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Teacher to AI-Enabled Educator

Keep what makes you a good teacher and add the digital classroom and AI skills to plan, give feedback and support learners responsibly.

Pathway status: Future6 stages

Who it’s for: Teachers, lecturers and trainers who want to use digital tools and AI responsibly in planning, teaching, feedback and learner support.

Relevant to: EducationGet better at my current jobLearn AI

You are hereTeacher

6 stages

TargetAI-Enabled Educator

Starting point

What you bring, and what to build

Teachers already plan carefully, explain difficult ideas, assess progress and look after learners. AI and digital tools are changing how that work is done, not why it matters. This pathway builds digital classroom confidence, careful use of AI for planning and feedback, sound assessment design and a clear approach to academic integrity and learner privacy.

Transferable strengths you already have

  • Lesson planning
  • Explaining ideas clearly
  • Assessing learner progress
  • Managing a classroom
  • Caring for learner wellbeing
  • Adapting to different learners

Capability areas to build

Skills to build

  • Digital classroom tools
  • AI literacy
  • Prompting for lesson planning
  • Verifying AI output
  • AI-assisted feedback
  • Assessment design in the age of AI
  • Academic integrity
  • Protecting learner information

The route

Stage by stage

Each stage shows its own status. 1 of 6 stages draw on training that is in development or up next; the pathway as a whole is future.

You are here

Teacher

  2. Stage 2

    Status: Open — early access

    AI literacy for educators

    Understand what AI can and cannot do, and where it helps or harms learning.

    • AI literacy
    • Verifying AI output
    • Knowing AI’s limits

    Builds: AI & Modern Technology

    Training: AI for Work

  4. Stage 4

    Status: Future

    Feedback and assessment

    Give useful feedback faster and design assessments that still show real understanding.

    • AI-assisted feedback
    • Assessment design in the age of AI

    Builds: Knowledge & Theory

    Training: AI for Educators

  5. Stage 5

    Status: Future

    Integrity, privacy and safety

    Set fair rules for AI use, protect learner information and keep learners safe online.

    • Academic integrity
    • Protecting learner information
    • Online safety for learners

    Builds: Human Foundations

    Training: AI for Educators, Digital Foundations

Target

AI-Enabled Educator

Practical evidence

What you’ll be able to show

Progress is proven with real work, recorded in your private Skills Passport.

  • An AI-assisted lesson plan with notes on what you changed and why
  • A redesigned assessment task
  • A classroom guideline for responsible AI use
  • A reflective portfolio of a taught unit

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