School's Out for Summer!

Author

Neil Almond
July 23, 2024

Happy Summer human,

I know many of the UK subscribers will have broken up for their summer break by the time this hits their inboxes. TeacherPrompts will still be coming out over the summer, but its content may well be slimmed down as everyone is going to need a break!

📚 Knowledge builders

  • GPT Recruitment → In this blog, Donald Clark explains how you could use ChatGPT to help you get a new job. We have explored some of these, but its great to see a curated list.

  • EurekaLabsAI → An AI company that seeks to create the first AI native school.

 ðŸ¤– Industry updates

  • Gpt-3.5 is no more. Welcome gpt-4o mini â†’ Quite a significant update here. This model is cheaper to run than gpt3.5 and has all the multimodal capabilities of gpt-4o. For free users, this means better outputs and better for the environment.

  • School of the future, today? â†’ One of the founders of OpenAI has detailed his desire to build an AI native school. It is an interesting experiment that is starting a ‘graduate’ level (likely for motivational reasons). It will be interesting to see where this goes.

ʉϬ Fresh prompts

  1. Interview Qus→ Inspired by Donald’s list. Here is a prompt to think about what questions you may be asked in an interview for classroom teacher role in England. Simply change the location to where you are. You could also upload the job description to get questions that match that. Use with ChatGPT. 

Generate a list of interview questions for professionals seeking a teaching job in England. The questions should cover all aspects of being a teacher, including:

Classroom management
Teaching philosophy
Curriculum planning
Student assessment
Professional development
Adapting to the English education system
Handling diverse classrooms
Integrating technology in teaching
Working with parents and the community
Understanding educational policies
Managing workload and stress

Present the questions in bullet point format without follow-up questions.

  • Classroom Management

    • How do you establish and maintain a positive learning environment?

    • Describe a strategy you use to manage disruptive behavior in the classroom.

    • How do you handle conflicts between students?

  • Teaching Philosophy

    • What is your teaching philosophy and how does it influence your instructional methods?

    • How do you balance student-centered learning with the need to cover the curriculum?

  • Curriculum Planning

    • How do you design a coherent and well-sequenced curriculum?

    • How do you incorporate cross-curricular themes into your lesson plans?

  • Student Assessment

    • What methods do you use to assess student learning and progress?

    • How do you provide feedback to students to support their development?

The best part is, if you are unsure of an answer, you could have a back-and-forth with ChatGPT about crafting the answer.

Let’s celebrate school being done for the summer with a cheesy, AI generated 80s rock songs!

As ever, thanks for reading and keep on prompting! Mr A 🦾