Artificial intelligence is reshaping teaching, learning, and school operations. Massachusetts schools and districts are encouraged to take a thoughtful, proactive approach by building staff and student understanding, establishing clear expectations, protecting privacy, addressing bias and misinformation, and using AI to strengthen — not replace — high-quality instruction. This page provides guidance and resources to support responsible, equitable, and effective implementation.
This guide is designed to support district leaders in creating and refining AI-related implementation guidance as well as creating or refining AI-related policies. It offers a foundation for developing local guidance and policies while training educators, responsibly integrating AI tools, strengthening AI literacy and building adaptive systems that evolve with emerging technologies.
Designed specifically for school and district leaders to provide a strategic roadmap to help outline a process forward and transition toward proactive and thoughtful AI integration. The five-domain iterative loop empowers school leaders to routinely assess their district's progress and adapt their approach, ensuring that AI integration remains firmly rooted in pedagogy, data safety, and the community's core educational vision.
An interactive resource highlighting five scenarios that shift the focus from the technical "how" of generative AI to a "why"-based examination grounded in pedagogy and DESE's AI Literacy principles. Each scenario presents users with the opportunity to critically reflect on a potential use of generative AI in an educational setting. The scenarios provide a structured way to explore when AI integration is appropriate.
This online resource was created as an introduction to AI literacy for Massachusetts educators. This resource helps build AI literacy through practical support, real-world examples, and guided reflection.
This video series was created as an introduction to AI literacy for Massachusetts educators and as a companion to the AI Literacy for Educators online resource. View all 6 recorded webinar sessions, access slides, the webinar transcripts, and shared links for each session.
The link to the online resource below provides access to the AI Literacy for Educators course in a format that allows educators to request a Certificate of Completion once they have successfully completed the course. This online resource was created as an introduction to AI literacy for Massachusetts educators. This resource helps build AI literacy through practical support, real-world examples, and guided reflection.
Companion resources designed to complement the online resource AI Literacy for Massachusetts Educators and include a facilitation and discussion guide, printable handouts, companion slides, and certificates of completion for the facilitators to distribute.
Designed for facilitators, the companion resources are offered in two options: 1) 7, 45-minute sessions that cover the topics addressed in the online resource and 2) one, 2.5-hour session.
Please note: DESE is providing this information as a service to educators, schools, and districts and may revise or supplement it from time to time. The publication of this information does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation by DESE of any resource, product, curriculum, or system. DESE welcomes comments, additional information, and suggestions; please contact k12edtech@mass.gov .
Last Updated: August 26, 2026