5110 - CCSD Policy on Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) Integration
5110 - CCSD Policy on Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) Integration
Artificial Intelligence is described by the US Department of Education as two broad shifts from today’s use of technology in schools: (1) from capturing data to detecting patterns in data and (2) from providing access to instructional resources to automating decisions about teaching and learning processes.
Compared to commonplace educational technology, detecting patterns and automating decisions marks an increase in the level of responsibilities a person may delegate to a computer system.
Artificial Intelligence Offers the Following to Public Schools:
AI enables new forms of interaction. Students and teachers can speak, gesture, sketch, and use other natural human modes of communication to interact with a computational resource and each other. AI can generate human-like responses, as well.
AI can help educators address variability in student learning. With AI, designers can anticipate and address the long tail of variations in how students can successfully learn—whereas traditional curricular resources were designed to teach to the middle or most common learning pathways.
AI supports powerful forms of adaptivity. Conventional technologies adapt based upon the correctness of student answers. AI enables adapting to a student’s learning process as it unfolds step-by-step, not simply providing feedback on right or wrong answers.
AI can enhance feedback loops. AI can increase the quality and quantity of feedback provided to students and teachers, as well as suggesting resources to advance their teaching and learning.
AI can support educators. Educators can be involved in designing AI-enabled tools to make their jobs better and to enable them to better engage and support their students.
AI increases existing risks and introduces news risks yet to be considered. AI increases risks already present in educational technology, especially data privacy and security. AI adds new risks of algorithmic discrimination due to unwanted patterns in existing data and unfair automated decision-making.
Chappaqua Central School District’s Stance on AI Technology
The responsible and ethical integration of generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) into the Chappaqua Central School District's educational environment is a necessary consideration as technology continues to evolve. By harnessing Artificial Intelligence, we believe we will enhance learning, teaching, and administrative processes while upholding our values of academic excellence and integrity.
This policy supports our commitment to evolving educational practices, ensuring students are prepared to thrive in a dynamic, technology-driven world.
Student Responsibilities & Expectations
Students shall have access to age-appropriate AI tools that support their learning and creativity while ensuring the privacy and security of their data and AI-generated content. They are entitled to transparent information about how AI tools are used and should receive support in using these tools effectively and ethically. In turn, students have the responsibility to use AI tools ethically for educational purposes, credit AI assistance in their work where applicable, protect the privacy of their own and others' data, and report any misuse of AI tools.
Students are responsible for generating their own content following the guidance and expectations of the faculty. Students may use AI tools to complement their learning and enhance creativity as permitted by their teacher, while maintaining academic integrity by not representing AI-generated content as their own work and describing how they used AI in completing their own work. They should follow established guidelines of their teacher for citing AI sources, such as using APA format, and respect privacy and intellectual property when utilizing AI tools. By doing so, they can effectively leverage AI to support their learning in an ethical and responsible manner.
Staff Responsibilities & Expectations
Staff shall have access to professional development and training on AI tools, access to AI tools that support instructional and administrative tasks, opportunities to collaborate on AI integration, and support in addressing the challenges and ethical considerations of AI use. In turn, they are responsible for enhancing, not replacing, human interaction and instruction with AI, ensuring ethical and transparent AI tool usage, protecting student data privacy and the security of AI-generated content, guiding students in the ethical use of AI, and modeling appropriate AI usage. Teachers shall be responsible for communicating to students AI usage expectations for student-generated content consistent with this policy. Staff should use AI to enhance teaching, learning, and efficiency.
AI Applications & Instructional Requirements
Because any information used as input in a Generative(Gen) AI may be used by that system and potentially made available to other users of the system, district users must not input any sensitive, copyrighted, proprietary, or confidential district information, consistent with applicable state and federal laws and district policies, including but not limited to the following:
- Student information: anything that would be protected by FERPA or Education Law 2-d
- Staff information: anything that would be protected by Education Law 2-d, or other confidential personnel information.
Faculty will only use GenAI tools with students that are Educational Law 2-d compliant and approved by Chappaqua Central School District.
A Statement on AI Bias/Inaccurate Information
Chappaqua Central School District recognizes potential biases and inequities embedded in AI tools. The district also acknowledges that the data used to train GenAI models is not usually made public, may be biased, and may violate copyright laws. The responses generated by GenAI may be biased, wrong, or violate copyright laws.
We are committed to promoting a unified understanding of AI while critically examining its biases to ensure equitable access for all students and accurate information.
Adopted: August 29, 2024