8 responses to findings and recommendations
F1
Orange County's K-12 public TUSD partially TUSD is unable to speak to what schools have implemented disagrees with other school districts across policies and/or guidelines around this finding. Orange County have the use of different AI platforms implemented with regard to in varying and inconsistent ways. policy and/or guidelines Some prohibit Al's use; others surrounding the use of AI allow it; and some don't have platforms. policies or guidelines governing Al at all. TUSD has participated in s...
Response: Agree
Score: +1
: The Tustin Unified School District agrees with this finding. School safety and security are a priority for every school site and facility within Tustin Unified School District. F.2.: The implementation of security measures for schools, in many cases, is limited by funding.
R1
Orange County's K-12 schools The TUSD has created draft should implement policies and recommendation guidelines for the use of guidelines regarding the has been emerging technologies including appropriate use of Al. These implemented. Al. This initial document was may be provided at the district created with recommendations level or within individual schools from industry experts, OCDE, through the adoption of an CLAOC and our TUSD AI Task Acceptable Use Policy, Code of Force that met throughout...
Response: Implemented
Score: 0
: The recommendation has been implemented by Tustin Unified School District. Significant funding has been set aside to assure that each school site has an appropriate amount of food, water, and emergency equipment to handle a response to most emergencies. Funding beyond what is available would be necessary to implement safety recommendations such as: placing school resource
Response of Tustin Unified School District June 27, 2018 Page 3 officers at every school site (an additional 26 would be needed for TUSD), adding doors that lock automatically via Wi-Fi on every campus, or many other facil...
F2
Superintendents provide varying TUSD partially TUSD is unable to speak to the levels of support in implementing disagrees with efficacy of superintendents in Al policies and/or guidelines in this finding. other school districts as they their respective school districts. attempt to support their constituencies in the implementation of AI policies and/or guidelines. TUSD's Superintendent has been highly effective in encouraging staff to learn about emerging technologies including Al, recommending ...
Response: Agree
Score: +1
: The Tustin Unified School District agrees with this finding. The extent to which a school or district can implement security measures is often dependent on funding. F.3.: Many Orange County school campuses were constructed to reflect an "open and inviting" atmosphere but are now faced with physical and philosophical security issues that challenge this thinking.
R2
Superintendents should ensure The TUSD has created draft that their schools have policies recommendation guidelines for the use of that cover, at a minimum; the has been emerging technologies including scope, guiding principles, and Al. This document, in implemented. training regarding the conjunction with existing responsible use of AI tools by acceptable use agreements, students and teachers; any disciplinary and academic prohibited uses or special honesty policies will provide considerations ...
Response: Unknown
Score: 0
: Tustin Unified School District has implemented the recommendation to re-evaluate fencing security and present findings to the TUSD Board of Education. An analysis of all TUSD site perimeter fencing was conducted by Maintenance and Operations Staff in April of 2018. While improvements could be made to school site fencing, no additional fencing is needed to encourage a single point of entry during the school day at any of the TUSD school site campuses. These findings were included in a presentation made to the TUSD Board of Education as a part a "Facilities Funding Workshop" on May 21, 2018. R...
F3
TUSD partially There are many resources to TUSD is unable to speak to the guide educators in using AI. disagrees with level of awareness exhibited by Several are available at the local this finding. other districts regarding access level through the Orange County to resources on the topic of AI Department of Education, from the provided sources. Orange County Board of Education, CEO Leadership TUSD has taken part in Alliance Orange County, and workshops provided by Orange Orange Unified School D...
Response: Agree
Score: +1
: The Tustin Unified School District agrees with this finding. Each of our 29 school sites can be seen to reflect an "open and inviting" atmosphere. However, TUSD schools have been modernized in recent years to include aesthetically pleasing, and costly, perimeter fencing. This fencing is an attempt to limit entry to each school site to a single point during the school day. F.4.: While every Orange County school district reported the use of a campus visitor sign-in process, there is a lack of procedural consistency among school campuses. <b>BOARD OF EDUCATION</b> Jonathan Abelove · Tammie Bull...
R3
K-12 students should be trained The TUSD will continue to study the on the appropriate use of Al. recommendation evolution of AI in education and has already adjust training for students as needed. TUSD has a training been implemented. program in place for all students in the use of digital tools through a customized program built on materials provided by Common Sense Media. Board of Education Jonathan Abelove · Allyson Muñiz Damikolas · Lynn Davis · James H. Laird · Jonathan Stone Tustin Unifie...
Response: Will Implement
Score: +1
: Tustin Unified School District will implement a sign-in procedure at all campuses starting with the beginning of the 2018-19 school year. While visitor sign-in procedures were already in place across TUSD sites, procedures surrounding the maintenance of records, requirements for photo ID, and issuing of a visitor sticker/badge will be added. R.4.: School districts should implement procedures to ensure that photo identification is required of all campus visitors and volunteers before a visitor's badge is issued. (F.4, F.5.)
R4
K-12 teachers should be trained The TUSD will continue to study the on the appropriate use of AI. recommendation evolution of AI in education and has already adjust training for teachers and been staff as needed. TUSD has implemented. begun studying AI and training teachers through our iDEA Team and Al Task Force in the 2023- 24 school year.
Response: Unknown
Score: 0
: Tustin Unified School District will require all visitors and volunteers entering campus to produce a photo ID as a part of more stringent sign-in procedures beginning at the start of the 2018-19 school year. R.5.: School districts should implement procedures to ensure that all faculty and staff are required to wear visible photo ID badges while on campus. (F.5.)
R5
Schools and educators should The TUSD staff has significant efforts be encouraged to collaborate recommendation underway to study the impact of with the various AI consortiums has already emerging technologies like AI in and think tanks, such as OCDE been schools. This is evidenced and CLAOC, to effectively implemented. through the work of our AI Task implement AI and establish basic Force and iDEA Teams. Further, tenets for its use. TUSD staff takes part in OCDE workshops on AI, participates in...
Response: Unknown
Score: 0
: Tustin Unified School District will require all faculty and staff to wear a visible photo ID while on campus at the start of the 2018-19 school year. R.6.: All school districts with middle or high school campuses should consider using student ID cards in a format to be worn as student ID badges while on campus. (F.6.)