ChatGPT prompts for teaching

These teaching prompts cover lesson planning, student engagement and active learning, assessments and rubrics, and the classroom management and communication that support learning.

Activity development: Design a [length] project-based unit for a [grade] [subject] class addressing [issue]. Integrate [second subject], [skill], and [component], culminating in [final product]. Include objectives, daily plans, resources, assessment rubric, and accessible differentiation. Context: [insert standards and constraints]. Example: [insert example]

Study guide: Create a [length] study guide for a [subject] exam using the syllabus and materials below. Include concise explanations, key terms, worked examples, useful memory aids, and common misconceptions. Flag topics not supported by the source material. Context: [Insert exam scope and sources]. Structure example: [Insert example].

Science experiment: Design a 45-minute experiment demonstrating [concept] for [level]. Include objectives, setup and cleanup time, materials, instructions, discussion questions, reflection, accessibility options, and extensions. Add a hazard analysis, precautions, supervision, disposal guidance, and a safer alternative where needed. Context: [Insert school rules and resources].

Active learning strategies: Suggest [number] scalable active-learning strategies for a [number]-student undergraduate class on [subject]. For each, include the learning objective, procedure, time, technology or materials, accessibility, and evidence of understanding. Context: [Insert room and teaching constraints].

Tech integration: Recommend technology-supported activities for a [level] [topic] curriculum. For each, identify the learning objective, tool, learner task, accessibility and privacy considerations, cost, and a non-digital alternative.

Targeted tutorial: Explain how to solve [equation] using [formula or method]. Verify that the method applies, show each step, explain the reasoning, check the answer, and note common errors.

Rubric development: Create an analytic rubric for [assignment] in a [grade] [subject] class. Align criteria with these learning outcomes: [Insert outcomes]. Include observable descriptors, [number] performance levels, and weights totaling 100%. Example criterion: [Insert example].

Mind map: Create a text-based mind map connecting key events during [period]. Show chronology and label each relationship as cause, consequence, influence, response, or parallel development. Use these events and sources: [Insert information].

Family engagement plan: Design a plan to strengthen family engagement in a [level] school. Include accessible two-way communication, home-based participation, flexible collaboration options, family input, and measures of participation. Address language, technology, time, and accessibility barriers. Context: [Insert school information].

Flashcards: Create [number] flashcards for a [level] [language] class. Include the word, its [language] translation, part of speech, level-appropriate sentence, and an optional verified mnemonic or cultural note. Use [dialect or region], and flag any translations you are not confident in for verification with a native speaker or dictionary. Format example: [insert example]

Motivation techniques: Recommend strategies to support engagement and persistence among [level] students experiencing [challenge]. Cover relevance, choice, belonging, achievable challenge, feedback, and appropriate incentives. For each, include the use case, implementation, and potential risk. Context: [Insert learner needs].

Online course module: Design a [duration] online module on [topic] for [audience] in [platform]. Include objectives, concise content, appropriate multimedia, practice, accessible navigation, and immediate feedback. Use multimedia only where it supports the learning goal.

Professional development plan: Create a professional-development plan for teachers integrating technology into [context]. Include baseline needs, measurable goals, training, practice, coaching, resources, timeline, accessibility, and evaluation. Constraints: [Insert tools, budget, and policies].

Lesson planning: Create a [duration] lesson on [topic] for [level]. Align it with [standards or outcomes] and include prior knowledge, materials, instruction, guided and independent practice, accessibility supports, assessment, and extension. Context: [Insert class needs].

Collaborative learning activities: Suggest [number] collaborative activities for a [level] [topic] class. For each, include the objective, group structure, roles, individual accountability, instructions, assessment, accessibility, and debrief.

Classroom management plan: Create a classroom-management plan for a [level] setting. Include proactive routines, relationship building, explicit expectations, reinforcement, responses to disruption, de-escalation, documentation, and safety escalation. Align recommendations with school policies and supplied individual support plans. Context: [insert details].

Formative assessment ideas: Suggest [number] brief formative assessments for a [level] [subject] lesson on [topic]. For each, explain what it reveals, how to run it, how to interpret responses, and how instruction should change based on the result.

Differentiated instruction plan: Design a differentiated [level] [subject] lesson on [topic]. Provide flexible options based on readiness, prior knowledge, language proficiency, accessibility, and learner strengths. Include supports and extensions, plus the supplied IEP accommodations without inventing new ones. Context: [Insert learner data and plans]