest school districts in the U.S.
“This audit tool 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, Chief Technology Officer
Catawba County Schools, NC
Featured Resources
The below are included in the workshop and drawn from the wealth of free resources available to help educators explore the safe, ethical, and effective use of GenAI in their classrooms.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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This workshop is designed for school and district administrators. It is ideal for leaders who have some familiarity with GenAI and want to move from awareness to action on safety.
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Yes. This workshop requires a foundational understanding of Generative AI. We offer this foundational training in our “Generative AI for Educators” course.
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This workshop is offered in-person for the most effective learning experience. Contact us to discuss your needs.
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It's a structured resource we'll guide you through during the workshop to assess the AI tools currently in use across your district — evaluating them for data privacy, student safety, effectiveness, and alignment with your policies.