Provide teachers with adequate training and support for AI use, embedded in leadership-led professional development¶

Strategy · All strategies
Evidence · 2 claims (2 for) · 2 studies (1 review, 1 theoretical), q2 · 0 of 2 report an effect size · 2 claims rest on one study

Description¶

A practical strategy drawn from the review's findings: leaders should plan and fund professional development that builds teachers' digital competence, since competence gates both AI adoption and pedagogical effectiveness. The review states leaders must promote "professional development" and that "without adequate training and support, the potential benefits of AI technologies cannot be fully realized."

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Leadership commitment to strategic planning and resourcing of professional development

Constraints¶

• Derived from a literature review; the review does not specify a particular training program or dosage

Target Learners¶

• Teachers in educational organizations adopting AI

Target Learning Goals¶

• Teachers' digital competence for pedagogically effective AI use

Claims¶

• Effective leadership plays a pivotal role in guiding digital transformation in educational organizations [+W]
• Teachers are positioned as moral gatekeepers of AI use without adequate structural support [+W]

Related Strategies¶

• Systemic, human-centred approach treating digital data use as a school-and-teacher system, with AI integrated into professional development
• Invest in sustained, role-specific, discipline-specific professional learning and structured student AI literacy pathways across PK16
• Invest in dedicated instructional technology leadership roles and role-specific professional learning for AI literacy
• Invest in educator professional learning on experiential AI pedagogies using existing federal funding streams
• During adoption, determine professional learning needs and secure sustainable funding for training before proceeding

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Gerasimos Kalogeratos, Eleni Anastasopoulou, Triada Kapota. (2026). Educational Organizations in the AI Era: Digital Management and Leadership, Digital Skills, and Innovation. International Journal of Advanced Multidisciplinary Research and Studies. https://doi.org/10.62225/2583049X.2026.6.3.6209