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Prompt course · 9 lessons · 24 prompts · 1 hour · Beginner

AI for Tutors

This prompt course walks you through nine lessons that cover the whole tutoring cycle, from assessing needs to preparing exam reviews. Each lesson gives you ready prompts you can adapt for ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini.

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What you'll learn

  • Assess student needs: Turn diagnostic tests, intake notes, and sample work into a clear picture of what a student needs.
  • Plan sessions and reviews: Build focused session plans and exam review schedules that match the student's goals and time.
  • Explain tough concepts: Get simpler explanations, analogies, and step-by-step examples for topics that are causing trouble.
  • Create practice exercises: Generate worksheets, quiz questions, and flashcards tailored to the student's current level.
  • Give useful feedback: Turn your notes into clear, kind, and specific feedback on student work.
  • Track student progress: Organize session notes and spot patterns in effort, accuracy, and confidence over time.
  • Adapt teaching methods: Adjust explanations, materials, and pacing for different learning needs, grades, or accommodations.
  • Parent updates and admin: Prepare clear parent messages, progress reports, and simple tutoring business paperwork.

What's inside

9 lessons · 24 prompts
  1. Before you start · framework course RISEN Prompt Framework: Multi-Step Work Done RightRISEN helps you build multi-step tutoring plans, like a six-week algebra intervention with weekly goals, practice sets, and progress checks.
  2. Start here Priya's Thursday, Two WaysA day in the life of a Tutor, before and after these prompts.
  3. 01 Lesson 1 · 3 prompts Assess Student Needs
  4. 02 Lesson 2 · 3 prompts Plan Tutoring Sessions
  5. 03 Lesson 3 · 3 prompts Explain Difficult Concepts
  6. 04 Lesson 4 · 3 prompts Create Practice Exercises
  7. 05 Lesson 5 · 3 prompts Give Useful Feedback
  8. 06 Lesson 6 · 3 prompts Track Student Progress
  9. 07 Lesson 7 · 2 prompts Prepare Exam Review
  10. 08 Lesson 8 · 2 prompts Adapt Teaching Methods
  11. 09 Lesson 9 · 2 prompts Parent Updates and Admin

About this course

7 topics

A Tutor's Prompt Course for Every Student

Tutoring asks you to wear many hats: assessor, explainer, coach, and business owner. This course gives you a prompt for each hat, so you spend less time on prep and more time teaching.

You do not need any technical background. Each lesson shows you what to ask, how to adjust the answer, and how to keep student information safe.

  1. The lessons
    1. Assess Student Needs: Use AI to turn diagnostic tests, intake notes, and sample work into a clear picture of what the student needs.
    2. Plan Tutoring Sessions: Use AI to build focused session plans that match the student's goals, time, and materials.
    3. Explain Difficult Concepts: Use AI to get simpler explanations, analogies, and step-by-step examples for topics the student is stuck on.
    4. Create Practice Exercises: Use AI to generate worksheets, quiz questions, and flashcards tailored to the student's current level.
    5. Give Useful Feedback: Use AI to turn your notes into clear, kind, and specific feedback on student work.
    6. Track Student Progress: Use AI to organize session notes and spot patterns in effort, accuracy, and confidence over time.
    7. Prepare Exam Review: Use AI to build study schedules, practice tests, and focused review plans before a big exam.
    8. Adapt Teaching Methods: Use AI to adjust explanations, materials, and pacing for different learning needs, grades, or accommodations.
    9. Parent Updates and Admin: Use AI to prepare clear parent messages, progress reports, and simple tutoring business paperwork.
  2. What the course covers

    The course follows the full tutoring cycle. You start by understanding a student's needs. Then you plan sessions, explain ideas, create practice, give feedback, track progress, prepare for exams, adapt your teaching, and handle parent updates and admin. Each lesson gives you prompts you can copy and adjust.

  3. How the lessons connect

    Each lesson builds on the one before it. The notes you gather in the first lesson feed your session plans. Your session plans shape the explanations and practice you create. Your feedback and progress notes then guide the next round of planning. By the end, you have a repeatable routine.

  4. How to use the prompts well

    Prompts work best when you add real details. Instead of asking for a worksheet, say the subject, the student's grade, the specific topic, and the number of questions. After the AI answers, read it, fix anything that sounds off, and make it your own. The prompts are starting points, not final drafts.

  5. Who it is for

    This course is for tutors who work one-on-one or in small groups, online or in person. It fits subject tutors, test prep coaches, and learning center staff. If you want to spend less time on prep and more time helping students, it is for you.

  6. Safety and privacy for this job

    Student information is sensitive. Always remove names, school names, and any details that could identify a student before you paste anything into an AI tool. Use tools that do not train on your data when possible. Follow your employer's rules and your local privacy laws. When in doubt, leave it out.

  7. Your next step

    Open the first lesson and try one prompt with a real student's work, with names removed. See how it feels to start with a draft instead of a blank page. Then add one more prompt each week until the habit sticks.