As AI tools become standard in professional and educational environments, working without a personal AI policy is a bit like driving without knowing the traffic laws. A personal AI policy is a simple, written document that defines how you will and will not use AI in your work.
Why This Matters
Having a clear policy helps you make consistent decisions under time pressure, communicate transparently with students and colleagues, identify your own ethical limits before a situation tests them, and stay accountable over time.
A Simple Template
My AI Use Policy — [Your Name] — [Date]
Tools I use: [List the AI tools you currently use in your work]
Purposes I use AI for: [e.g., drafting communications, generating lesson plan ideas, summarizing research]
Purposes I do not use AI for: [e.g., assessing student work, making final decisions about individuals]
How I disclose AI use: [e.g., I tell students when materials were AI-assisted]
How I verify AI outputs: [Describe your fact-checking process]
Data I do not share with AI tools: [e.g., student names, private health information, confidential HR matters]
How I will update this policy: [e.g., I will review this every six months or when I adopt a new tool]
Making It Stick
A policy that lives in a drawer is not useful. Share it with a colleague. Add a copy to your professional portfolio. Review it when a new AI tool launches that you want to try. The act of writing the policy is itself clarifying — most people discover values about AI they had not fully articulated.
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