Delivered by: Sahra Yousuf, AI Literacy Consultant
Curriculum & Pedagogy — University of Toronto
BrainStation
Introduction to AI in Education (literature review, expert interviews, case studies)
The reality in today's classrooms requires immediate attention and structured guidance.
Students using AI for writing tasks and research
Copy/paste habits that reduce original thinking
Confusion between AI accuracy vs real accuracy
Increasing academic honesty concerns
Teachers unsure how to respond or guide them
students use AI tools in their studies overall, indicating a widespread adoption as part of daily learning habits. (HEPI/Kortext 2025 survey)
students now use AI for assessments (up from 53%), highlighting a dramatic increase and raising significant academic integrity concerns. (HEPI/Kortext 2025 survey)
students globally use AI in their studies, with 54% using it weekly, demonstrating the urgent need for structured, intentional AI literacy to protect critical thinking skills. (Digital Education Council survey)
Schools need clarity and practical solutions, not restrictions. Teachers need confidence and support, not additional workload.
Sources: HEPI/Kortext Student Survey 2025, Digital Education Council Global Survey 2024
Delivered AI literacy programming to students, with a pilot expanding from 5 to 10 students. The program received strong endorsement from parents and leadership.
Facilitated AI professional development for over 30 teachers, consistently receiving strong positive feedback and implementation requests.
Designed and analyzed an AI Readiness Survey with 32 teacher responses, providing valuable insights into specific gaps and opportunities.
Invited to support external AI programming for diverse learners, demonstrating transferable expertise and an inclusive approach.
Sahra Yousuf is an accomplished AI Literacy Consultant with a deep understanding of curriculum and extensive classroom experience.
Every successful implementation begins with understanding where your teachers are today.
Comprehensive teacher readiness assessment measuring confidence, concerns, and current AI use patterns following the UNESCO framework.
Identification of specific literacy needs, integration challenges, and professional development priorities
Detailed summary with actionable insights and customized recommendations for your school context
Tailored content addressing your teachers' specific needs, concerns, and subject-area requirements
A comprehensive, sequenced approach to building AI literacy across your entire school community.
Understanding current student use and classroom impact
Establishing guardrails and academic integrity frameworks
Practical tools for planning, differentiation, and efficiency
Classroom-ready strategies with scope & sequence
Explore real-world examples of students utilizing AI tools for research, writing, and problem-solving, like using chatbots for homework or generating creative content.
Discuss how AI is changing learning processes, student engagement, and assignment structures. Consider both the benefits of personalized learning and new challenges.
Identify potential pitfalls like plagiarism, bias, and over-reliance, alongside opportunities for enhanced learning, critical thinking development, and improved access to information.
Build essential vocabulary and understanding of what AI is, how it works, its capabilities, and key ethical considerations.
Establish clear policies, define acceptable versus unacceptable AI use, and create transparent guidelines for assignments and assessments to maintain academic integrity.
Implement measures for privacy protection, data security, avoiding harmful content, and understanding AI limitations and inherent biases to ensure responsible deployment.
Consider developmentally appropriate AI tools, grade-level considerations, and scaffolding AI literacy skills progressively to match student capabilities and needs.
Develop clear, consistent expectations, effective communication strategies, and collaborative frameworks that work for both educators and learners in an AI-integrated environment.
Before AI: Manually creating lesson plans, searching for relevant resources, and developing activities for each topic, often taking hours per week.
With AI: Using AI tools to generate draft lesson plans, suggest engaging activities, find age-appropriate resources, and align content with learning objectives in minutes.
Before AI: Spending significant time modifying assignments, creating varied reading materials, and adapting assessments to meet diverse student needs (e.g., different learning styles, academic levels).
With AI: Employing AI to automatically generate multiple versions of texts, practice questions, or assessment items at different complexity levels, and create personalized learning paths for individual students.
Before AI: Translating materials manually, relying solely on bilingual aids, or struggling to communicate complex concepts to English Language Learners due to language barriers.
With AI: Utilizing AI translation tools for real-time communication, providing instant access to translated course materials, and using AI-powered language learning platforms to support vocabulary and grammar development.
Before AI: Spending hours on administrative tasks like drafting emails, organizing schedules, creating rubrics from scratch, or summarizing long documents.
With AI: Automating routine communications, using AI to quickly summarize student progress reports, generating assessment rubrics based on criteria, and streamlining organizational tasks, freeing up time for direct student interaction.
This workshop provides an overview of practical strategies for integrating AI tools into various core subjects, enhancing learning and teaching experiences without deep dives into specific subject area content. We'll explore how AI can universally support instruction, assessment, and student engagement.
Below are examples demonstrating how AI is being used in classrooms to enrich core subject instruction:
Sahra provides these four specific deliverables to support AI integration in schools:
A clear, actionable roadmap to guide schools through the process of integrating AI into their curriculum.
Practical templates that educators can easily plug into their existing lessons to incorporate AI activities.
A structured framework outlining the development of AI literacy skills suitable for various age groups.
A comprehensive plan designed for schools to implement and sustain AI integration independently.
"Teacher- taught me how to make a chat bot and personalize it to help me with my lesson planning and making my PowerPoints for class. It's been very beneficial. You've taught me how to be very specific with what I want and need and it's been a great help!!"
- Teacher
"I like the PREP framework. I never thought of prompting like this. It's useful to assign a role and to set the parameters"
- Teacher
"Looks good. I think it will make planning less time consuming"
- Teacher
"Really helpful. It will help design education materials with better prompts and clear instructions."
- Teacher
"I'm so glad my daughter, was part of the AI Club. She always came home excited, sharing what she had learned, and really enjoyed. She loved seeing how AI can help with real life problems. Thank you for making the club fun and engaging Fatima truly looked forward to every session, and I really appreciate the positive impact it had on her."
- Parent
"As a parent, I saw my daughter excitedly talking about AI and chatbots which really impressed me. I was amazed by the end project where she created her own AI tool and presented all the technical tools she used"
- Parent
"I really enjoyed being part of the AI Club, and I learned a lot from it. You explained the topics clearly, and I especially liked learning about how AI can help with problems like obesity by giving ideas that support healthier choices. The activities were fun and helped me understand the concepts better and see how AI can be used in real life. It would be great to have even more hands on projects or group challenges in the future because they make learning even more exciting. Thank you for making the AI Club fun, interesting, and engaging."
- Student
"I thought that the program was very entertaining and productive. I loved making my model and making the presentations. This program helped me see how my ideas can change the world."
- Student
I am opening 3–5 spots for schools in April/May.
To learn more or schedule a meeting, please contact Sahra at Sahra@progressivelearninglab.com.
Ethical • Responsible • Literacy-Driven