How to Implement a Chess in Education Program

There is no single best approach to implementing a Chess in Education program that works for everyone. Here are some considerations to keep in mind as you formulate a plan that would work for your organization.

1. 1. Consider your educational goals; select a CIE approach (See CIE Approaches).
   2. Consider these key program design questions:
      • When will teaching take place?
      • Who will teach?
      • What type of planning approach will be used?
        • • Informal – Bottom-up implementations; typically initiated by one or more teacher advocates at a single school.
            • Pros: Bottom-up implementation; lower administrator time commitment, relatively easy to implement if resources are available.
            • Cons: ad hoc, transient (due to turnover), and not scalable; minimal quality / performance tracking]
          • Formal – a top-down approach with administrator planning, oversight, and monitoring, designed for scalability and sustainability.
            • Pros: Increased scalability, and sustainability (less susceptible to personnel turnover issues).
            • Cons: Higher administrator time commitment.
   3. Launch CIE Program Planning
      • Assign a team and (as needed) contact CIE Service & Product providers for consultation, training (essential!), resources, and support. [Our CIE Coalition members can help.]

Tools to Implement Chess in Education

Generative Artificial Intelligence shows great promise in helping to implement Chess in Education programs.

With prompts from a skilled project manager, GenAI tools can be used to quickly create CIE proposals and informative promotional media. Look for for specific examples to be added here during 2025. We are currently working with tools to generate

• a prompt template for generating CIE proposals
•  FAQs elaborating on CIE and/or your proposal
• informative and engaging audio discussions of CIE and your proposal.