Clear is Kind: Establishing Student AI Expectations for Middle and High School Educators

We do our students an unkindness when we do not share clear expectations for acceptable and unacceptable use of generative AI. You'll leave this webinar with a working draft of AI expectations you can use in your classroom, along with research-informed language for talking with students about AI in a way that builds their confidence in their own thinking, rather than their dependence on a tool. Roughly two-thirds of middle schoolers and high schoolers say their school has no school-wide rule for responsible AI use (RAND 2026) — this session unpacks why vague or one-size-fits-all AI policies fail students and walks through a simple stoplight framework (red, yellow, and green zones) that makes the boundaries of AI use clear across every phase of student work, from brainstorming to final submission.