Tolland schools outline AI guidelines, expand MTSS work and refine K–12 curriculum

Curriculum director Jennifer Webster told the Tolland Board of Education on April 9 that the district is preparing written guidelines and a representative district AI committee to steer how staff and students use artificial intelligence in classrooms.

Webster said district staff currently restrict student access and allow only seven state-approved AI tools to be used by adults because those vendors signed privacy agreements that cover student data. “Some of them require a written prompt to generate material,” Webster said, adding that other tools offer embedded prompts for teachers who are less comfortable writing prompts.

The committee will write “guidelines and guardrails” that Webster said will cover best and ethical practices for teachers and define how the district will respond when students submit AI-generated work. “The committee is gonna define those things as a group,” she said, noting the group will…