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District forms AI task force to draft guidance on classroom use, academic integrity and staff training
Summary
San Rafael City Schools announced an artificial-intelligence task force that will meet in four sessions beginning next week to produce nonbinding guidance for staff, students and families on use of generative AI in classrooms and district operations.
San Rafael City Schools will convene an artificial-intelligence task force to develop guidance on the use of generative AI across the district, district staff told trustees at the Jan. 13 meeting. The task force will meet virtually across four 90-minute sessions and brings together administrators, site leaders, parents, certificated and classified staff and a large student delegation.
Christy Novak, the district’s technology lead, described the task force composition as administrators, site leaders, six parents representing elementary through high school, seven certificated staff members, and a notably large student contingent (12 students, including middle- and high-school representatives). The work will produce a short guidance document (two to four pages is the target), a presentation summarizing findings and recommended next steps for how the district might manage AI tools in instruction and operations.
Scope and deliverables
Ms. Novak said the task force will focus on establishing shared definitions and understanding of AI tools and their classroom uses; academic-integrity considerations; staff and student training needs; equity and access; and recommendations for next steps. The guidance is intended to be advisory and informational, not a mandatory edict; it will suggest possible policies, classroom practices and procurement processes the district may adopt.
Trustees and staff asked for rapid feedback loops and suggested the district: (1) identify teacher pilots and examples of classroom practice to surface as case studies, (2) make sure guidance covers both accelerated-learner uses and how AI can support students across different skill levels, and (3) provide periodic progress updates to the board. Several trustees urged starting small classroom pilots sooner rather than later so the district can learn from practice while the task force refines guidance.
Ending
District staff said they will circulate a mid-task-force update and a final guidance document; they will also provide examples of current teacher experiments and available tools so the board can see practical use cases as work proceeds.
