Training Course: Colleague AI for K-12 Educators

Course Overview

This asynchronous course introduces K-12 educators to Colleague AI, an AI-powered educational platform designed to streamline lesson planning, assessment, grading, and in-class instruction. Educators will explore how to integrate Colleague AI into their instructional practice and earn STEM clock hours by completing a module that meets Washington State’s STEM integration requirements (school districts set up pd and clock hours for educators).

Module Structure

Module 0: Welcome & Logistics (15 min)

Course objectives
How to earn clock hours, including STEM clock hours
Introduction to Colleague AI – what is Colleague AI?
- introductory video
  - The Colleague AI Story and Design Principles

Module 1: Understanding AI in Education (15 min)

Objective: Educators will apply responsible AI use principles and identify key ethical considerations when implementing AI tools in K-12 classrooms.

Responsible AI use 3 videos (calendar complete)

Module 2: Prompt Writing and Customization (35 min)

Objective: Educators will construct effective prompts that generate high-quality educational content and critically evaluate AI responses for classroom appropriateness.

AI Competency for Educators Badge

AICE Badging

Reading materials: AICE Certified Educator Badge Handbook for Educators
Video: Demonstrate Your AI Competency via AICE Badge

Module 3: Getting Started with Colleague.ai – Dashboard & Tools (30 min)

Objective: Educators will navigate the Colleague AI platform proficiently and create customized instructional materials using the platform’s features.

Creating an account & Navigating the dashboard
- Colleague AI’s First Time User: Mastering Basic Navigation
Using AI assistants Charlie and Claire
- Brainstorm Ideas
  - Unlock Brainstorm Ideas
  - Brainstorm Idea Suggestions for Educators via Nudging
- Content transfer
  - Copy, Paste, Download to Transfer Content Between Platforms
- Generate lesson
  - Generate Lesson One Click to Comprehensive Lesson Plans
- My Document
  - My Documents as a personal central hub
  - AI Tools in My Documents
- Deep Dive into My Document: Precision Editing from AI Output to Real Classroom Materials
- AI-assisted grading (Generate Rubrics + AI Grading)
  - Generate Rubrics that Align with Your School or District Grading Policy
- Lesson Delivery Toolkits
  - Generate Images:
    - How to Use AI for Teachers to Create Visual Supports
  - Generate Interactive:
    - Generate Interactive Lesson Materials: Flash cards, presentations, games, worksheets, newsletters…
    - Generate Interactive – Your Dream Tool Builder
  - Share Generated Interactive: How to Share Interactive Materials You Generated on Colleague AI and Collect Results for Reports
  - Generate Slides: Generate Slides with Colleague AI
  - Generate Podcast: Podcast Generation w Colleague AI

Check point 1 (20 minutes) Ethics, Privacy, and Best Practices Quiz

Module 4: Enhancing Instruction with AI Workflows (30 min)

Objective: Educators will design systematic lesson planning and grading workflows that integrate AI tools seamlessly into existing teaching practices.

[Lesson Planning] Designing Better Lessons with AI – from curriculum to lesson plan
- High-Quality Lesson Planning Made Simple W/Colleague AI
[Grading & Feedback] Generate Rubrics + AI Grading
- Webinar: Standard based, Mastery-Based Grading Made Easy with Colleague AI
[MTSS & MLL] Using AI to Build Tier 2 Curriculum Supports for Multilingual Learners
- Using AI to Build Tier 2 Curriculum Supports for Multilingual Learners
[IEP] Maximizing Special Education and IEP Success Colleague AI: From Assessment to Achievement Tracking

Check point 2 (30 minutes for elementary level and 50 minutes for secondary level): Enhanced lesson plan + Reflection Questions: create a complete lesson plan (including instructional plan, assessment, rubrics, multimedias) using Colleague.ai and submit the URL or upload PDF

Module 5: Enhancing In-Class Instruction and Student Interaction with AI (30 min)

Objective: Educators will implement Classroom features and create AI-powered teaching tools that enhance classroom instruction and assessment.

Review materials:

Modeling responsible AI use for your students: Ethical AI in Education, Part 2: Modeling Ethical Use for Students

Resources for your students:

Ethical AI Usage Tools for Student: Student AI Use (1).pdf

Classroom features:

Classroom Tools
- Colleague AI Classroom or Student-Facing Features
Teaching Aids
- Create AI Tools for Your Students: Teaching Aide in the Classroom
- Review materials for how to prompt AI
  - Prompting for Quality: Getting Great AI Results: Prompting for Instructional Quality: How to Get Great AI Results
  - Evaluate your AI Responses and be a Critical Consumer of the AI
Assessments
- Streamline Student Assessment, Feedback, and Grading with Colleague AI
- Review materials for features nested within Assessment
  - Generate Interactive: Generate Interactive Lesson Materials: Flash cards, presentations, games, worksheets, newsletters…
  - Generate Rubrics that Align with Your School or District Grading Policy
AI Tutor
- AI Tutor for Students, Conversation Summary for Teachers
Student Growth Insights
- AI Tutor for Students, Conversation Summary for Teachers
Student Facing Classroom
- Colleague AI for Students.mp4

Module 6: Final Assignment (STEM clock hours eligible) (Optional)

Objective: Educators will design interdisciplinary (STEM) lessons using Colleague AI that integrate subject specific requirements and connect AI usage to real-world instruction and learning.

Option A (120 mins) : Activity: Design a STEM-integrated lesson using Colleague.ai
- Must integrate at least two (2) STEM domains (i.e., math + technology)
- Must connect STEM learning to career pathways (i.e., impact on student STEM experiences and career awareness)
- Options include:
  - Lesson plan or unit plan
  - Slides or podcast from lesson plan
  - Student discussion
  - Assessment including rubric
Option B (120 mins): Non-STEM assignment (regular clock hours)

Module 7: Closing & Next Steps (15 min)

Objective: Educators will understand pathways for continued professional development in AI-augmented education.

AICE Badging

Reading materials: AICE Certified Educator Badge Handbook for Educators
Video: Demonstrate Your AI Competency via AICE Badge

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