Certification
A certificate that says the teacher did it
Four cumulative levels, earned on assignments, a classroom practicum and an evidence-based capstone — not on attendance. The certificate is issued by PrepGraph Academy and says exactly what it is.
The four levels
Cumulative and performance-based
Each level includes everything below it. Attending a session earns nothing on its own: every level has a piece of work behind it, assessed against a rubric published on the module page. Levels 1–3 are earned inside the 25 hours; Level 4 is by school nomination, after a teacher has mentored others.
- Level 1
AI-Aware Educator
PrepGraph AI-Aware Educator
6 hours cumulative
Can explain what AI can and cannot reliably do, recognise bias and privacy risks, and describe the teacher-decides principle in their own classroom terms.
- Attend Modules 1–3 (6 hours)
- Pass the foundations check (short scenario-based quiz, 80%)
- Submit the Module 1 verify-before-use log and the Module 2 responsible-use reflection
- Level 2
AI-Enabled Educator
PrepGraph AI-Enabled Educator
14 hours cumulative
Can plan a chapter around prerequisites and misconceptions, write competency questions, read an assessment for gaps rather than marks, and differentiate a remediation plan — and, from the Module 1 log, can use an AI assistant for real lesson-preparation tasks and verify what it returns before use.
- Level 1, plus Modules 4–6 (8 hours)
- Submit the Module 4 task redesign with a computational reading of one class result
- Submit one chapter decomposition with misconception map, with at least two draft competency questions and a distractor map (Module 5)
- Submit one competency-based diagnostic with a gap analysis of real (or sample) results (Module 6)
The certificate a teacher earns
Level 3Certified AI-Enabled Educator
PrepGraph Certified AI-Enabled Educator
25 hours cumulative
Has actually run the workflow with real students and can show the evidence: which concepts were weak, what was done for whom, and what changed on reassessment.
- Level 2, plus Modules 7–10 (11 hours)
- Complete the Level 3 portfolio — the Module 3 decision log, the Module 7 productivity-lab portfolio and the Module 8 loop record
- Run the classroom practicum with one class, one chapter, 10–30 students — teach, diagnose, intervene, reassess (Module 9)
- Submit and present the capstone case study with before/after evidence (Module 10)
- Pass the end-of-programme assessment
- Level 4
AI Mentor Educator
PrepGraph AI Mentor Educator
By nomination
The school's in-house AI Champion: runs internal workshops, mentors new cohorts, and carries the workflow forward without PrepGraph staff on site.
- Level 3, plus two further documented classroom interventions
- Co-facilitate at least one module for colleagues
- Mentor two teachers through their practicum
- Nominated by the school as an AI Champion
Module-by-module rubrics are on each module page. See the ten modules
Requirements
What each level takes
Modules, hours, the work assessed, the classroom evidence required and who assesses it. Levels 1–3 are decided inside the school’s 12-week run (assessment in Week 11, certificates in Week 12); Level 4 follows a later cohort.
| Level | Modules | Hours | Assessments & assignments | Classroom evidence | Who assesses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Level 1 AI-Aware Educator | Modules 1–3 | 6 h |
| None required from students. The Module 1 log draws on the teacher’s own week of AI use. | Cohort facilitator (PrepGraph Academy) |
| Level 2 AI-Enabled Educator | Level 1 + Modules 4–6 | 14 h cumulative |
| Optional. The Module 6 gap analysis may use sample results if the teacher has not yet run the diagnostic with a class; real results are encouraged. | Cohort facilitator, against the rubric on each module page |
| Level 3 Certified AI-Enabled Educator Certificate | Level 2 + Modules 7–10 | 25 h + practicum time in class |
| Required. A diagnostic, a named-student intervention and a reassessment on the same competencies, with before/after results from the teacher’s own dashboard and the teacher’s reading of them. | Cohort facilitator + a second PrepGraph Academy assessor (moderation). The school’s leadership sits in on capstone presentations. |
| Level 4 AI Mentor Educator By nomination | No new modules | Level 3 + mentoring over a following cohort |
| Required. Two interventions with before/after evidence, plus the two mentees’ own practicum logs. | PrepGraph Academy, on the school’s nomination of the teacher as an AI Champion |
Practicum classes are provisioned with the voice tutor by the school for the four weeks, so every teacher’s students can use it. The evidence the teacher submits comes from their own teacher dashboard — assignment results by student and by question, the student profile, and the reassessment.
What the certificate says
Exact wording, no more
The certificate names the programme, the hours and what it was designed around — and is explicit about who issued it. This is the Level 3 certificate as printed.
