School districts need a clear strategy for AI. We're here to help.

Rapid advancements in AI bring both opportunities and challenges for school districts. Without a clear, structured plan, AI integration can become fragmented, inequitable, and even misaligned with your district's priorities.

This step-by-step toolkit can help you ensure that AI use is aligned with your district's unique mission, vision, and goals. Designed to be flexible and adaptable for districts of different sizes, and with different needs and priorities, our toolkit emphasizes direct support for implementation—not just planning—at each stage.

Just getting started? Before diving into the full toolkit, use our Getting Started guide first to assess your district's AI readiness and identify practical next steps based on what stage you're in. To find the full suite of resources, go directly to the toolkit itself:

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Strategic benefits for your school district

Ensure a thoughtful, district-led approach that considers how AI aligns with your unique goals, policies, and community values.

Create a structured rollout plan so that AI adoption is uniform and consistent. Our toolkit prevents scattered pilot programs and helps districts establish a long-term, strategic approach..

Utilize actionable tools and resources with our implementation templates, professional learning materials, and practical guidance tailored for K–12 schools and districts.

Emphasize equity, compliance & responsible AI use with resources that offer guidance on AI policy and highlight effective and responsible approaches.

Customizable to your district's mission & vision

Mission-driven AI strategy: AI planning is guided by your district's core values.

Customizable implementation pathways: Adapt resources, policies, and templates based on your readiness, needs, and community input.

Stakeholder-centered decision-making: Engage educators, students, families, and leadership.

Sustainable, future-ready planning: Support long-term strategy development in your district.

Why we created this toolkit

Common Sense developed this resource in response to real-world needs we're seeing across our network of school districts. District leaders have asked for practical, easy-to-use tools that support thoughtful AI planning, decision-making, and implementation. This toolkit was created to support districts working through similar questions—and it's now freely available to any school district that might find it helpful.

The toolkit includes ready-to-use templates, implementation guides, and customizable resources to support districts at various stages of AI exploration and adoption. It prioritizes practical use cases that can be implemented today, while offering a strategic approach for navigating AI's evolving role into the future.