Novice means you can try the task the first time you use a chat tool. Intermediate means you can already edit a draft. Professional means you know this part of the job well enough to catch a wrong one. The level is about the task, not a rank.
- A simpler explanation of something you teach
- A message to a parent or carer
- Starter ideas for a topic you already teach
- Questions from a text you provide
- Feedback lines from your own notes
- A shorter version of a worksheet you wrote
- Actions from a staff meeting note
- What not to use it for
- Sources
Where it helps
UNESCO’s guidance on generative AI in education says these tools can help teachers produce text, and that the result is not automatically right. It says teachers and learners should not take the output at face value, because the tool can be wrong. It also says the tool, on its own, is unlikely to solve the hard problems in education, and that people still do that work. Check what you might teach or send. Follow what your school allows, including what you may paste about a learner.
Tasks
A simpler explanation of something you teach
You already know the idea. The draft is a plainer version for a given age. You put back any step it dropped, and you take out anything you would not say in the room.
Prompt
Highlighted [brackets] are the parts you replace. Only paste information you’re allowed to share with the tool you’re using.
The promptRewrite my explanation so a learner can follow it. Use simple language an everyday person would understand.
Rewrite my explanation so a learner can follow it. Use simple language an everyday person would understand.
Age or stage: [for example, about 11 years old]
My explanation:
"""
[paste what you would have said]
"""
Keep my meaning. Short sentences.
Do not add facts, dates, names or examples that are not in my text.
At the end, list anything you were tempted to add, under "I left this out".
Do not set a grade. Do not give medical, psychological or legal advice.A message to a parent or carer
The hard part is tone. You bring the facts, including what you are actually asking them to do. The draft should not invent a concern.
Prompt
Highlighted [brackets] are the parts you replace. Only paste information you’re allowed to share with the tool you’re using.
The promptDraft a message to a parent or carer. Use simple language an everyday person would understand.
Draft a message to a parent or carer. Use simple language an everyday person would understand.
About: [a trip, homework, a class event, or a piece of work. No diagnosis]
Facts I am willing to say: """[your facts. Do not paste a full name if you do not need to]"""
What I need from them: [or "just for information"]
Tone: calm and respectful
Under 150 words.
Do not add worries, claims about how they behaved, or test scores I did not write.
Do not give medical or legal advice, and do not advise on a learner's safety.
If a fact is missing, write [NOT STATED].Starter ideas for a topic you already teach
A few ways into a topic can unstick planning. They are ideas, not a scheme of work, and they are useless if they ignore what you are supposed to teach.
Prompt
Highlighted [brackets] are the parts you replace. Only paste information you’re allowed to share with the tool you’re using.
The promptSuggest four short starter activities for a lesson I already teach. Use simple language an everyday person would understand.
Suggest four short starter activities for a lesson I already teach. Use simple language an everyday person would understand.
Topic: [topic]
Age or stage: [stage]
Time for the starter: [minutes]
What learners already know: [or "not sure"]
What they must not need: [equipment you do not have, or "nothing special"]
For each idea: what learners do, what I do, and what could go wrong.
Label every idea as "check this against what I am supposed to teach".
Do not write a full lesson.
Do not claim this matches a named curriculum.
Do not include a test score or a medical suggestion.Questions from a text you provide
Questions are only as good as the text you paste. Ask for an answer key you can check with the book closed, then open the book.
Prompt
Highlighted [brackets] are the parts you replace. Only paste information you’re allowed to share with the tool you’re using.
The promptWrite six questions from the text below, and an answer for each. Use simple language an everyday person would understand.
Write six questions from the text below, and an answer for each. Use simple language an everyday person would understand.
Who it is for: [age or stage]
TEXT:
"""
[paste a passage you are allowed to use. A short extract, not a whole book]
"""
Mix: three short-answer questions and three that have one clearly correct answer.
The answer must be supported by the text. Quote the few words you used.
If the text does not support a question, do not write it.
Do not add facts from outside the text.
Do not grade anyone.Feedback lines from your own notes
You saw the work. A chat tool can turn "messy ending, good example in paragraph two" into a sentence a learner can use. It must not invent a mark.
Prompt
Highlighted [brackets] are the parts you replace. Only paste information you’re allowed to share with the tool you’re using.
The promptTurn my notes into feedback a learner can read. Use simple language an everyday person would understand.
Turn my notes into feedback a learner can read. Use simple language an everyday person would understand.
What the task was: [one line]
What I noticed: """[your notes. No full name if you can avoid it]"""
One thing I want them to try next: [or "not decided"]
Write five sentences I could edit.
Do not give a grade, a score or a rank.
Do not add praise or criticism I did not hint at.
Do not mention health, how they behave, or home life.
End with the one next step, or "next step not stated" if I did not give one.A shorter version of a worksheet you wrote
Shortening your own sheet is a real job. You know which question carries the point. The tool does not, unless you say so. You check the short version still asks that question.
Prompt
Highlighted [brackets] are the parts you replace. Only paste information you’re allowed to share with the tool you’re using.
The promptMake a shorter version of my worksheet. Use simple language an everyday person would understand.
Make a shorter version of my worksheet. Use simple language an everyday person would understand.
Who the shorter version is for: [for example, a learner who needs fewer questions, not a diagnosis]
The question they must still answer: [the one that matters]
WORKSHEET:
"""
[paste the sheet you wrote]
"""
Keep my facts. Cut repetition. Aim for about half the length.
Do not add new topics.
Do not say this is suitable for a medical or learning diagnosis.
At the end, list what you cut, so I can put back anything that mattered.Actions from a staff meeting note
A meeting note fails when nobody can see who does what. If the note never named an owner, the draft should leave the cell blank.
Prompt
Highlighted [brackets] are the parts you replace. Only paste information you’re allowed to share with the tool you’re using.
The promptSort these meeting notes. Use simple language an everyday person would understand. Only use what is written.
Sort these meeting notes. Use simple language an everyday person would understand. Only use what is written.
NOTES:
"""
[paste notes. Remove anything about a learner that you should not put in a chat tool]
"""
Produce:
1. Decisions the notes say were agreed.
2. A table: task, owner, when. If the notes do not say, write "not named".
3. Open questions.
Do not add tasks. Do not give legal or medical advice, and do not advise on a learner's safety.What not to use AI for
- A grade, a score, or a decision about a qualification.
- A decision about a learner’s safety or welfare.
- A medical, psychological or learning-needs diagnosis.
- What the curriculum or the law requires, unless you are checking the tool against the official document yourself.
- A learner’s name, contact details, or private records, unless the tool is the one your school has approved for that.
If a draft would go to a parent, a learner or a file, read every fact against your own notes. If the topic is a child’s safety or health, do not use the chat tool as the decision.
Sources
- UNESCO, Guidance for generative AI in education and research (2023) International education body
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