AI Safety for Schools: what teachers and parents need to know.
Practical, plain-language guidance for teachers and parents supporting young people in a world where anything can be fabricated. AI has made it incredibly easy to create convincing images, videos, and voice recordings. For schools and families, this shifts the digital environment young people move through - creating new challenges around identity, safety, and trust.
Duration
60 minutes
Flexible
Delivery
In person
Christchurch
Cost
Free
No catch. Designed for adults, not students.
Five practical sections.
- 01
What AI Can Create Now
A simple, accessible overview of how synthetic images, videos, voices, and messages are made - and why they can be hard to distinguish from reality.
- 02
Emerging Digital Challenges in School Communities
How AI-driven content is showing up among young people, including impersonation, misinformation, and altered or fabricated material shared within peer groups.
- 03
Helping Young People Build Digital Preparedness
Simple ways teachers and parents can encourage critical thinking, safer decision-making, and healthy online habits before an issue arises.
- 04
How to Respond When Something Doesn't Look or Feel Right
Practical, steady steps adults can take when uncertain content appears - and how to support young people to raise concerns early.
- 05
A Positive Look Forward
A brief look at global efforts to strengthen AI safety, digital wellbeing, and online protections for young people.
Designed for adults supporting young people.
- Teachers and school staff
- School leadership and boards
- Parents and caregivers
- PTA and whānau groups
Practical confidence - not deepfake-spotting.
- A clearer understanding of how AI-generated content is created.
- Awareness of how these tools are being used to cause harm.
- Practical, plain-language steps to take when something could be fabricated.
- Ways to support young people to raise concerns early.
- Clear escalation pathways and who can help.
The focus is on giving adults realistic tools and confidence - not on trying to identify deepfakes by sight alone.
Want to host a seminar? Let's make it happen.
If your school, PTA, or parent group would like to host a seminar, we'd love to help. The content can be tailored to suit your community.
"You can't protect what you don't understand. Security starts with awareness."