Resources
- Train-the-Trainer AI Institute
The Train the Trainer AI Institute is a national online program that prepares K-12 district and school leaders to turnkey AI training for teachers in their home districts. Participants learn to model safe and ethical AI use, design AI ready professional development, and support educators in helping students build AI literacy and critical thinking skills. - Certified AI Educator Pathway
The Certified AI Educator Pathway is a four course sequence for K-12 educators that focuses on integrating AI into everyday instruction. Teachers create student facing lessons, projects, and assessments that build foundational AI literacy, media evaluation skills, and responsible AI use across subjects and grade levels. - Free AI Gems Resource Hub
The AI Gems Resource Hub is a free, classroom ready library of strategies, mini lessons, tutorials, and educator facing tools that help teachers and students use AI safely and effectively. Resources include critical thinking prompts, student projects, and tools for evaluating AI outputs.
About ED Technology Specialists
ED Technology Specialists partners with accredited universities and school districts to offer flexible online AI courses, district level professional development cohorts, and a Certified AI Educator pathway focused on building foundational AI literacy, critical thinking, and responsible AI use in K-12 classrooms. ETS also leads the Train the Trainer AI Institute for district and school leaders and maintains a free AI Gems hub with curriculum modules, sample lesson plans, and educator facing resources designed for K-12 teaching and learning.