Make Better Decisions About AI in Schools.

In partnership with University of New Hampshire Professional Development & Training, this certificate helps educators and school leaders build the practical judgment to evaluate AI-generated work, protect meaningful learning, respond to student AI use, safeguard sensitive information, and make thoughtful, defensible decisions about where AI belongs—and where it does not—in classrooms and schools.

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Fully Asynchronous Online

Complete on Your Own Time

12 Contact Hours

1.2 CEUs (Continuing Education Units)

Certificate of Completion

Issued by University of New Hampshire Professional Development & Training

$129

with District-Wide Enrollments Starting at Just $59

Professional Learning Built for the Decisions Educators are Already Facing

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Build Practical AI Judgment

Learn how to evaluate AI-generated materials, recognize where they may fail, and decide when to use, revise, verify, limit, or reject them.
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Protect Teaching & Learning

Explore how AI affects lesson design, student thinking, assessment, privacy, and evidence of learning—without losing sight of what students actually need to know and do.
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Apply it in Your Own Work

Work through realistic school scenarios, complete six applied Portfolio Studios, and leave with practical frameworks and resources you can use beyond the certificate.

Why This Certificate?

Most AI professional learning focuses on tools, prompts, or short-term productivity.

AI Judgment & Practice for K–12 Educators is built around the harder questions educators and school leaders are actually facing: what to trust, what supports learning, what information needs protection, how student AI use changes assessment, and when AI should—or should not—be part of the work.

The goal is not to persuade you to use more AI. It's to help you make better decisions about it.

Made for educators by educators
Realistic classroom and school scenarios keep the learning grounded in the work educators actually do—not generic technology demonstrations.

Designed for professional judgment

You will practice evaluating evidence, weighing tradeoffs, protecting learning goals, and making decisions you can explain and defend.

Backed by meaningful professional learning

Complete a rigorous, fully asynchronous 12-contact-hour certificate and earn 1.2 CEUs and a Certificate of Completion from UNH Professional Development & Training.

Professional Learning with Substance Behind It

AI Judgment & Practice for K–12 Educators was developed by LessonDesk Learning, a product of North Light AI, in partnership with the University of New Hampshire Professional Development & Training.

The certificate combines practical K–12 scenarios, applied learning, and a consistent focus on professional judgment—not promotion of a particular AI tool or approach.

Participants who successfully complete the certificate earn 1.2 Continuing Education Units (12 contact hours) and receive a Certificate of Completion from UNH Professional Development & Training.

OUR APPROACH

Healthy skepticism is not a barrier to thoughtful AI use. It is one of its prerequisites.

You know your students, your classroom, and your community. This certificate is designed to strengthen that professional expertise—not replace it.
The goal isn't automatic trust or automatic rejection. It's thoughtful professional judgment.

- LessonDesk Learning Philosophy

Built for Credible Professional Learning

AI Judgment & Practice for K–12 Educators is designed to give educators more than exposure to AI tools. It combines rigorous professional learning, applied practice, and a university-backed credential in one fully asynchronous experience.

You’ll work through realistic classroom and school scenarios, apply practical decision frameworks, and complete portfolio-based activities that connect directly to your professional work.

Credit Hours

Applied Modules

CEUs.

What You'll Experience

This certificate is designed around the real decisions educators are already making about AI. You’ll move beyond abstract discussion and apply practical frameworks to classroom, assessment, privacy, workflow, and leadership scenarios.

Practical Tools for the Decisions Ahead

#protect learning | #empower educators| #make better decisions 

A practical framework for evaluating AI-generated lessons, assessments, communications, and other materials before you use them.

Use it to ask: What needs verification? What fits the context? What are the consequences if this is wrong?
Strategies for redesigning assignments and assessments so you can see what students actually know and can do—even when AI is available.

Use it to ask: What evidence would convince me the learning actually occurred?
Practical guidance for protecting student information, navigating AI assistance, and recognizing situations that require greater caution or human review.

Use it to ask: What should be shared, limited, verified, or kept outside an AI system?

About UNH Professional Development & Training

University of New Hampshire Professional Development & Training provides practical continuing education and professional development for individuals, organizations, and schools. Its offerings include workshops, certificate programs, online learning, and customized training designed to help professionals build skills they can apply directly in their work.
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