The Mississippi Artificial Intelligence Network (MAIN) has released the Career and Technical Education AI Playbook, a practical guide for Mississippi instructors, community college faculty, workforce trainers, program leaders and work-based learning supervisors planning AI-assisted instruction.
The playbook starts with the skill students must demonstrate. It helps an instructor decide where AI assistance belongs in an assignment, what students must verify, and what evidence will show their own competence. A polished answer alone does not establish that a student can perform the work.
The resource brings together seven working tools, a complete hypothetical lesson and examples across six CTE settings. Its evidence review covers sources available through October 13, 2026.
Start with one assignment
For a first planning session, instructors can bring an existing assignment, the curriculum or training standard governing it, their scoring criteria and the institution’s technology policy. The playbook guides them through a competency map, assignment permissions, student verification and assessment. Workplace agreements, pilot review and correction records support activities that need those additional decisions.
The worked lesson uses a fictional supplier estimate to connect arithmetic with workplace communication. Students check the stated charges, identify unsupported promises about certification and delivery, and revise a message without inventing missing terms. The lesson includes a completed verification example and instructor acceptance criteria.
Additional scenarios address manufacturing, automotive or diesel, healthcare, construction, culinary or hospitality, and information technology. They are instructional examples for local adaptation; they do not report tested deployments or measured improvements in Mississippi programs.
Keep curriculum, access and safety decisions explicit
The guide distinguishes Mississippi’s secondary and postsecondary curriculum authorities and directs educators to the appropriate source and local program lead. It also addresses approved accounts, student and employer information, accessible participation, equivalent activities, credential assessment conditions and qualified safety review.
Those decisions remain with the responsible institution and professionals. The playbook does not approve a product, change a credential requirement or authorize connecting an instructional assistant to machinery, clinical systems or production accounts.
Programs considering a pilot can use the review tools to record learning evidence, verification effort, access barriers, cost, unresolved issues and the decision to continue, revise or stop. The method encourages a manageable first activity with a named owner and a clear review point.
Read the Career and Technical Education AI Playbook or download the PDF (21 pages).