Professional Learning

AI Fellows Program

The AI Fellows Program is looking for classroom teachers and school-based instructional coaches grades 7-12 in all subjects. We seek participants who are strong instructional planners, who are innovative, creative, and flexible, and who want to implement essential AI skills into their HQIM so that students can practice using AI to think deeper, create better, and solve problems more efficiently than they could on their own. This program will run two cohorts (Cohort 1 from Oct 13 - Jan 12, 2027 and Cohort 2 from Jan 26 - Mar 30, 2027). Both cohorts will have the opportunity to join together to culminate in a Telescope Network Learning Site from April 6 - May 11, 2027. 

The AI Fellows program is designed to support student-facing classroom teachers and instructional coaches with direct district guidance, a collaborative community for sharing, and hands-on learning through virtual meetings, site visits/observations, and active peer feedback.

This course counts toward the 12 hour inclusion requirement. Participants can earn 12 PDPs or 1 ALC.

Click here for the syllabus. Please register for this PD on Vector. 

• Google AI Educator Series: AI literacy training by Google, focusing on Gemini and other Google tools

• AI Basics for K–12 Teachers by Common Sense Education

• Professional development offerings from Day of AI

• Artificial Intelligence (AI) in K12 Schools from MA Department of Elementary & Secondary Education, Office of Educational Technology, including state AI guidance, asynchronous PD module, and more.

• DayofAI.org: Free and open-source AI curriculum, assessments, and teacher PD materials developed by MIT RAISE.

• Risk Assessment: AI Teacher Assistants by Common Sense Media. Read about risks of using AI for common instructional tasks with specific examples. 

• Risk Assessment: Google Search: AI Overview & AI Mode by Common Sense Media. Learn the risks of AI in Google Search. 

• AI Prompt Library for Educators: List of example prompts that can be copied & pasted into AI chatbots

• ChatGPT, Chatbots and Artificial Intelligence in Education from Ditch That Textbook

• When to, and When NOT to, use AI-Generated Media for Teaching & Learning by Torrey Trust