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
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.
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.
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?
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