Texas Public Sector AI Awareness Training ┬╖ 90 minutes ┬╖ DIR FY 26-27 Certified Application Pending
Module Outline
Each module is mapped directly to the DIR Required Content list. Slide numbers below correspond to the program deck submitted for certification.
Module 1 ΓÇö Foundations of AI Literacy and Public Sector Use Cases
25 MIN
Learning objectives addressed: 1, 2, 3
- What AI is (generative, predictive, agentic) in plain language
- Four DIR-named public sector use cases: workflow automation, data analysis, document summarization, constituent chatbots
- Common AI tools: ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, Google Gemini, agency-internal tools, AI-augmented search
- The Authorization Rule: employees use AI tools only as authorized by their employer
Slides 3-15 ┬╖ DIR Required Content covered: AI overview, public sector use cases, common tools, authorization rule
Module 2 ΓÇö Critical Thinking About AI Outputs: Risks and Limitations
25 MIN
Learning objectives addressed: 4, 5, 6
- Three failure modes: hallucination, confident wrongness, training-data cutoff
- Risk-tiered mitigation framework (low-stakes, medium-stakes, high-stakes)
- The prompt-and-verify loop and the 100-dollar gut check
- Legal limits: no social scoring, no biometric ID without consent, state/federal law compliance
Slides 17-28 ┬╖ DIR Required Content covered: AI limitations, accuracy gaps, training-data dependence, lack of judgment, mitigation, legal limits
Module 3 ΓÇö Best Practices for Responsible AI Use: Five Principles
25 MIN
Learning objectives addressed: 7, 8, 9, 10
- Human Oversight ΓÇö every output reviewed by a human before action
- Privacy and Security ΓÇö no PII in publicly available AI tools
- Transparency ΓÇö constituent disclosure when AI is used
- Accuracy ΓÇö every output verified before being relied upon
- Accountability ΓÇö the agency owns the decision, not the AI
Slides 30-44 ┬╖ DIR Required Content covered: all five principles with public sector scenarios
Module 4 ΓÇö Knowledge Check and Proof of Completion
15 MIN
- Pre-test (baseline): 10 questions, untimed, no passing threshold
- Post-test: 12 questions, 80% passing threshold, 2 attempts before re-enrollment
- Adaptive remediation: below-80% learners routed back to specific modules where errors concentrated
- Proof of completion: PDF certificate with learner name, agency, date, certification expiration
Slides 45-46 ┬╖ DIR Recommended (non-required) standards: assessment of learning outcomes + proof of completion