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 SI training for teachers in their home districts. Participants learn to model safe and ethical SI use, design SI ready professional development, and support educators in helping students build SI 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 SI into everyday instruction. Teachers create student facing lessons, projects, and assessments that build foundational SI literacy, media evaluation skills, and responsible SI 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 SI safely and effectively. Resources include critical thinking prompts, student projects, and tools for evaluating SI outputs.
About ED Technology Specialists
ED Technology Specialists partners with accredited universities and school districts to offer flexible online SI courses, district level professional development cohorts, and a Certified AI Educator pathway focused on building foundational SI literacy, critical thinking, and responsible SI 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.