How employers verify an American School of AI credential

A resume lands on your desk listing a Certified AI Project Manager credential from the American School of AI. Before you book the interview you want to know that the credential is real, that it belongs to this candidate, and what the person did to earn it. One field printed on the certificate answers all of that.

Find the Certificate ID

Every certificate the American School of AI issues carries a printed Certificate ID. On certificates issued from September 2026 the ID is the year of issue and a four-digit number, so 2026-0207 tells you at a glance that the credential was issued in 2026. Older certificates carry a longer ID, and it checks the same way. The holder also receives a digital badge. The ID is what you verify. Ask the candidate for it, or read it off the copy attached to the application.

Run the lookup

Enter the ID on the Verify a Credential page. The record that comes back shows five fields: the holder’s name, the credential earned, the Certificate ID, the issue date, and the result. Match the name against the resume. That settles whether the credential is real and whose it is.

There is no valid-through date, because the credential is for life. The school charges no renewal fee and sets no expiry. The issue date tells you when the credential was issued, and nothing more.

If an ID returns nothing, retype it before you conclude anything. A transposed digit is the usual cause. If it still returns no record, treat the credential as unverified and raise it with the candidate directly.

What the result tells you

The result field is the part of the record worth reading twice. Every credential depends on work the holder submitted after class, built on their own material: a six-section pack with a cover block, a prompt set, the raw AI output, the final version, a change log, and a boundary note. It is due 14 days after the last day of class. An assessor who did not teach the class reads it against a rubric published before purchase, never sees the learner’s name or employer, and returns a mark inside 10 working days.

Marks come in three bands: Not yet, Pass, and Strong. A credential is issued on a Pass or a Strong. Not yet means no credential, with one free resubmission and written feedback. At Stage 1 the assessor marks four criteria: Judgment, Specificity, Boundary awareness, and Reusability. In plain terms, the holder changed what the AI gave them and could say why, worked on their real job rather than a generic example, named something they would not let AI do, and left a prompt a colleague in the same role could use. The full rubrics are on the standards page. No AI credential we could find publishes its rubric before purchase.

One number the school will not give you yet. A pass rate for a stage is published only after the first 30 marked submissions in that stage. Until then there is no figure to quote.

Which credential is on the record

The record names one of five credentials, and the name tells you which stage the holder reached.

• Stage 1, one day: Certified AI Facilitator (AI-FAC) for Scrum Masters and team coaches, Certified AI Product Manager / Product Owner (AI-PMPO) for Product Owners and backlog owners, and Certified AI Project Manager (AI-PM) for project and delivery managers. The marked work is a brief on the holder’s own role.
• Stage 2, two days: Certified Advanced AI Coach (AI-AAC). Any Stage 1 credential admits a learner. The marked work is one redesigned cross-team workflow with a measurement plan.
• Stage 3, three days: Certified AI Integration Manager (AI-AIM). A Stage 2 pass is the only gate. The marked work is a 90-day adoption plan, an evaluation set, and an executive business case. This stage prepares people for the roles employers post as AI Enablement Lead and AI Adoption Lead.

Nobody skips Stage 1, so a Stage 3 record sits on top of two earlier passes. The full path is on the certifications hub.

The school issues. Providers never do

The lookup is the authority, and the paper should agree with it. On the certificate, confirm the holder’s full name, the credential name and code, the Certificate ID, the issue date, and the issuer line naming the American School of AI. If the document and the record disagree on any field, trust the record.

The American School of AI is the certification body. It develops the standard, has the submitted work independently assessed, and issues the credential. Classes are delivered by our authorized training providers. Providers teach. They never issue. A certificate that names a training company as the issuer is that company’s certificate of attendance, however good the class was, and it will not return a record here.

If you are screening a stack of candidates, keep the Verify a Credential page open in a tab and run IDs as you go. Each lookup settles the question before the interview instead of during it.

Sources: American School of AI catalogue and certification standards.

Frequently asked questions

What does a Certificate ID look like?

The year of issue and a four-digit number: 2026-0207, for example. Older certificates carry a longer ID. Enter it exactly as printed on the Verify a Credential page.

Does an American School of AI credential expire?

No. Every credential is for life with no renewal fee, so the record carries an issue date and no valid-through date.

Who issues the credential, the school or the training provider?

The American School of AI develops the standard, has the submitted work marked by an assessor who did not teach the class, and issues the credential. Our authorized training providers deliver the classes and never issue. A certificate naming a training company as the issuer is not an American School of AI credential.