AI Instructional Coach?

Image: Google Gemini

The largest school districts in the country are banning student-facing AI tools. There's a divide among teachers about whether students should use AI, what for, and at what grade levels and content areas. Some districts are ambivalent and waiting. Some are actively embracing it. Some are using AI for everything.

Pipestone just posted the first school-based position I've seen built specifically around this: an AI Instructional Coach. Two days a week, coaching teachers on integrating a district-selected AI tool into instruction. It's not just here's a cool tool. It's about bias, accuracy, and all the other stuff we know we need to talk about with AI.

I've led AI training for teachers at the district and school level. I've taught AI at the undergrad and graduate levels. I've heard every argument for and against. I use AI constantly. Claude, Gemini, and Copilot are great thought partners for my introverted self.

I have so many questions about the model behind this role:

• Which tool did they land on, and did teachers have a say?
• What drove the decision to create a dedicated AI coach?
• Is there already widespread rogue AI use?
• What access do students have?
• Does this stay a part-time role, or does it grow?

I'm genuinely curious to learn how they got here. And I wonder if other districts are going to follow suit?

Pipestone is a bit far from my home base, but if anyone in my network is closer and this sounds like you, take a look.

Job Posting: https://lnkd.in/gwqRySg9

*Post edited with Claude.

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