Licensing & Adoption

Partnering with AI in Education (PWAiE) is designed to be adopted thoughtfully, adapted responsibly, and held with care.

Licensing provides schools with clarity, shared language, and a consistent framework for supporting intentional AI use, while leaving room for local context, professional judgment, and institutional identity.

This is not a plug-and-play program. It is a framework meant to be lived with over time. Licensing grants time-bound permission for school-wide use and requires renewal for continued implementation.

What Licensing Provides

A PWAiE license supports schools by offering:

  • Permission to use the PWAiE framework within a school community during an active license term.
  • Shared language for students, educators, and leadership
  • A coherent structure that supports reflection, discernment, and developmental growth
  • Access to updated editions of the guide during the license term
  • Optional orientation and implementation support, when appropriate

    Licensing is designed to reduce ambiguity, not add complexity.

    What Licensing Is Not

    To avoid misalignment, it’s important to be clear about what licensing does not represent.

    Licensing does not:

    • Mandate specific tools, platforms, or vendors
    • Function as a monitoring or surveillance system
    • Replace existing policies, professional judgment, or human relationships
    • Require schools to move faster than they are ready to
    • Lock institutions into static practices or prescribed outcomes

    PWAiE is meant to support discernment, not compliance.

    Adoption Pathways

    Schools engage with the framework in different ways, depending on context and readiness. Common pathways include:

    • Individual school adoption
    • Division-specific or grade-band implementation
    • Pilot programs with reflective checkpoints
    • Network or consortium use (by conversation)

    The goal is coherence, not uniformity.

    Rollout & Use Over Time

    PWAiE is designed to unfold rather than “launch.”

    A typical arc may include:

    • An initial orientation period focused on shared language and posture
    • Early use centered on reflection and modeling rather than mastery
    • Ongoing adjustment informed by classroom and community experience
    • Periodic updates to the framework as AI use and understanding evolve
    • Continued use of the framework beyond the license term requires renewal.

    Schools are encouraged to move at a pace that aligns with their values and community.

    Stewardship & Use Guidelines

    PWAiE is offered with the expectation of responsible stewardship.

    Schools using the framework agree to:

    • Credit the Partnering with AI in Education framework when used or referenced
    • Avoid republishing, rebranding, or representing the framework as internally developed
    • Engage with the material in ways that honor its intent and scope
    • Schools are encouraged to evolve their own practices while respecting the originating framework.

    Schools are encouraged to evolve their own practices while respecting the originating framework.

    EU Context & Readiness

    Partnering with AI in Education is designed with European regulatory and ethical considerations in mind, including alignment with the intent of the EU AI Act.

    The framework emphasizes:

    • Human oversight and professional judgment
    • Developmentally appropriate use for minors
    • Transparency around purpose and limitations
    • Avoidance of surveillance, profiling, or automated decision-making

    PWAiE is positioned as a low-risk, educational support framework, not an automated system, and is intended to help schools engage with AI in ways that are consistent with emerging European guidance.

    A brief EU readiness note outlining this alignment will be made available for schools that require documentation for internal review or governance processes.

    View the EU Readiness Note

    How to adopt PWAiE

    Step 1: Short conversation 

    Step 2: Choose a path

    • Pilot Path (Evaluation Use): Run a 4-week pilot with a small cohort using the Pilot Packet.
    • License Path (Implementation Use): Move directly into an institutional license for broader use.

    Step 3: Decision point

    After the pilot, the school either:

    • Licenses PWAiE for continued use and expansion, or
    • Stops implementation if it’s not a fit.

    Step 4: Renewal + light-touch support

    If licensed, renewal applies annually for as long as the framework is in use, with light-touch support options.

    Schools may run a limited pilot to assess fit, but continued or expanded use requires an institutional license.

    Pricing

    Institutional License (Annual): $650 per school

    Includes permission for school-wide use during the active license term, access to updates released during the term, and permission for responsible internal adaptation. Continued use beyond the license term requires renewal.

    Optional add-ons

    • Printed copies of the guide (quantity-based)
    • Orientation / professional learning (90 minutes, half day, or full day)
    • Implementation support (scope-based)
    • Multi-campus networks or consortium use (scope-based)

    Reach out to discuss scope and licensing coverage.

    Learning More

    Schools interested in licensing or adoption are invited to begin with a conversation about fit, context, and timing.

    PWAiE is not designed for every school at every moment.

    It is designed for institutions ready to approach AI with intention, clarity, and care.

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