A 90-day map for running your first AI pilot, without betting the district on it.
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Most AI advice for schools is hype or fear. This is the checklist I use to run pilots small enough to be safe and big enough to learn from.
Choose one narrow job, low risk and useful, like leveling a reading passage. A win counts, and a miss costs almost nothing.
Settle privacy, data, and student-information questions before anyone touches a tool. Student privacy rules (FERPA, the federal law that protects student records) are part of every step, not an afterthought.
Who's involved, what to communicate, and a weekly rhythm that keeps the pilot from stalling after kickoff.
Know whether it worked, what to show your principal or cabinet, and how to decide, with numbers, whether to keep it, stop it, or offer it to more classrooms. If a reading-level tool saved each teacher 45 minutes a week, it goes to the whole grade.
It's free, and it's useful even if you never hire me. That's the point.
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