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District outlines AI training, student literacy lessons and privacy guardrails
Summary
Technology staff reported all faculty completed AI 101 training, pilot use of classroom AI tools, plans for paid platform consideration to secure privacy protections, and a student AI‑literacy rollout beginning this winter for middle and high schools.
District technology staff briefed the board on the Haverford Township School District's AI implementation on Oct. 9, describing staff training completed over the past year, classroom pilots and planned student lessons.
Miss Meredith Hearn and Mr. Rob Anderson presented the update. They said all seven school faculties completed an "AI 101" training that set the district's core beliefs and a "human‑in‑the‑loop" framework requiring teacher oversight of AI outputs. "AI is not replacing humans. It's enhancing education," the presenters said when describing the district's guiding principle.
Technology staff described targeted meetings with content groups at the middle and high school levels and administrative trainings over the summer to demonstrate productivity tools (presenters mentioned apps such as Gamma, Magic School and Canva in the presentation). The district has piloted a small number of classroom tools (staff said School AI had been tested at the high school because it enables teacher monitoring of student interactions) and noted that many ed‑tech providers are integrating AI agents into existing platforms.
The working group is evaluating whether to narrow district use to one or two paid platforms. Staff said the main reasons to consider paid tools are stronger privacy protections and the ability to customize prompts and resources to match district templates and strategic goals. Technology staff emphasized a privacy rule already in the district training: do not submit personally identifiable student information or any data that could be linked to a single student into third‑party AI tools.
Staff outlined a plan for student AI‑literacy lessons (five modules covering what AI is, how it works, bias and ethics, environmental impacts, and district‑specific expectations). They said the lessons would begin this school year at the high school and middle school levels in winter (presenters referenced planning to start around November) and would use a red/yellow/green traffic‑light protocol for acceptable classroom AI use. Board members and staff asked that lessons also include social‑emotional considerations and workforce context.
Ending: The district's AI working group will reconvene to develop evaluation criteria for potential paid tools, share timelines and demonstrations with the board, and continue to update training materials and the AR if needed. Technology staff said they will provide the board and administrators with copies of the AI 101 presentation and student lesson plans when available.
