Practical AI Training for Schools & Districts
From understanding AI to putting it to work.
Schools don’t need another technology initiative that creates more work. They need thoughtful guidance, practical tools, and support that helps educators and leaders use AI responsibly and effectively.
CapAIable partners with schools and districts to assess readiness, develop responsible-use guidelines, deliver engaging professional learning, and turn promising ideas into everyday practice.
Whether you’re just beginning to explore AI or ready to move from planning to implementation, we meet your team where it is and build solutions around the work you’re actually trying to accomplish.
We don’t just teach your team about AI. We help your team put it to work.
The policy is written. Now staff need to know what it means on a Tuesday.
States now expect every district to have an AI policy.
Ohio required one by July 1, 2026, and other states are following. A policy creates a workgroup and a review cycle. It doesn't train teachers, vet tools, or answer the question every principal gets: "what am I allowed to paste into this?"
Clear direction. No one assigned to do the work.
State guidance calls for safe, responsible AI use with humans in the loop. Service centers are posting full-time AI specialist jobs. Most districts don't have that role, or the budget to add it.
Pick one project, or bring us on all year.
Every service comes with ready-to-use toolkits your staff keep: prompts, policy templates, decision guides, and one-page "Rescue Pages" for real tasks.
AI Policy-to-Practice Sprint
We turn your board policy into staff guidance, a tool-vetting checklist, data privacy rules, and an annual review plan your AI workgroup can run.
4–6 weeks · fixed priceLearn more →Hands-on staff PD
Teachers bring a real task and leave with it done. Differentiated for beginners through power users. No sit-and-get.
Half or full day · on siteLearn more →School leaders & board sessions
What AI changes for operations, communications, hiring, and workforce readiness, with time-saving workflows administrators use the next morning.
2–3 hours · on site or virtualLearn more →Student AI & academic integrity
Clear classroom guidance on when students may use AI, assessment design that holds up, and a ready-to-teach AI literacy mini-lesson.
Workshop + resourcesLearn more →Fractional AI Specialist
Monthly coaching, office hours, workgroup facilitation, tool reviews, and policy updates, for a fraction of the cost of a full-time position.
Monthly · cancel anytimeLearn more →Partnerships for ESCs & co-ops
Offer AI support to all your member districts now. We deliver under your banner or ours while you build in-house capacity.
Regional agreementsLearn more →From first call to staff using AI well.
20-minute readiness check
We learn where your district stands: policy, tools in use, staff comfort, and what's keeping leaders up at night.
A plan that fits your calendar
We recommend the smallest set of services that gets results, timed to your PD days and budget cycle.
Learn, do, apply
Staff practice on their own real work, leave with tools they keep, and get support as they start using it.
Practical, responsible, and built for real school days.
Our one-page data rule gives every staff member the same answer to the question that matters most.
- Humans stay in chargeAI drafts, people decide. Every workflow includes a check step.
- Privacy firstFERPA-aware guidance and vendor questions built into everything we teach.
- Time back, not one more initiativeWe start with the tasks staff already dread and make them faster.
- Every level of comfortSessions work for the skeptic and the early adopter in the same room.
Former school leaders, not a software company.
Kristi Beth Costellow
Co-Founder & COO · Education, Implementation & DeliveryTwenty years in Kentucky schools as a teacher, principal of a newcomer school and an alternative school, and school model implementation lead.
- National Board Certified Teacher
- Level II Principal Certification
- M.A. TESOL, Murray State University
Luma Mufleh
Co-Founder & CEO · Growth & Product VisionTwenty years founding and leading a school and nonprofit for refugee and immigrant youth, growing it from a single soccer team into a nationally recognized program and training the educators who serve them.
- TED speaker; author of Learning America and From Here
- Executive Program in Social Entrepreneurship, Stanford GSB
- Opening keynote, SXSW EDU 2023
See where your district stands in 20 minutes.
No pitch deck. We'll talk through your policy, your staff, and your calendar, and send you our School Leaders AI Starter Kit either way.
Book your readiness checkPrefer email? hello@capaiable.com
Practical AI. Human impact.
CapAIable LLC · Columbus, Ohio · Serving districts nationwide
Frequently Asked Questions
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CapAIable is an AI training and support company for K-12 schools and districts. We help schools move from AI policy to real classroom practice through hands-on staff training, leader sessions, student AI literacy programs, and implementation support.
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Public school districts, private and independent schools, and Educational Service Centers (ESCs) / education cooperatives — in Ohio, Kentucky, and nationwide.
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Both. Our services are scoped to district size — the Policy-to-Practice Sprint and staff PD work for small and rural districts as well as large ones.
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Our sessions are designed to qualify for professional development credit. We provide certificates, agendas, and learning objectives so your district can award hours through its own approval process.
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Yes. Sessions are hands-on and start from where teachers actually are — no prior AI experience assumed.
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Both. We deliver on-site workshops and live virtual sessions, depending on what the district needs.
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Vendor training teaches one company's tools. CapAIable teaches educators how to use AI responsibly across tools, tied to your district's own policy and classroom goals.
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A fixed-price, 4–6 week engagement that turns your district's AI policy into staff-ready practice: policy translation, hands-on training, and implementation tools.
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We're based in Columbus, Ohio, with an Ohio and Kentucky focus, and we serve schools and districts nationwide.
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Kristi Costellow and Luma Mufleh — together they bring 40 years of school leadership experience, including National Board certification, a TED talk, and an SXSW EDU keynote.
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Book a free 20-minute readiness check through the scheduling link on our homepage.
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In-person sessions within driving distance of Columbus, OH, or Bowling Green, KY, include travel. Anywhere else in the U.S., a flat travel fee of $1,200 per trip applies. Virtual options are available for any session.