AI Resources & Guidance
AI Guidance & Resources
NIESC's AI Vision & Mission
NIESC envisions a future where Artificial Intelligence is a catalyst for human connection, not a replacement for it. By integrating ethical, secure AI practices into our own daily operations, we want to empower every NIESC staff member to utilize AI for creative problem-solving and operational excellence. We strive to be a living model of innovation, empowering our staff to serve our member districts as a trusted partner.
Our mission is anchored by our commitment to Collaborate, Innovate, Serve, and Support. As Artificial Intelligence reshapes the educational landscape, we view it not as a replacement for these values, but as a powerful engine to drive them forward.
We recognize that AI can never replace the empathy, intuition, and lived experience our staff brings to our member districts. Instead, we use it as a "force multiplier" to enhance our core work:
NIESC AI Classification
Stoplight Indicator Classification System
This rubric is used by the NIESC AI Committee to evaluate, classify, and approve AI tool requests submitted by staff. It balances instructional/operational innovation with strict data privacy guidelines.
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NIESC Staff approved AI Applications include:
- Gemini within Google Workspace EDU
- MagicSchool
- SchoolAI
Data Privacy & Model Training: Explicitly guarantees data sovereignty. User inputs, text, and files are never used to train public AI models. Offers copeorate/enterprise privacy terms.
Data Input Classification: Safe for general Public Data (meeting outlines, creative brainstorming, public templates). Can handle non-sensitive internal text.
Transparency & Disclosure: Fully clear mechanisms. Tool output easily undergoes rigorous human verification and validation.
Operational Impact & Alignment: Acts as a true “force multipoier”. Streamlines adminsitrative burdens, enhances cooperative purhcasing, or speeds up curriculum support.
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Conditional use AI applications include:
- Canva
- Publicate
- ChatGPT for Teachers
Data Privacy & Model Training: Data may be retained for history logs but can be manually opted out of model training. Requires strict adherence to no-PII boundaries.
Data Input Classification: Safe for standard operational support, provided no student PII, employee files, or confidential vendor bids are ever entered.
Transparency & Disclosure: Outputs require distinct human validation and a disclosure statement if heavily utilized in deliverables.
Operational Impact & Alignment: Provides niche creative benefits or routine automation tasks but requires unique account provisioning.
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Banned AI Applications:
- ChatGPT (free version)
- Rytr
- Jasper
- Any application that violates FERPA or National Data Privacy Standards
Data Privacy & Model Training: Automatically ingests all user inputs to train public models. No data-opt out available. Standard consumer termswith zero privacy protections.
Data Input Classification: Protected Data. Zero compliance with CERPA, COPPA, or secure purchasing protocols.
Transparency & Disclosure: “Black box” output that cannot be verified, or tools that masquerade AI-generated content as purely human-created work.
Operational Impact & Alignment: Adds redundancy, poses cybersecurity risks, requires unauthorized financial overhead, or replaces critical human elements.
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The AI landscape is ever changing. Each day we see new AI tools emerging and others unreliable, outdated or unsupported. In our quest to provide elite services for our member districts, we value the input from our staff with emerging technology requests. Our staff is encouraged and required to contact the Director of Technology Integration for new AI tool consideration.