PrepGraph Academy
This is to certify that
Name as recorded by the school
has met the requirements of the programme and is a
PrepGraph Certified AI-Enabled Educator
- 25-Hour Professional Development Programme
- Designed around the CBSE 2026-27 Training Theme: Computational Thinking and Understanding Artificial Intelligence
- Designed around CBSE/NPST Professional Development Domains
- School
- School name, city
- Cohort
- e.g. Cohort 2026-27 / 01
- Date
- Date of issue
- Certificate ID
- Unique ID, e.g. PGA-2627-XXXXX
- Signatory
- PrepGraph Academy
Programme year 2026-27
Who issues it
Issued by PrepGraph Academy, which is not affiliated with, endorsed by or accredited by the Central Board of Secondary Education. The host school records CPD hours under the CBSE CPD Guidelines 2025 and keeps the attendance records.
Levels 1, 2 and 4
Levels 1 and 2 are printed on the same layout with their own titles — “PrepGraph AI-Aware Educator” (6 hours) and “PrepGraph AI-Enabled Educator” (14 hours) — and the same two design lines. Only the Level 3 certificate carries “25-Hour Professional Development Programme”. Level 4 reads “PrepGraph AI Mentor Educator”.
Two credentials
How this relates to the CT&AI Educator Certification on the PrepGraph platform
PrepGraph issues two distinct educator credentials, and they are earned in different ways. The first is this facilitated 25-hour programme: a cohort of 15–40 teachers, a live facilitator, a classroom practicum with the teacher’s own students and an assessed capstone, with four levels — PrepGraph AI-Aware Educator (6 hours), PrepGraph AI-Enabled Educator (14 hours cumulative), PrepGraph Certified AI-Enabled Educator (25 hours) and PrepGraph AI Mentor Educator, by school nomination. The second is the CT&AI Educator Certification inside the PrepGraph app: self-paced and voice-tutored, with four levels — CT&AI Foundation Educator (6 CPD hours), CT&AI Practitioner — Preparatory Stage (12 hours), CT&AI Practitioner — Middle Stage (12 hours) and CT&AI Lead Educator / School Trainer (6 hours). It is enabled through a school.
One does not confer the other. Holding one does not confer the other. They are separate records, separately assessed. A teacher certified on this programme has not earned the platform certification, and a teacher who has worked through the platform levels has not done this programme’s practicum or capstone. A school running both keeps both records.
Read side by side, the two sit on one display ladder. The rungs are a reading aid, not an equivalence — the hours, the assessment and the evidence behind each one differ.
| Display rung | This programme (facilitated, academy.prepgraph.com) | CT&AI Educator Certification (self-paced, in the PrepGraph app) |
|---|---|---|
| Aware | Level 1 — PrepGraph AI-Aware Educator (6 h) | CT&AI Foundation Educator (6 CPD h) |
| Enabled | Level 2 — PrepGraph AI-Enabled Educator (14 h cumulative) | CT&AI Practitioner — Preparatory Stage (12 h) and CT&AI Practitioner — Middle Stage (12 h) |
| Certified | Level 3 — PrepGraph Certified AI-Enabled Educator (25 h, practicum and capstone) | No equivalent rung on the platform. |
| Lead | Level 4 — PrepGraph AI Mentor Educator (by school nomination) | CT&AI Lead Educator / School Trainer (6 h) |
Neither credential is a CBSE certificate, and neither is issued by or on behalf of the Board. The school records CPD hours under the CBSE CPD Guidelines 2025 and keeps the attendance records, whichever route a teacher takes.
Not part of a school cohort?
Assessment design
How the work is judged
Observable evidence against rubrics the teacher has already seen. Nothing is marked by impression, and no level is decided by one person alone at Level 3.
Foundations check
Ten scenario items at the end of Module 1 — “a dashboard flags Aarav; what do you do first?” — marked on the spot; 80% to pass. Plus two short written pieces: the Module 1 verify-before-use log and the Module 2 responsible-use reflection. It checks understanding, not recall of vocabulary.
Assignment portfolio
Three artefacts from the teacher’s own subject: a computational-thinking task (Module 4), a chapter decomposition with misconception map (Module 5), and a competency diagnostic with gap analysis (Module 6). Each is marked against the rubric printed on that module’s page — the same rubric the teacher saw before starting.
Practicum, capstone and end-of-programme assessment
The Level 3 portfolio — the Module 3 decision log, the Module 7 artefacts and the Module 8 loop record — is read against the module rubrics. The practicum log is the evidence (four weeks with real students); the capstone is the teacher’s reading of it in the CBSE Format F1 structure, presented to peers and school leadership in Week 10. The end-of-programme assessment in Week 11 is a scenario paper: read a class group’s diagnostic results, name the gap, plan the intervention, say what you would reassess and what you would tell a parent.
