AI can support learning, but you remain responsible for your thinking and your work.

Students must always:

• Be the author of their ideas

AI can support brainstorming or editing, but the thinking must be yours.

• Be transparent about AI use

If AI helped shape your work, you must say so.

• Be able to explain your work

If you submit something, you must understand it and be able to explain it.

• Use AI in ways that strengthen learning

AI should help you explore ideas—not replace the effort required to learn.

AI should not replace experiences that are central to human development, including critical thinking, creativity, interpersonal communication, ethical reasoning, and authentic reflection.

Teachers will identify the AI level allowed for each assignment.

Students must follow the assigned level.

Level 1 — No AI Use

AI tools may not be used at any stage of the assignment.

This includes:

• Chatbots

• AI writing tools

• AI summarizers

• AI translators

• AI editing tools

Work must reflect your own knowledge, understanding, and skills.

This level is often used when teachers want to see your independent thinking or skill development.

Level 2 — AI-Assisted Idea Generation

AI may be used for:

• brainstorming ideas

• generating questions

• organizing a structure or outline

However:

• your final work must be written in your own words

• you must demonstrate your own understanding

• AI-generated ideas must be clearly cited

Level 3 — AI-Assisted Editing

Students must first complete an original draft without AI tools.

Afterward, AI may be used to:

• improve clarity

• adjust sentence structure

• improve grammar

• reorganize writing

AI may not add new ideas or content.

Students may be asked to submit the original draft along with the edited version.

Level 4 — AI for Specified Elements

Teachers may allow AI for specific parts of an assignment, such as:

• research support

• data analysis

• coding assistance

• brainstorming creative ideas

The teacher will clearly explain what AI can and cannot be used for.

Students must cite AI contributions and explain how AI was used.

Level 5 — Full AI Use with Human Oversight

AI may be used as a creative and intellectual partner.

Students may:

• generate ideas

• explore perspectives

• refine arguments

• test solutions

However, students must still:

• review AI outputs critically

• check for errors or bias

• cite AI contributions

• demonstrate understanding of the final work

AI should act as a co-pilot, not the pilot.

When AI is used, teachers may ask students to demonstrate how their thinking has developed.

This may include:

• early drafts

• brainstorming notes

• prompt logs

• reflections about how AI was used

• explaining work verbally

• process journals

This helps teachers understand how you learned, not just what you produced.

When AI contributes to your work, you must:

• cite AI-generated content in text and in a bibliography

• include the AI tool used

• provide a link to the AI conversation if requested

• include a brief statement describing how AI helped

Your teacher will indicate which citation style to use (APA, MLA, Chicago, etc.) .

You are responsible for reviewing everything AI produces.

AI tools can:

• make mistakes

• invent facts

• include bias

• misunderstand questions

Before submitting work, students should ask:

• Does this make sense?

• Is the information accurate?

• Do I understand what I wrote?

If the answer is no, the work is not ready to submit.