Category: Classroom Management

Routines, engagement and classroom culture.

  • How to Write an AI Classroom Policy: A Teacher’s Guide

    Stage: Middle and Secondary · Language: English · Format: Guide

    An AI classroom policy is a short, living agreement about how AI tools may — and may not — be used in your class during the year. It sets expectations, protects learning and helps students use AI honestly.

    Why have one?

    • It builds shared responsibility and accountability.
    • It creates trust and transparency between you and your students.
    • It develops digital literacy and critical thinking.
    • It promotes fairness and responsible innovation.

    Five components

    1. Academic integrity

    • Spell out acceptable and unacceptable uses, with examples.
    • Ask students to label or cite AI-assisted work.
    • Assess the process (drafts, oral explanation, in-class work), not only the final product.

    2. Data privacy

    • No personal student data in public AI tools.
    • Use only tools your school has approved.
    • Tell families how AI tools handle student data.

    3. Ethical use and AI literacy

    • Teach students to evaluate AI output critically.
    • Model transparency in your own AI use.
    • Discuss bias, misinformation and limitations openly.

    4. Equity and inclusion

    • Make sure every student has fair access to tools and support.
    • Use AI to improve accessibility and differentiation.
    • Watch for students being left out.

    5. Pedagogical alignment

    • Choose tools that fit your curriculum goals.
    • Use AI for creativity, personalisation and reflection.
    • Keep the teacher central: AI supports, it does not replace.

    Tips for creating your policy

    1. Collaborate: write it with your students.
    2. Keep it student-centred: focus on their learning.
    3. Stay flexible: tools change; your policy can too.
    4. Be transparent: discuss expectations and boundaries openly.
    5. Review regularly: revisit it each term.

    Questions to settle with your class

    • Which AI tools are allowed in this class, and for what?
    • How will we define — and notice — AI misuse?
    • How will we protect personal data?
    • What skills do we need to use AI responsibly?
    • What must students disclose when they use AI in an assignment?

    Further reading: UNESCO’s AI competency framework for teachers and the European Commission–OECD AI Literacy Framework.

    AI literacy framework explained