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GenAI Educator Essentials Suite
Build the AI literacy every educator needs
2 Hours | Self-Paced
Practical AI Literacy, grounded in real classroom experience
Educators are being asked to navigate generative AI in their classrooms, schools, and districts — often without a clear framework, shared language, or consistent support. This suite was built to change that.
What Makes This Course Different
From the field
This course features classroom-tested techniques and frameworks informed by our work training over 300,000 educators and leaders.
Human-centered
Modules center your expertise, voice, and judgment, and focus on using GenAI thoughtfully and intentionally.
Framework-driven
Grounded in AI for Education's SEE Framework for AI literacy, the course gives you transferable knowledge and practices that hold up as tools change.
Practical and actionable
Concepts and frameworks get applied to real tasks from your professional practice, providing you with artifacts that serve you beyond the course.
Fully asynchronous
Enroll at any time and learn at your own pace, fully supported by expert course instructors.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
What You’ll Be Able to Do
Know how GenAI actually works and apply that understanding every time you use the tools.
Spot inaccuracies, bias, and ethical red flags in any GenAI output.
Turn your expertise into prompts that produce relevant, usable results.
Design lessons with GenAI that strengthen student thinking, not replace it.
Measure GenAI literacy in yourself and across your school community.
Use GenAI for planning, differentiation, and communication without losing your voice.
COURSE STRUCTURE
Course Content
This course puts big ideas into practice through video tutorials, interactive modules, thought provoking readings, and case studies. Across every module, you'll explore current research, experiment with real tools, apply practical frameworks, reflect on your practice, and design resources you can use long after the course ends.
Course Sample: Lesson 1.4
Module 1: GenAI: What You Need to Know
Module 2: Prompting Strategies That Work
Module 3: Getting the Most Out of GenAI for Your Professional Practice
Module 4: Safe, Ethical, & Responsible GenAI Use
Module 5: Putting It All Together: Learning Design & Assessment
Final Project: Building Capacity
COURSE PORTFOLIO
What You’ll Leave With
Each module builds toward a performance task rooted in your own professional context by the end, you’ll have created a set of actionable resources you can use daily:
Prompting Toolkit
A toolkit of evidence-based, tested, and refined prompts and custom instructions tailored to your specific teaching or leadership needs.
Case Studies
Real-world case studies exploring GenAI in action, analyzed through the SEE Framework and applied to your context.
Responsible Use Guidelines
Practical guidelines built from your coursework and ready to put into use with your team, school, or district.
Turnkey Presentation
A ready-to-deliver presentation built from your coursework that positions you as the GenAI literacy lead in your building or district.
COURSE DETAILS
Format: Fully asynchronous & self-paced with instructor support
Hours: 45 PD Hours | 3 Grad Credits*
Structure: 5 Modules | 22 Lessons
Launch date: June 1, 2026
Enrollment: Rolling
Prerequisites: None
Price: $199 for CE Credit
*Grad Credit coming soon!
Who is this course for?
K-12 classroom teachers looking to deepen their practice and earn credit
Instructional coaches and curriculum designers
School and district administrators and leaders
Higher education instructors
Pre-service teachers in preparation programs
No prior experience with AI is required!
FAQ
Common Questions
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The course includes 45 hours of content across 5 modules. It's fully self-paced with no deadlines, so you can move at whatever speed works for you.
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No! This course starts with the basics and builds progressively. If you have used social media or streaming services, you already interact with AI daily.
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Enrollment is rolling, so you can start as soon as you sign up.
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The course teaches principles that work with any GenAI tool. Examples use free platforms like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and NotebookLM, but you can apply the frameworks to any tool.
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The course offers 45 PD hours or 3 graduate credits upon completion. Requirements vary by state and district, so we recommend checking with your school or district for approval as needed.