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Nadia's Wednesday, two ways

8 lessons · 28 prompts

A day in the life of a Special Education Teacher: what changes with these prompts.

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Nadia, a middle school special education teacher

Nadia teaches eighth grade special education in a busy middle school. On Wednesday morning, she opens ChatGPT and pastes her science lesson on the water cycle. She asks it to rewrite the reading at two levels and add a picture glossary for a student who struggles with long text. Then she checks every word against the curriculum.

After that, she uses Claude to draft a short email to a parent about next week's IEP meeting. She gives the key facts: the meeting time, the student's recent wins in math, and one concern about missing homework. She edits the tone so it sounds like her.

Before lunch, she asks Gemini to turn her rough notes into a progress update for a student working on turning in assignments. She also uses a prompt to make a simple behavior tracking sheet for a student who needs breaks. She saves both in the shared folder.

By the end of the day, Nadia has finished her paperwork earlier than usual. She uses the time won back to call a parent, prepare a visual schedule for Thursday, and leave school before dark.

Before

  • Stacks of IEP drafts at home
  • Parent emails written late at night
  • Progress notes scattered in notebooks
  • Behavior plans started from scratch

After this course

  • IEP drafts ready for review
  • Parent notes clear and kind
  • Progress updates done at school
  • More time for students and family

What you'll learn

  • Adapt Lesson Materials: Modify a lesson or worksheet for different reading levels and learning needs.
  • Write Parent Notes: Draft clear, kind messages about progress, IEP meetings, and concerns.
  • Document Progress: Turn rough observations into progress notes and data collection tools.
  • Plan Individualized Instruction: Create social stories, visual schedules, and practice activities for one student.
  • Support Classroom Behavior: Develop behavior plans, de-escalation scripts, and reward systems.
  • Assess Student Progress: Analyze assessment data and suggest next steps for instruction.
  • Draft IEP Sections: Write present levels, goals, and accommodations for your review.
  • Work With Specialists: Prepare for and follow up on meetings with therapists and psychologists.

How this course works

  1. 8 lessonsOne task of your job each, from adapting lesson materials to collaborating with specialists.
  2. Ready-to-paste promptsCopy, fill in the parts in {{brackets}}, paste into ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini.
  3. Tick and completeTick the prompts you tried and mark each lesson complete.
  4. Get certifiedFinish and keep the prompts as your own library.