EAI-CMM — Ethical AI Educator Capability Maturity Model Interactive self-assessment

EAI-CMM — Ethical AI Educator Capability Maturity Model

Adapted from the SSA-CMM maturity-ladder pattern. Complete your baseline (S1) now; retake (S7) after the course to measure growth.

Honesty guard

"Score what you do, not what you believe. Item 5 asks if you redesigned an assessment, not whether you think redesign matters. Inflated baselines steal your own delta."

Scores are temporary until saved.

Scale: 0 Never/No · 1 Rarely · 2 Sometimes · 3 Usually · 4 Consistently/Institutionalized. Max 80.

LITERACY — Do I understand what this technology is and isn't?

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1I can explain in plain language how a large language model generates output (next-token prediction over training data — not database retrieval).
2I can name and give discipline-specific examples of at least three failure modes: hallucination, bias, sycophancy/over-agreement.
3I have personally used at least two different AI systems on real work tasks in the past month.
4I can articulate which tasks in my discipline current AI does well, poorly, and unevenly — and I update this map as models change.

PEDAGOGY — Do my teaching and assessment designs account for AI?

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5I have redesigned at least one assessment specifically in response to AI capability.
6For each assessment I set, I can state the learning outcome it protects and why AI use would or wouldn't compromise it.
7I use AI to augment my own teaching preparation (rubrics, examples, feedback drafts, differentiation) with a verification step.
8I deliberately design assessments in tiers: AI-restricted, AI-permitted, AI-required.

INTEGRITY — Is my integrity regime built on design or on policing?

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9My course documents state an explicit, per-assessment AI-use policy that students can act on without guessing.
10My integrity evidence comes from process (drafts, version history, vivas, in-class components) rather than from detector scores.
11I require disclosure/citation of AI assistance — and I model it by disclosing my own.
12I can conduct a fair, non-accusatory conversation with a student about suspected misuse without a detector report as my only evidence.

DISCERNMENT — Can I evaluate AI output, and teach students to?

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13I verify AI factual claims and references against primary sources before they reach students or grading decisions.
14I can quickly spot AI-typical failure signatures: fabricated citations, confident wrongness, plausible-but-hollow structure.
15I actively check AI output for bias that would affect my students (language background, gender, culture) before use.
16I calibrate trust to stakes: loose for brainstorming, strict for anything touching grades, references, or student records.

GOVERNANCE — Do I operate within (and contribute to) explicit rules?

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17I know which student data may and may not be entered into external AI tools, and I comply (including PDPA obligations).
18I know my institution's current AI guidance — or I know it doesn't exist, and I document my own interim rules in writing.
19Where AI materially shapes something students receive (feedback, materials, grades), I keep a record of how it was used.
20I actively contribute to AI policy conversations at department, faculty, or senate level.

Score sheet

PillarSubtotal /16Delta (S7 vs S1)
Literacy
Pedagogy
Integrity
Discernment
Governance
Total /80
Band / Level
Biggest-moving pillar
Stubbornest item

Levels

LevelNameBandSignature
L0Unaware0–13AI is rumor. Assessments unchanged since pre-2023. Integrity = hoping.
L1Aware14–27Has opinions, not reps. Talks about AI more than uses it. Policy = "don't."
L2Experimenting28–41Personal use begun; unverified. Syllabus mentions AI vaguely. Detector-reliant.
L3Integrating42–55Redesigned assessments; tiered policies; verifies output; discloses own use.
L4Governing56–69Systematized: documented workflows, process-based integrity, mentors peers.
L5Stewarding70–80Shapes institutional policy; builds capability in others; instrument-rated practice.

Route to the next level

L0→L1: One AI assistant, 20 min daily, two weeks, real tasks. Read one primary source (start: 2026 AI Index education chapter). No opinions until reps.
L1→L2: Run your three most important assessments through an AI yourself. Score the outputs — you now know your exposure. Draft one per-assessment AI rule.
L2→L3: Redesign your most AI-vulnerable assessment with the three-lane pattern. Replace detector reliance with two forms of process evidence. Add a disclosure norm — for students and yourself.
L3→L4: Document your workflows so a colleague could run them. Keep verification logs. Take one integrity case through a design-based resolution. Teach one peer.
L4→L5: Put your name on institutional guidance (S7's v0.1 is the vehicle). Run a department workshop. Establish a review cadence — you maintain a living policy product.

Score your institution (or faculty if central policy is absent — that absence is itself a datum):

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i1A current, findable, institution-level AI-in-education policy exists.
i2Policy distinguishes contexts (coursework / exams / research / admin), not one blanket rule.
i3A student-facing plain-language version exists that students actually read.
i4Assessment-design guidance exists (not just conduct rules).
i5Integrity procedures specify what counts as evidence — and what doesn't (detector-score status explicit).
i6Data rules govern what student information may enter which tools (PDPA-mapped).
i7Staff development on AI is funded and recurring, not a one-off talk.
i8Equity of access is addressed (institutional licenses, not bring-your-own-subscription).
i9A named owner and review cadence exist (the policy has a maintainer).
i10Students had a voice in drafting.
Institutional ScoreBand
Total: / 40

Bands: 0–13 L0 Unaware · 14–20 L1 Aware · 21–27 L2 Experimenting · 28–33 L3 Integrating · 34–37 L4 Governing · 38–40 L5 Stewarding.