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Turning Montana’s K-12 AI Guidelines into action…at no cost to districts!
Fellow school leaders,
Montana’s K-12 AI Guidelines are live, along with MTSBA’s model policy around AI in schools. The next step is local: What happens in classrooms, with real teachers and students?
The Frontier Learning Lab, an MTDA initiative, can help you move from guidance to practice, quickly and safely, at no cost to your district.
How we can help:
- Policy → practice.
We can brief your leadership team, highlight what matters for instruction and operations, and translate it into clear local expectations for classrooms.
- Our efficient vendor and tool vetting process can save you valuable time, allowing you to focus on other important aspects of your role.
Our team reviews AI tools through a Montana lens: FERPA/COPPA, state privacy laws, the MTDPA, data governance, and classroom usefulness. We can help evaluate the tools you’re considering or those you already have, and suggest safe, workable options. We are working with vendor partners who are willing to go through our extensive compliance and integration process to ensure success.
- Professional learning that meets people where they are (at no cost!).
Hands-on sessions for principals, instructional leaders, teachers, and tech staff. We build practical AI literacy, ethics/bias awareness, and classroom-ready use with human oversight at the center. We offer face-to-face, Zoom/Meet/Teams, and, coming soon, asynchronous courses for stackable credentials or college credit. All professional learning from FLL is provided at no cost.
- On-call answers when educators need them. MTDA has the nation’s first AI help desk for teachers!
The FLL AI Help Desk handles the real questions:
“How should we handle research now that AI is everywhere?”
“How do we cite AI use?”
“What’s a practical way to adapt this assignment?”
Expect Montana-aligned answers from educators, along with ready-to-use resources. Contact: ai.help@mtda.org.
A few realities we can take off your plate:
- Overhyped AI pitches. You’re getting a flood of offers. Our team has hundreds of hours of AI procurement experience. Pull us in—we’ll help your team focus on what you need and avoid costly missteps. For most districts, you ALREADY have high-quality, low-cost tools available through your school’s Google Workspace for Education implementation for admin and teacher use inside your domain.
- Our model is not a one-and-done approach. We provide ongoing support, including help desk access after sessions, follow-up training, and even one-on-one coaching for staff who want it. This ensures that your district's AI initiatives are sustainable and continue to evolve with the latest developments in the field.
- Montana context. Everything we deliver aligns with state guidance and the realities of our local schools.
Stay in the loop.
Follow Frontier Learning Lab Field Notes on Substack for brief case studies, quick-start templates, and classroom examples from Montana educators.
We’re working with schools across the state now and booking winter professional development. If you’d like a leadership briefing, a staff PD, or a policy working session, email ai.help@mtda.org. We will tailor our support to your goals and timeline.
Caitlin (Lab Director)
Jason (Executive Director)
ai.help@mtda.org
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