Education

School principal

Changing

AI speeds up reports, letters and analysis of student performance. School leaders keep the rules for AI use, the protection of children's data and decisions about people.

  • 6 lessons
  • 6 tools
  • 3 resources
  • Checked: October 2026

Where this job sits on the map

In the same group: 78 of 100 professions.

What changes

  1. Reports and analysis of student performance get prepared faster

  2. The school needs clear rules: where teachers and students may use AI and where they may not

  3. Services that grade students or decide admissions need vetting: in the EU they are classed as high-risk, with requirements applying from December 2027

AI drafts, the person decides

How the work splits here: AI prepares a draft, the person checks it and makes the call.

AI makes the draft

What AI does

  • A summary of grades by class that shows where performance is slipping
  • A draft report, memo or policy from a template
  • Letters to parents and announcements
  • Schedule options within the constraints you set
  • Meeting minutes from a recording, with the participants' consent
You check itRead it, check the facts, fix it. Without this check the draft goes nowhere.
You decide and stay responsible

What stays with the person

  • Decisions about people: students, teachers, parents
  • The school's rules for AI use, and enforcing them
  • Protecting the personal information of students and staff, including student records under FERPA
  • Accountability to families and to the school board or district

What to learn first

6 lessons from the course, in order. Start with the first one.

  1. Your first 30 minutes with AI: where to startStarting from zeroYour first 30 minutes with AI: sign up, ask three questions, try seven everyday tasks, learn what never to share and which plan to pick.Start here
  2. How to write a good promptUserHow to give AI a task: the five parts of a good prompt, Plan Mode, and how to refine an answer instead of starting over.
  3. AI ethics and safety: hallucinations, attacks, biasUserHallucinations, prompt injection, bias, privacy and copyright: how not to trust AI blindly.
  4. AI for your family: kids, teens and seniorsStarting from zeroAI at home: rules by age, safety, school, older parents and family projects.
  5. AI regulation & compliance 2026: the EU AI Act, GDPR, Anthropic's terms, and what small businesses should watch forBuilderAI regulation as of October 2026: the EU AI Act, GDPR, US state laws and a small-business checklist. A general overview, not legal advice.
  6. Notion AI as your team's knowledge baseConfident userNotion as shared memory for a team and its agents: connecting the Notion MCP and three starter templates.

Which tools to use

  • An AI assistant for long documents, analysis and code, with Claude Code and Cowork on paid plans.

    Freemium
  • Google's assistant, built into Gmail, Docs and Sheets, with Deep Research, Gemini Live and Canvas.

    Freemium
  • Gemini in Google Sheets: tables, formulas and data analysis from a description.

    Paid
  • AI in Excel: build formulas, pivot tables and charts by asking in plain words.

    Paid
  • A workspace and knowledge base with an AI agent that writes, summarizes and takes meeting notes.

    Freemium
  • Upload a spreadsheet or connect a database, ask in plain words, and get analysis and charts.

    Freemium

Ready-to-use materials

  • A 30-second check before you hit send: what to remove, how to anonymize and what to do if it's already gone out.

    Free
  • What each column means, where the data has errors, the main points in 5 bullets and questions for the author of the table.

    Free

How to earn with AI

We don't promise income: results depend on your niche, your market and your work.

  • Job

    Cut the time spent on reports and spend it on teachers, students and parents.

  • Service

    Help for other schools: AI-use rules and training for the teaching staff.

  • Product

    A template school AI policy with handouts for teachers and parents.

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Checked: October 2026