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Free AI Readiness Call

Your people may already be using AI. Let's talk about where your team is, what's working, and where to work safely. No pitch deck. No pressure.

One person or a whole staff. In person or online.

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What happens on the call

Pick the length that fits your day. Either way, you do most of the talking.

15 minQuick Training Q&AShort on time? Get fast answers about training for yourself, your school, or your team. 45 minFull readiness conversationTalk through your needs and leave with a clear plan. On the booking page this is the "45 Minute Conference Call."
1

We listen

Is your team using AI yet? What's working? What's worrying you?

2

We find starting points

Two or three places where AI can save real time without putting student, client, or company data at risk.

3

You leave with a plan

A clear recommendation you can act on, whether or not we ever work together. If we do, we agree on what success looks like before we start.

Ways to train

Training fits your people and your calendar, not the other way around.

In personLive onlineIndividualsGroups up to 20
Individuals (adults 18+)

One-on-one coaching

For adults who want to learn, no school or company required. Homeschool parents, professionals, and lifelong learners welcome. Built around your goals and your tools.

In person or online
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Teams & small groups

Focused short courses

Three hours on one tool or skill. Example: a hands-on Gemini course for your staff.

In person or live online
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Groups up to 20

Full-day workshop

Seven hands-on hours. Everyone leaves with a working AI tool they built themselves.

In person
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Schools & organizations

Custom programs

Multi-session training, assignment redesign, and AI use policies shaped to your mission.

In person, online, or both
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Answer a few questions and see your estimate right away. We confirm the final price on your call. Not sure which training fits? Find your starting point first.

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Where?

We need your city to add travel. It's free within 20 miles of Marion.

How many people?
How should we deliver it?
Where are you starting?
Lunch

Or skip it and provide lunch yourself.

Sample schedules

Two examples of how training can run. Every session is tailored to your people and your time.

Sample format: 7 hours in personUp to 20 participantsNo coding required

1. What AI actually does (and doesn't)

  • How these tools generate answers, and why they can sound right and be wrong
  • The literacy floor every educator needs before using AI with students
  • What never goes into a public AI tool: student records, grades, and anything FERPA protects

2. Asking well, checking hard

  • CRAFT for clear prompts: Context, Role, Action, Format, Tone
  • VERIFY as the habit for evaluating every AI output before you use it
  • Practice on your own course materials

3. Where human responsibility must stay visible

  • The HUMAN Framework: Hone the craft, Use AI as intern, Mediate between AI and outcomes, Align AI use with constraints, Navigate complex AI workflows
  • Choosing the right mode for each learning outcome. Sometimes the right answer is no AI at all.
Lunch

4. Make one real assignment AI-resilient

  • Bring an assignment you teach now. Walk it through HEART: Highlight the outcome, Examine AI vulnerability, Assign the HUMAN mode, Refocus assessment design, Test for integrity and transference.
  • Leave with a revised version that keeps student learning visible

5. Build your own AI tool

  • Each participant builds a working AI tool for their own course: a study coach, a feedback helper, or a practice generator
  • No coding. Guided step by step.

6. Test, share, and plan

  • Peer review of tools and redesigned assignments
  • A 30-day plan for your classroom or department

Faculty leave with

  • One redesigned assignment, ready for next term
  • One working AI tool they built themselves
  • Clear, shared language for talking with students about AI
  • Confidence about what is safe to put into AI tools, and what isn't

Separate sessions are available for administrators and staff, focused on email, reports, scheduling, and data protection.

Sample format: 7 hours in personUp to 20 participantsNo coding required

1. What AI actually does (and doesn't)

  • How these tools work, in plain language
  • What never goes into a public AI tool: client data, financials, and personnel information

2. Asking well, checking hard

  • CRAFT for clear prompts and VERIFY for checking every output
  • Practice on your team's real emails, proposals, and reports

3. Map your team's busywork

  • Find the repetitive tasks that eat your week
  • Sort them: AI helps, AI assists with review, or humans only
Lunch

4. Build tools for your real work

  • Each participant builds a working AI tool for a task from the morning's map
  • No coding. Guided step by step.

5. Ground rules and next steps

  • A starter AI use policy your team understands
  • A 30-day plan to put the new tools to work

Your team leaves with

  • Working AI tools built for your actual workflows
  • Shared rules for protecting client and company data
  • Built to save time on tasks you repeat
3 hoursK-8 educators Beginners welcomeUses your school Google account

Start here: three questions before every prompt

  • Which account am I in? Is this tool district-approved? Would I be fine if a parent saw this prompt?
  • Student names, grades, IEP and 504 details, and behavior records stay out

1. Meet Gemini

  • Sign in the right way: what changes between a school account and a personal one
  • One prompt pattern for every day: CRAFT (Context, Role, Action, Format, Tone)
  • Make two or three quick wins: leveled passages, "I can" statements, exit tickets, sub plans, and more
  • The 30-second check before anything reaches students or families

2. Gems: set it up once, use it every week

  • Build a Parent Note Drafter and a Lesson Plan Co-Planner together
  • Optional Gem library: differentiation, rubrics, read-aloud questions, and more
  • Share a Gem with your team, and know what travels with it
Break

3. Gemini Notebook: answers from your own documents

  • Build a notebook from a real unit (bring yours, or use one of ours)
  • Ask questions, trace every answer to its source, and notice when it can't
  • Connect the notebook to your Lesson Plan Co-Planner Gem

4. Make classroom-ready materials

  • Turn your unit into an Audio Overview for families, a study guide, a quiz, flashcards, a mind map, or slides
  • Review everything before it leaves your hands. Gemini drafts. You decide.

Take it home

  • A one-week plan, fifteen minutes a day
  • An editable workbook with every prompt, Gem, and step

Teachers leave with

  • Two working Gems, including a co-planner that knows their unit
  • A Gemini Notebook built on a real unit
  • Materials for students and families, ready to review and use
  • A habit of checking every result before it reaches a child

Also available for administrators, staff, and business teams using Google Workspace.

Same plan, your tool: we run this course in Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude, Grok, Gemini or another tool your team uses.

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Who you'll talk with

Michael Jones, MFA, founder of AI Engines. Michael has spent his career where technology meets people. He has run IT departments, trained sales teams, coached faculty, and built small businesses of his own. Now he helps people, schools, and businesses use AI without losing the human judgment that makes their work good.

IT leadershipDirected technology for a 250+ employee medical company across 19 locations, including HIPAA compliance and security. Ran IT for a national accounting firm's five offices.
TrainingBuilt and delivered domestic and international sales training at Hewlett-Packard. Onboarded 250+ faculty and staff to AI.
Education15+ years in educational technology. University adjunct faculty. MFA, plus a BS in Business Information Systems.
Small businessHas owned and run his own media production company since 2005. He knows what a lean team's week looks like.

U.S. Army veteran. AI Engines is veteran-owned, with a home base in Marion, Indiana. Every tool and framework we teach, we learn, test, and use in real work first.

Ready when you are

No cost. 15 or 45 minutes. You'll leave with a clear next step for your team.

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