Rubrics are published first
Every assignment rubric is on the module page before the session runs. Criteria describe observable evidence (“at least one entry shows a factual check against a named source”), not impressions. Teachers can self-assess before submitting, and often do.
Moderation by a second assessor
Every Level 3 decision is read by two people: the cohort facilitator and a second PrepGraph Academy assessor who did not teach the cohort. Where they disagree, the capstone is discussed and the teacher hears the reasoning. The school’s leadership sees the presentations but does not mark.
Resubmission, once
A piece of work that does not yet meet the standard comes back with the rubric marked and a short note. The teacher may resubmit once, within two weeks. A practicum that could not be completed — timetable, exams, a transfer — can be carried into the school’s next cohort without repeating the taught modules.
Validity and renewal
Dated, not expiring
Every certificate carries the programme year it was earned in (for example, 2026-27). It stays a true record of what the teacher did that year. “Renewal” is about staying current as the tools and the CBSE theme move — it does not cancel the original certificate.
- 1 To carry a current-year endorsement, a certified teacher submits one documented classroom intervention a year — diagnostic, intervention, reassessment, in the practicum-log format — to PrepGraph Academy for review.
- 2 Teachers active on the mentor track (Level 4) are current by virtue of the mentoring record; no separate submission.
- 3 Current-year endorsements are issued as an added line on the certificate record, not a new certificate. Schools can ask us to confirm it (see verification below).
Programme year 2026-27
Every certificate issued in this cycle carries the programme year on its face. A current-year endorsement is added as a line on the record — one documented intervention a year, in the practicum-log format.
Level 4
AI Mentor Educator — the school’s AI Champions
Level 4 is for the two or three teachers in a school who carry the workflow forward once PrepGraph staff are no longer on site. It is by school nomination and opens after a school’s first cohort has certified.
What a mentor does
- •Co-facilitates modules for the school’s next cohort, with PrepGraph Academy materials
- •Runs the weekly 30-minute practicum clinic for new teachers
- •Mentors two teachers through their own practicum, start to capstone
- •Keeps the school’s AI and responsible-use policies in use — the annual review, the student and parent sessions
- •Is the person a colleague asks before acting on an early-warning flag they are unsure about
How a teacher gets there
- Level 3, plus two further documented classroom interventions
- Co-facilitate at least one module for colleagues
- Mentor two teachers through their practicum
- Nominated by the school as an AI Champion
A mentor is not a PrepGraph employee or reseller. The role is pedagogical: helping colleagues read evidence and decide. Mentors receive the facilitator pack for Modules 1–6 and are credited on the cohort record.
Verification
Every certificate has a unique ID
Each certificate carries a unique ID and the cohort it was earned in. A school, a trust or an employer confirms it by email; we reply within one working day.
- 1 Email [email protected] with the certificate ID and the teacher’s name as printed.
- 2 We reply within one working day confirming the level, the cohort, the school and the date of issue.
- 3 For current-year endorsements (see renewal), the reply states the latest year on record.
We confirm only what is printed on the certificate, and only to someone the teacher has shown the ID to.
Verify a certificate
[email protected]Include the certificate ID and the teacher’s name as printed. We reply within one working day.
Independent programme, not a CBSE certification.
PrepGraph Academy is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or accredited by the Central Board of Secondary Education. Certificates are issued by PrepGraph. The programme is designed around the CBSE 2026-27 training theme and the CBSE/NPST professional-development domains; the host school decides how to record the hours under CBSE’s CPD guidelines and keeps the attendance records — we supply the templates.
If you are a teacher and your school has not started
Cohorts are arranged school by school
There is no open cohort to join as an individual. The 25 hours are taught to a cohort of 15–40 teachers from one school — or from two to four nearby schools pooling one — and the practicum runs with your own class, in your own timetable. So the useful next step for one teacher is not to enrol. It is to walk into your head of school having already done the groundwork.
- Take the ten-line self-audit — fifteen minutes, one capability per module, and it tells you where you actually are before anyone trains you.
- Hand your principal the implementation checklist — the decisions only leadership can make, with a column for the name and the date. It is the document that starts the conversation you cannot start alone.
Both are free, on this site, with nothing to fill in first. If your school wants the whole sequence in order, the AI-Ready School Starter Kit puts all seven sheets in the order a term runs.
Certify a cohort in your school
Tell us your board, grades and teacher count. A person replies within one working day, by phone or WhatsApp. The 12-week cohort plan and the assessment calendar come with it, and the CPD record sheet your coordinator keeps is already free on this site.