For Arkansas school districts
Arkansas Educational AI Training and Compliance for School Districts
Your board has adopted an AI policy, and Arkansas and federal law set rules too. We make sure every teacher and staff member knows those rules and uses AI the right way, and we give them time back for students.
Your staff want to start, and your policy tells them how.
Teachers, principals and office staff are curious about AI, and many are already trying it. Your board's policy, Arkansas law and federal privacy rules each say how it may be used. Our job is to turn those rules into everyday practice, so your staff can say yes to AI with confidence and your district has the records to show they were trained.
Your staff learn which tools are approved and what information never goes into an AI tool.
A person makes every decision about a student, and every staff member knows it.
Parents can see how AI is used in your classrooms.
Compliance comes first
Every session is built on three layers of rules.
Your district's AI policy
Many Arkansas districts adopted the school boards association's model policies on AI for licensed staff, support staff and student use. We build every session around the policy your board adopted, so staff learn the approved tools, the information that stays out of AI, and who makes the final decision.
Arkansas law
Act 848 of 2025, in effect since August 3, 2025, requires every public entity in Arkansas, including school districts and charter schools, to have a written AI policy, train employees on appropriate use, keep a person making the final decision, and make the policy available to the public on request. Arkansas's Student Online Personal Information Protection Act protects the student information that online services hold.
Federal law and guidance
FERPA protects student education records, and COPPA protects children under thirteen online. Under IDEA and Section 504, decisions about students with disabilities stay with the IEP or 504 team. In April 2025 a presidential executive order made AI education, including teacher training, a national priority, and in July 2025 the U.S. Department of Education issued guidance on responsible AI use in schools, with attention to student privacy and engaging parents.
We are not attorneys. Your district's attorney reviews any policy language and decides legal questions, and we gladly work alongside them.
The program
The program runs in seven pieces, in the order that makes them stick.
Each piece stands on its own, so your district can start with one and add the next when it is ready.
01
A free goals conversation
We sit down with your superintendent, your professional development lead, your technology director and anyone else you invite. Your goals decide what every session covers. No sales, no obligation.
02
Your AI tool selection committee
Two working sessions leave your committee with a way to review any tool for privacy, cost and fit, a first approved tool list, and a plain-language page for parents. Ed facilitates, and the committee decides.
03
Leading AI, for principals and district leaders
This half-day session covers leading AI use in their buildings, supporting teachers, answering parents, staying inside policy and reporting progress to the board. Teachers follow their principal's lead, so this is where the training starts to stick.
04
A hands-on session in every building
Licensed staff spend ninety minutes, an hour hands on and thirty minutes for questions, on what AI can and cannot do, daily use, ethics and privacy, and rules for student use. Up to about forty people take part in each session.
05
A session for support staff
Paraprofessionals and office, cafeteria, transportation and custodial staff learn AI around their own daily work, so they are trained before they use it.
06
Monthly office hours
One virtual hour each month covers new features, privacy changes and new guidance, and anyone on staff can bring a question or a task.
07
A report to your board
A short two-way report covers what staff learned, what they asked for and what comes next. We prepare it, and your superintendent decides how it is presented, whether you present it yourself, present it with us, have us present it, or share a short video.
After the foundations, your district can add classroom and office modules, such as lesson planning with the curriculum your teachers already use, feedback and rubrics where the teacher decides the grade, students and academic integrity, parent letters and paperwork, and onboarding for staff hired later.
Every session arrives ready to use.
Every session includes Ed on site with an assistant, handouts and practice exercises, a completion certificate for every attendee, sign-in records for your district's files, a short feedback form through a QR code, and a lot more.
We work around your calendar.
We plan around your in-service days, early-release afternoons and summer sessions, and we never add training to the end of a full teaching day. The committee and your leaders come first, and the building sessions follow on your next training days, so most of the foundation work fits within a semester.
Your sessions can count toward professional development hours.
Sessions can count toward the thirty-six hours of professional development Arkansas requires of licensed staff when your district lists them in its professional learning plan, the same way it counts its own in-house training.
Who leads the work
Ed Becker is an educator first.
Ed taught for more than twenty years, from fourth grade through college, and served as a school principal before he spent his career leading technology programs for organizations as large as the FAA and NASA. He leads the sessions himself, with our team behind him.
Your students' information stays private.
We never need student information. We use made-up examples, we never touch student records, and we work with adults only.
Every district works from one price list.
Every district pays the same price for the same piece, from one standard price list. Your total depends on your buildings, your staff and the pieces you choose, so Ed goes over it with you himself, and you get a number that fits your district.
Common questions
These are the questions superintendents ask.
Start with a conversation about your goals.
It is free, there is no sales and no obligation, and your goals decide what every session covers.
