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HCOS & Flex AI Literacy Model

At HCOS and Flex, we know that artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly becoming a part of life. We want to help our students learn how to use AI wisely,wisely without losing the skills that make them thoughtful and creative. Our goal is for students to become wise, discerning, and creative learners, rooted in God’s love, who can use AI for good in school and in life.

Why We Teach AI

  • We want students to be AI Equipped,AI-equipped, not AI DependentAI-dependent. AI can help with learning, but it should never replace critical thinking or personal responsibility.

  • We aim to teach students to see the line between when AI is helpful and when it gets in the way of realauthentic learning.

  • Our teaching is guided by our Christian values: integrity, wisdom, relationships, flexibility,learning and academic success.growth.

What Students Learn

We teach about AI in ways that match students’appropriate ages:student development:

  • Middle School: Students learn what AI is, how it shows up in daily life (likee.g., ads, images, or online searches), and why safety and honesty matter.

  • High School: Students go deeper.deeper They usewith AI by using it for projects, problem-solving, and research. They practice checking facts, thinking critically, and exploring how AI affects society, all while keeping a Christian perspective.

Core Focus Areas

Students practice:

  • Privacy & FairnessFairness:  – keepingKeeping information safe and watching for bias in AI.

  • Critical ThinkingThinking:  – askingAsking questions and checking if AI answers are accurate.

  • CreativityCreativity:  – usingUsing AI to support ideas, while still using their own imagination.

  • Human ConnectionConnection:  – rememberingRemembering that AI is a tool, not a replacement for people.

  • IntegrityIntegrity:  – usingUsing AI responsibly, within clear boundaries.

How AI is Used in Courses

Teachers set clear rules for using AI in Grades 7–12. There are three levels:

  1. Limited UseUse: – Students mayshould onlynot use generative AI ifwithout the teacherteacher’s sayspermission, yes.except in special cases.

  2. Partial UseUse: Permits – Students cansome use AIwith forguidance certain tasks, like brainstorming and/or editing, with propercitations credit.and supplemental material.

  3. Full Use: –Focuses Studentson mayallowing and encouraging generative AI use AIto often,demonstrate butto muststudents stillboth show their own learninglimitations and thinking.possibilities.

No matter the level, students must always do their own work and show honesty.

Our Promise

AI will keep changing. At HCOS, we promise to:

  • Stay up to date with new tools.

  • Teach students to usecite AI ascorrectly awhen support, not a shortcut.used.

  • Prepare them to succeed in a world where AI will be common.

Our goal is for students to become wise, discerning, and creative learners, rooted in God’s love, who can use AI for good in school and in life.

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