AI is already embedded in CTE workplaces, while students are using it to complete work in ways that can mask skill gaps. This hands-on workshop will provide CTE faculty, coordinators, and other CTE leaders with up to date information for making practical decisions about how to teach, assess, and set boundaries around AI use without chasing tools or cultural hype.
Participants will work through real CTE scenarios to see where AI helps, where it fails, and where it creates risk. This session will discuss options that move beyond the conversation of the “most in the news” AI products to high functioning useful tools. The focus is on job-relevant skills, assessment redesign that exposes thinking and judgment, and classroom guardrails that hold up under privacy and potential policy constraints.
By the end of the session, participants will leave with:
- Knowledge of some of the most recent advancements in the functions of AI tools for possible integration into instruction
- Samples of redesigned assignments or labs that reduce AI-enabled false mastery
- A short, CTE-ready AI use statement appropriate for sharing with students.
- A simple AI risk check that can be reused in future courses (rubric-style)
