Back Pocket Prompt #1 · Sub plans

Sick at 5:40 a.m.? Sub plans in 15 minutes. From your couch.

Sub plans a stranger can run, written from your couch on a sick morning.

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Slide 1 of 6. Photo background. Sub plans Sick at 5:40 a.m.? Sub plans in 15 minutes. From your couch. One prompt + a human check.

Slide 2 of 6. The problem Sub plans can take longer than teaching the lesson. And you write them when you're too sick to think straight.

Slide 3 of 6. Paste tomorrow's lesson notes, then type: “Turn these notes into sub plans for a guest teacher who has never been in my room. A minute-by-minute schedule, the exact words to start each activity, what to do if they finish early, and a backup that needs no tech.”

Slide 4 of 6. The human check Read it the way the sub will: cold. Could a stranger run it without asking anyone?; Does any step need a password, key or device they won't have?; Does the no-tech backup actually work? Then add what only you know: routines, safety notes, who to ask next door. No student names go into the AI.

Slide 5 of 6. The payoff Where your minutes go Use the time you save on a short note to your class: what you expect, and that you'll be back. By hand: ~45 min, Writing from scratch With AI + check: ~15 min, Check included

Slide 6 of 6. Keep this one in your back pocket. Save it for your next sick day. Send it to the teacher next door. Back Pocket Prompts · built by a teacher-developer and a data scientist

The problem: Sub plans can take longer than teaching the lesson.

And you write them when you're too sick to think straight.

1. Paste tomorrow's lesson notes, then type:

Your back-pocket prompt

Turn these notes into sub plans for a guest teacher who has never been in my room. A minute-by-minute schedule, the exact words to start each activity, what to do if they finish early, and a backup that needs no tech.

2. The human check: Read it the way the sub will: cold.

Could a stranger run it without asking anyone?
Does any step need a password, key or device they won't have?
Does the no-tech backup actually work?

Then add what only you know: routines, safety notes, who to ask next door. No student names go into the AI.

Where your minutes go

By hand~45 minWriting from scratch

With AI + check~15 minCheck included

Use the time you save on a short note to your class: what you expect, and that you'll be back.

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