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Resources

The 3ssential

From the Alliance

Framework

Three essential early actions, with nine concrete deliverables, a progress tracker, and video from four Arizona districts that finished.

Approving toolsStaff trainingStudent expectations
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The Privacy Checklist

From the Alliance

Checklist

The questions to send a vendor before you buy, or to send one adding AI features to a product you already own. Built with practitioners and experts around the state and the country.

Data privacyApproving tools
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AI in Education Glossary

From the Alliance

Reference

Around 110 terms in plain language for education leaders. Kept current as the vocabulary changes — and it changes fast.

VocabularyAI literacy
Open AI in Education Glossary

AI Integration Guide

From Agua Fria Union High School District

Guide · Link checked September 2026

One readable guide covering every audience — staff, students, families — with graphics that carry the explanation rather than decorating it. A good model if you are writing one document instead of five.

Approving toolsStaff trainingStudent expectationsAI literacy
Open at Agua Fria Union High School District (opens in a new tab)

AI Literacy Progressions

From Chandler Unified School District

Lesson materials · Cited in the state guidance · Link checked September 2026

What AI literacy looks like at each grade band, laid out as a progression rather than a one-off lesson. Cited in the state guidance.

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Open at Chandler Unified School District (opens in a new tab)

AI Integration Model

From Chandler Unified School District

Implementation model · Cited in the state guidance · Link checked September 2026

How one large district structured its own AI implementation — useful mostly as a shape to argue with. Cited in the state guidance.

Approving toolsStaff trainingAI literacy
Open at Chandler Unified School District (opens in a new tab)

Artificial Intelligence Guidance

From Maricopa Unified School District

Policy language · Cited in the state guidance · Link checked September 2026

A student-use system that balances AI as a learning tool against AP and dual-enrollment requirements, and asks students to evaluate outputs for bias and accuracy. Cited in the state guidance.

Student expectationsBoard policy
Open at Maricopa Unified School District (opens in a new tab)

AI Document Guide

From Vail Unified School District

Guide · Link checked September 2026

One page indexing everything Vail built — approved websites, a responsible use policy, an assignment stoplight, and six training modules. Two of those modules are built on acronyms staff and students can actually remember:

TEACH for teachers

  • Thoroughly Evaluate
  • Engage with Curriculum Documents
  • Acknowledge Your Expertise
  • Cultivate a Balanced Approach
  • Harness the Potential of AI

LEARN for students

  • Limit Personal Information
  • Evaluate Information
  • Ask Critical Questions
  • Reflect on Learning
  • Never Rely Solely on AI
Approving toolsStaff trainingStudent expectationsAI literacyData privacyBoard policy
Open at Vail Unified School District (opens in a new tab)

The Agentic Cookbook

From Agua Fria Union High School District

Guide · Link checked September 2026

A shared cookbook for K-12 teams building their own AI tools, which Agua Fria contributes to. It starts with the foundations — sign-on, hosting, and keeping student data inside your own systems — then offers recipes with build steps and a prompt to hand your own coding agent.

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Open at Agua Fria Union High School District (opens in a new tab)

AI Usage Guide for Students and Staff

From Premier Prep Online Academy

Guide · Link checked September 2026

One guide for students and staff: AI use levels, permitted and prohibited uses, citing and disclosing AI, data privacy, and cognitive offloading, set inside a competency-based model. Updated every December and June for the coming semester.

Student expectationsStaff trainingAI literacyData privacy
Open at Premier Prep Online Academy (opens in a new tab)

Family AI Guide

From Premier Prep Online Academy

Guide · Link checked September 2026

A short guide for families: why a live, spoken assessment keeps AI from doing the learning, how parents can follow along in Canvas, and practical ways to support healthy AI use at home. Updated every December and June.

Student expectations
Open at Premier Prep Online Academy (opens in a new tab)

Student Quick Reference

From Premier Prep Online Academy

Reference · Link checked September 2026

One page for students: what AI is for and what it is not for, four use levels from “no AI” to “ask your teacher and disclose”, a sample disclosure note, and safety reminders. Updated every December and June.

Student expectationsAI literacyData privacy
Open at Premier Prep Online Academy (opens in a new tab)

Better AI Habits

From Yuma Union High School District

Workshop · Link checked September 2026

An interactive staff workshop from Dane Jacobson: quick tricks for better output today, interactive tips on how language models read and drift, and the habits worth changing for lasting impact on teaching.

Staff trainingAI literacy
Open at Yuma Union High School District (opens in a new tab)

Student AI Advisory Panel

From Vail Unified School District

Implementation model · Link checked September 2026

How Vail is building student leadership in AI: the slides from its high school AI literacy student voice session, where students tell the district how they actually use AI and help shape what comes next.

Student expectationsAI literacy
Open at Vail Unified School District (opens in a new tab)

9-12 AI Literacy Lessons in ELA

From Vail Unified School District

Lesson materials · Link checked September 2026

How Vail is working with its English teachers to build grade 9-12 AI literacy lessons aligned with the ELA standards, so AI literacy lives inside a course every student already takes.

AI literacy
Open at Vail Unified School District (opens in a new tab)

Artificial Intelligence Guidelines

From Tempe Union High School District

Policy language · Link checked September 2026

Separate guidelines for general use, for students, and for teachers. Teachers set the acceptable level of AI use assignment by assignment, and students get a plain rule: when unsure, ask before you submit.

Student expectationsStaff training
Open at Tempe Union High School District (opens in a new tab)

AI Guidance 2026

From Marana Unified School District

Policy language · Link checked September 2026

Marana Unified's district-wide AI guidance for 2026, including its profile of a graduate, its profile of an AI-ready graduate, and developmental guidance by grade band.

Board policyStudent expectationsAI literacy
Open at Marana Unified School District (opens in a new tab)

Generative AI Policy

From ASU Prep Digital

Policy language · Link checked September 2026

A handbook policy that scaffolds expectations by grade level, requires students to disclose and cite AI use, and takes a restorative approach when misuse comes from confusion rather than intent.

Student expectationsBoard policy
Open at ASU Prep Digital (opens in a new tab)

Artificial Intelligence Resources for Families

From Sunnyside Unified School District

Guide · Link checked September 2026

A family-facing page: what AI and generative AI are, which tools the district has approved, how teachers switch student access on lesson by lesson, and what families can do at home.

Approving toolsStudent expectationsAI literacy
Open at Sunnyside Unified School District (opens in a new tab)

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