What it is for

The Standard says what AI literacy is. The Implementation Pathway Model shows how an institution can build it: how to assess where people start, decide what to teach first, design pathways for different roles, and keep conformance up to date. It is informative guidance, not a set of requirements.

Five phases of adoption

Phase	Focus	Indicative duration	Output
1. Readiness and commitment	Stakeholder alignment, governance, resources	1 to 2 months	Adoption charter
2. Baseline assessment	Self-assessment, context mapping, gap analysis	1 to 3 months	Institutional profile
3. Pathway design	Sequencing, program selection, resources, timeline	1 to 2 months	Implementation plan
4. Implementation	Delivery, ongoing assessment, adjustment	12 to 24 months	Conformance evidence
5. Sustained conformance	Reassessment, version migration, continuous development	Ongoing	Conformance renewal

Durations depend on the size and infrastructure of the institution.

Choosing what to teach first

The model offers three sequencing archetypes: foundation first, the recommended default; risk-driven priority, where high-stakes AI is already in use and ethics, evaluation and data literacy are delivered together; and building from strength, starting where a profile is already strong. It explains how to match assessment results to program entry points and how to move from aligned to conforming status within three years.

Also covered

Role selection and role-specific descriptors; people who hold more than one role; the organizational conditions that affect whether individual learning takes hold, including organizational learning debt; periodic reassessment and version migration; worked scenarios for a large academic health system, a mid-size university and a government health authority; a pathway design worksheet and a conformance checklist.