Why This Matters Now
Document your playbooks; new colleagues and substitute teachers should onboard in one afternoon. Cold prompts underperform; prime with prior knowledge and short exemplars before free response.
Use chain-of-thought sparingly and never grade it; grade the final work against transparent criteria. Guard rails: forbid disallowed sources, cite where appropriate, and log versions for academic honesty. Retrieval practice still wins—space it over days and mix in short, targeted hints from the model.
Always show a model answer and the rubric; feedback becomes legible and less surprising. Honor privacy: minimize personal data, use district accounts, and rotate identifiers in exports. AI is not a shortcut to learning; it is a mirror that requires better questions and stronger rubrics.
For accessibility, provide multi‑modal options: text, audio, and captioned video instructions. Start with outcomes, not tools; prompts should map to your learning objectives and Bloom levels.
A Practical Framework
Start with outcomes, not tools; prompts should map to your learning objectives and Bloom levels. Always show a model answer and the rubric; feedback becomes legible and less surprising.
Clarity beats cleverness—if a student cannot restate the task, the prompt is too ornate. Document your playbooks; new colleagues and substitute teachers should onboard in one afternoon.
Prompts that Work (Examples)
Honor privacy: minimize personal data, use district accounts, and rotate identifiers in exports. Teacher time is precious; automate the repeatable, keep judgment and pastoral care human.
- Socratic: “Ask me one question at a time to test my understanding of photosynthesis. Increase difficulty as I succeed.”
- Rubric-driven feedback: “Score this essay on clarity, evidence, and structure (1–4 each). Return one strength and one next step.”
- UDL option: “Offer three representations of this concept: a 100‑word summary, a labeled diagram description, and a real‑world analogy.”
Always show a model answer and the rubric; feedback becomes legible and less surprising. Cold prompts underperform; prime with prior knowledge and short exemplars before free response.
Assessment & Academic Integrity
Honor privacy: minimize personal data, use district accounts, and rotate identifiers in exports. Retrieval practice still wins—space it over days and mix in short, targeted hints from the model.
Clarity beats cleverness—if a student cannot restate the task, the prompt is too ornate. Cold prompts underperform; prime with prior knowledge and short exemplars before free response. Teacher time is precious; automate the repeatable, keep judgment and pastoral care human.
Start with outcomes, not tools; prompts should map to your learning objectives and Bloom levels. Document your playbooks; new colleagues and substitute teachers should onboard in one afternoon.
Rollout in 2 Weeks
For accessibility, provide multi‑modal options: text, audio, and captioned video instructions. Document your playbooks; new colleagues and substitute teachers should onboard in one afternoon. Honor privacy: minimize personal data, use district accounts, and rotate identifiers in exports.
Retrieval practice still wins—space it over days and mix in short, targeted hints from the model. AI is not a shortcut to learning; it is a mirror that requires better questions and stronger rubrics.
Pitfalls & Safeguards
Guard rails: forbid disallowed sources, cite where appropriate, and log versions for academic honesty. Cold prompts underperform; prime with prior knowledge and short exemplars before free response.
Always show a model answer and the rubric; feedback becomes legible and less surprising. Teacher time is precious; automate the repeatable, keep judgment and pastoral care human. AI is not a shortcut to learning; it is a mirror that requires better questions and stronger rubrics.
What to Measure
Cold prompts underperform; prime with prior knowledge and short exemplars before free response. Retrieval practice still wins—space it over days and mix in short, targeted hints from the model. Document your playbooks; new colleagues and substitute teachers should onboard in one afternoon.
Clarity beats cleverness—if a student cannot restate the task, the prompt is too ornate. Always show a model answer and the rubric; feedback becomes legible and less surprising.
Start with outcomes, not tools; prompts should map to your learning objectives and Bloom levels. For accessibility, provide multi‑modal options: text, audio, and captioned video instructions. Teacher time is precious; automate the repeatable, keep judgment and pastoral care human.
Case Notes
Clarity beats cleverness—if a student cannot restate the task, the prompt is too ornate. Use chain-of-thought sparingly and never grade it; grade the final work against transparent criteria.
Honor privacy: minimize personal data, use district accounts, and rotate identifiers in exports. AI is not a shortcut to learning; it is a mirror that requires better questions and stronger rubrics. Guard rails: forbid disallowed sources, cite where appropriate, and log versions for academic honesty.
Checklist
Teacher time is precious; automate the repeatable, keep judgment and pastoral care human. AI is not a shortcut to learning; it is a mirror that requires better questions and stronger rubrics. Clarity beats cleverness—if a student cannot restate the task, the prompt is too ornate.
Honor privacy: minimize personal data, use district accounts, and rotate identifiers in exports. Use chain-of-thought sparingly and never grade it; grade the final work against transparent criteria.
- Define objectives; align prompts to verbs and outcomes.
- Provide exemplars; publish rubrics next to tasks.
- Decide what is allowed; teach citation and logging.
- Pilot with one class; iterate weekly based on evidence.
Conclusion
Always show a model answer and the rubric; feedback becomes legible and less surprising. Honor privacy: minimize personal data, use district accounts, and rotate identifiers in exports. Use chain-of-thought sparingly and never grade it; grade the final work against transparent criteria.
Guard rails: forbid disallowed sources, cite where appropriate, and log versions for academic honesty. Retrieval practice still wins—space it over days and mix in short, targeted hints from the model. Clarity beats cleverness—if a student cannot restate the task, the prompt is too ornate.