Summer 2026 InSPIRE K-12 Professional Learning Courses
K-12 Northwest Florida Gulf Coast Teachers:
- Experience a fresh, modern approach designed to enrich your knowledge and teaching journey.
- Discover the foundations of AI and explore how integrating these advancements can transform your educational practices.
- Be at the forefront of driving long-term, meaningful change for your students and families, as an InSPIREd teacher.
Apply here: https://www.cpalms.org/inspire/aicourses.aspx
InSPIRE is in part funded by a grant from Triumph Gulf Coast and is crafted to provide ongoing support to the eight counties along Northwest Florida's Gulf Coast through educational initiatives, professional learning, and workforce enhancement.
AI101: Engaging K-12 Students Using AI-Powered Instruction gives teachers a modern, hands-on professional learning experience focused on AI foundations, prompt engineering, durable skills, and classroom-ready STEM resource design. Through collaboration with FSU faculty and industry experts, participants learn to co-design standards-aligned curriculum with AI, strengthen critical thinking, and connect instruction to future workforce needs. Educators can also earn Microsoft PowerPoint and AI Foundations certifications, along with a $700 stipend upon successful completion.
AI102: Leveraging AI Prompt Engineering for Engineering Design Pedagogy helps K-12 educators build the skills to co-design open-ended engineering lessons with AI while strengthening instructional design with Microsoft Word. As the second course in the InSPIRE AI Pathway, this research-based professional learning experience prepares teachers to apply prompt engineering, model eliciting activities, and responsible AI practices to create high-quality, workforce-connected STEM instruction. Participants can earn an industry credential in Microsoft Office Word, a 35-hour FSU and Microsoft certificate in AI Prompt Engineering, and a $700 stipend upon successful completion.