10 AI Prompts Every Educator Needs

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Keith Spencer · 30 years in international schools

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1.Report comments, 30 words flat

Write a 30-word report comment for [STUDENT], [SUBJECT]. Strengths: […]. Next steps: […]. Warm, specific, no clichés.

2.The difficult parent email

Draft a calm, solution-first email to a parent about [ISSUE]. Facts: […]. Offer a meeting. Under 180 words. Remove anything that reads as blame.

3.Spot your at-risk students

Here’s my class data: [PASTE]. Identify at-risk students and why. Rank by urgency. Don’t flag stable students.

4.Feedback that’s academic-honesty safe

Here’s a student draft: [PASTE]. Give feedback against [criterion] using guiding questions. Do NOT rewrite it for them.

5.Backwards-plan any deadline

Final deadline [DATE], today [DATE]. Build a staged timeline (proposal → draft → feedback → final) as a table with student actions.

6.Turn notes into a meeting agenda

Turn these notes into a time-boxed department agenda, decisions-needed at the top: [PASTE].

7.Differentiate a lesson in seconds

Here’s my lesson: [PASTE]. Give a support version and a stretch version of the main task, same objective.

8.Observation feedback that develops

Lesson notes: [PASTE]. Write feedback: 2 strengths with evidence, 2 growth areas as questions, 1 next step.

9.Cohort summary for SLT

Turn this data into a 6-bullet summary for senior leadership: [PASTE]. Headline first, honest about concerns, end with my plan.

10.End-of-day shutdown

Here’s what I did and what’s open: [DUMP]. Give me a 3-line summary and the one priority that matters most tomorrow.

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