This policy governs how students and faculty use AI tools during VIBE Afterschool sessions. It supplements — and does not replace — the school’s existing technology acceptable use policy. Schools should integrate this into their existing policy framework.
Purpose
VIBE Afterschool is built around AI tools. Students use them as creative collaborators to build real projects. This policy ensures that use is responsible, supervised, and consistent with the school’s obligations to students, families, and applicable law. The goal is not to restrict AI but to establish clear expectations so students can use it confidently and well.
Tool approval and access
- All AI tools used in the program must be approved in advance by the school’s technology coordinator
- Students access tools on school-issued or school-managed devices during session time only
- All participating students must be 13 years of age or older, consistent with platform terms of service and COPPA
- Tools requiring users to be 18+ may be demonstrated by the guide or champion; students observe and direct rather than operate directly
- Approved tools are listed and maintained by the faculty champion in coordination with the technology coordinator
How students use AI in VIBE
- Collaboration, not replacement. Students direct the AI, evaluate its output, and take responsibility for what they build. Accepting AI output without review is not acceptable.
- Iteration is expected. Students are encouraged to prompt, critique, revise, and improve. Working with AI is the skill, not using it once and moving on.
- Students own their work. Projects are the student’s own creative and intellectual output. Students must be able to explain what they built, why they made the choices they made, and what the AI contributed.
- Champion oversight applies. The faculty champion may review prompts, outputs, and project work at any time.
Attribution
Students document which AI tools they used and how in their project record. Showcase presentations include a brief description of how AI contributed to the project. This is a feature, not a disclaimer — it demonstrates the skill.
Prohibited uses
- Submitting AI-generated content as original work in any class outside of VIBE Afterschool
- Entering any student’s personal information, school ID, address, or other identifying information into an AI tool
- Entering any other student’s work, writing, or personal information into an AI tool
- Using AI to generate content that is violent, sexual, discriminatory, or otherwise harmful
- Attempting to bypass content safety filters or jailbreak any AI system
- Using AI tools outside of supervised session time without champion approval
- Sharing access credentials with other students or outside parties
- Using AI to harass, impersonate, or deceive any person
Data and privacy
- Students do not create personal accounts on AI platforms using school email addresses unless explicitly approved by the technology coordinator
- No student education record information is entered into AI tools
- Student work and prompts entered into AI tools are subject to those platforms’ privacy policies, which the school has reviewed as part of the approval process
- VIBE Afterschool does not collect or store individual student data from sessions
Consequences
Violations of this policy are handled by the faculty champion and school administration under the school’s standard discipline process. The faculty champion may remove a student’s AI tool access for the remainder of a session or longer. Serious violations are reported to the principal.
I have read and understand the AI Acceptable Use Policy for VIBE Afterschool. I agree to use AI tools responsibly and within the boundaries described above. I understand that violations may result in loss of access or other consequences consistent with school policy.
VIBE Afterschool — an open framework from Juno Maps. Free to adapt under CC BY 4.0.