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District deploys AI curriculum and teacher champions; pilots ChatGPT EDU for operational use
Summary
The board heard an update Sept. 9 on the district's multi-year effort to introduce AI literacy for students and teachers, roll out responsible-use guidelines, convene teacher "AI champions," and pilot ChatGPT EDU licenses for operational efficiencies.
The Iowa City Community School District told the board on Sept. 9 that it has deployed districtwide responsible-use guidelines for artificial intelligence, introduced grade-level lessons for K'12, convened an AI-champion teacher cohort and purchased ChatGPT EDU licenses for select operational and staff-use pilots.
Andrew Fencenmaker, who presented the update at the board meeting, described the multi-year rollout. The district first updated board policy in 2023 to require evaluation of AI tools and to direct age-appropriate student training; it then drafted responsible-use guidance and classroom curriculum for K'5, 6—2 and 9—2 last year and iterated the materials for the current school year. "We have revised the K'5 lessons to be standalone lessons for kindergarten, standalone lessons for first grade," Fencenmaker said, adding that 6—2 and 9—2 lessons are being integrated into social-studies…
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