Teaching, Reimagined for the Age of AI
Premiere Teaching with AI and AI Educational Leadership Certificate Programs for Higher-Ed Faculty
Evidence, not hype. A research-grounded ecosystem helping educators move from awareness to full AI fluency – built on TEACH · META · FAFI · SCALE.
Teaching with AI Certification Programs...
Built for Educators, by Educators.
Faculty are facing the most disruptive shift in higher education since the LMS.
This isn’t about dabbling with a chatbot. It’s about leading a transformation.
The Teaching with AI Certificate Program is the only AI faculty credential built on four research-backed frameworks (TEACH, META, FAFI, SCALE). It is designed to take you from AI awareness to AI leadership, without the hype and without the guesswork.
Framework-Driven
Built on four research-backed frameworks – TEACH, META, FAFI, SCALE – so your practice rests on stable pedagogy, not tool fads. You’ll know what to build, how to assess it, where you are on the growth map, and how this connects to department or college strategy.
Artifact-Based Assessment
We certify real work: a plain-language AI policy, an assignment redesign with META process evidence, and a reviewed capstone. Every artifact is rubric-scored so success is transparent and repeatable.
Institution-Ready Reporting
Departments and CTLs get a short outcomes summary: completions, artifact counts, rubric category trends, and anonymized exemplars. It’s evidence you can hand your dean—proof, not hype.
Two Programs. One Evidence-Based Approach
Teaching with AI Certificate Program
Become fluent in teaching with AI to better equip students in the age of AI.
3 course sequence that moves you from foundational knowledge to advanced AI teaching & learning skills. Delivers practical results (AI course redesign, AI assessment plan, etc.) that you can use!
AI Educational Leadership Certificate Program
Develop the AI educational leadership to lead change and instructional innovation.
3 course sequence focuses on strategy, mentoring, building community and results in a support plan, strategy playbook, and AI showcase that you can use to lead educational transformation.
Premiere faculty credential for mastering, integrating, and leading with AI in higher education – grounded in research, built on proven frameworks, and designed for real world results.
How We Certify
Proof, Not Promises
FAFI – the Faculty AI Fluency Index – shows your starting point.
TEACH defines the competencies.
META verifies learning with process evidence (Integrity through Evidence, not detectors).
SCALE connects course practice to department or campus strategy.
Note: These frameworks and toolkits are included to support your certification—no extra purchase required.
Your Pathway from AI Awareness to Innovation
The Teaching with AI Certificate Program (FAST Track) is the premier professional credential for faculty in higher education seeking to confidently integrate AI into their teaching practice.
This three-course sequence – Ignite, Build, and Elevate – equips you with foundational fluency, hands-on implementation skills, and advanced leadership strategies. Complete all three courses to earn the prestigious Teaching with AI Certificate Program (FAST Track) and join a growing network of AI-empowered educators.
Complete all three levels to earn your Teaching with AI Certificate Program (FAST Track) — a premier credential for AI in higher education.
Save over 25% when you bundle.
By getting the 3 course bundle, you save over 25% vs. buying individually and have all you need to complete the Teaching with AI Certificate Program!
Ignite
The Foundations of AI in Teaching
FAST Track Level 1
The essential starting point.
Master the foundations of AI in teaching and walk away with a ready-to-use AI syllabus policy, grounded in ethical best practices. In just a few hours, you’ll shift from curiosity to confident, responsible experimentation—building AI fluency the right way from day one.
Build
AI-Integrated Course & Assignment Design
FAST Track Level 2
The transformative core of the series.
Redesign assignments, integrate AI into your course delivery, and create assessments that are future-proof and integrity-driven. By the end, you’ll have fully re-engineered a course component to leverage AI for deeper learning—not just efficiency.
Elevate
Advanced AI Pedagogies & Learning Innovation
FAST Track Level 3
The capstone for effective Teaching with AI
Move beyond integration to innovation. Explore advanced AI pedagogies, co-creation with students, and solutions to emerging ethical challenges. Your final AI capstone positions you as an AI teaching leader—and earns you the full Teaching with AI Certification.
Teaching with AI Certificate Program
All three levels, one enrollment, guaranteed savings.
Ready to Upskill Your Entire Department or College?
We partner with institutions to deliver our certification programs at scale. Learn more about our licensing options, pilot programs, and custom consulting solutions designed to meet your strategic goals.
Built on a Foundation of Proven Frameworks
Our teaching with AI certifications are not just a collection of tips. Each course is built on a coherent ecosystem of research–informed frameworks designed for the real-world challenges of higher education. They are part of a living ecosystem that receives regular updates.
Your certification includes access to these core toolkits.
TEACH Framework
For effective, human-centered pedagogy.
META Toolkit
For authentic AI assessment redesign.
FAFI Toolkit
For measuring faculty AI fluency.
SCALE Framework
For AI institutional strategy.
AI Fluency Index
For guiding students to achieve AI fluency.
Insights for Leaders
Stay ahead of the curve with practical AI insights for education and business.
The Assignment is Dead. Long Live the Assignment.
Let’s hold a moment of silence for one of our favorite tools: the five-page essay on a classic text, assigned on Monday and due in a week (or maybe at another point in the semester). For decades, this assignment was a reliable workhorse. It was a decent proxy for whether a student did the reading, understood the core concepts, and could structure a coherent argument. It was gradable, scalable, and familiar. And now, it’s dead.
The University Is Drowning in AI Memos. Faculty Need a Lifeline.
Another email from the Provost’s office or some well-meaning soul in central administration. Subject: “Updated Guidance on Responsible AI Use.” How many does that make this year? You open it with a sigh. It’s three pages long, written in a dialect of corporate-speak that only exists in university administration (or drafted from GenAI, as though we can’t tell they were using it). It’s a masterclass in saying nothing, filled with toothless platitudes about “academic integrity,”
Your University’s AI Strategy is Almost Certainly Backwards
Somewhere on your campus, in a sterile, beige conference room, the “Presidential Blue-Ribbon AI Task Force” is meeting for the third time this month. Around the table sits the CIO, a lawyer from the General Counsel’s office, the head of university communications, and a well-meaning Dean who’s been tasked with herding the cats. They’re looking at charts. They’re talking about server capacity, data security, enterprise licenses, and risk mitigation. They’re drafting another university-wide policy—a document
Meet the Founder
Dr. Ryan Baltrip
An agent of innovation and digital transformation
For over 20 years, Ryan Baltrip has been helping nationally-recognized universities and nonprofit organizations navigate the online and digital learning landscape. As AI has the ability to affect all aspects of life, he founded Navigate AI to help other leaders prepare for a future where AI is a part of life.
Ryan created the Teaching with AI Certifications to empower educators to lead in the AI age without needing to be tech experts.
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