AI for Substitute Plan Quality

End-of-lesson check

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1. What distinguishes a functional sub plan from a skeletal one?

   1. Length — a longer plan is always better
   2. The functional plan can be executed by an adult with no prior context about the room, the students, or the routines
   3. The skeletal plan is written by administration
   4. The functional plan includes homework assignments

2. Which detail is most often missing from teacher-written sub plans that AI can help include?

   1. The teacher's educational philosophy
   2. Classroom procedures, material locations, and specific student management notes
   3. The district's academic calendar
   4. The substitute's pay rate

3. Why do self-contained activities make the best sub plan components?

   1. They are shorter than other activities
   2. Students can complete them without the sub needing to teach content or explain complex concepts
   3. Self-contained activities are graded automatically
   4. Subs prefer activities without student interaction

4. A teacher's sub plan includes: 'Do the activity we were working on.' What critical information is missing?

   1. Nothing — students will remember what to do
   2. What the activity is, where the materials are, and what students should do if they finish early
   3. The teacher's grading scale
   4. The date

5. An activity in a sub plan usually takes 30 minutes but the period is 50 minutes. What should the AI-generated plan include?

   1. An instruction to let students talk freely for the remaining time
   2. A 20-minute buffer activity the sub can use if the main activity ends early
   3. A note that the period is shorter today
   4. A second full lesson plan

6. Which AI prompt produces the most complete sub plan for a 9th-grade English class?

   1. Write a sub plan for English
   2. Write a complete sub plan for a 9th-grade English class. We are reading Zora Neale Hurston. Include: entry routine, activity instructions the sub reads aloud, seating notes, a buffer activity, and a student management note for two specific students
   3. Make a lesson about reading
   4. Write something for a sub to do tomorrow

7. A sub plan's management note reads: 'Table 3 may be chatty.' Why is this note insufficient?

   1. It mentions too many students
   2. It doesn't tell the sub what to do when Table 3 is chatty — it only identifies the problem
   3. It is written in the wrong format
   4. The sub doesn't need management notes

8. A school administrator needs to access a sub plan when a teacher calls out at 6 a.m. What is the best system for this?

   1. The teacher emails the plan when they call out
   2. The teacher stores AI-generated plans in a shared drive accessible to administration in advance
   3. The administrator writes the plan
   4. Students run the class without a plan

9. What does AI not know that a teacher must add to any sub plan?

   1. How to format bullet points
   2. The specific students, relationships, accommodations, and classroom-specific procedures of that actual class
   3. How to write a lesson plan header
   4. What subject the teacher teaches

10. Plans that depend on the teacher's established relationships with students fail when a sub runs them. Why?

    1. Students don't like subs
    2. The sub has not built the social capital and behavioral norms the teacher established — activities requiring trust or buy-in need to be redesigned for a stranger
    3. Relationships are not relevant to academic tasks
    4. Subs are not allowed to build relationships with students

11. A teacher generates a universal emergency sub plan at the start of the year. When should they update it?

    1. Never — a universal plan stays general on purpose
    2. Once per semester or when the class moves to a significantly different unit or content area
    3. Every day before school
    4. Only when the principal requests it

12. Which format is most effective for sub plan activity instructions?

    1. Paragraph summaries the sub paraphrases to students
    2. Teacher-to-student verbatim script the sub reads aloud so students hear instructions directly
    3. A list of what the teacher would normally do
    4. A flowchart of lesson options

13. A teacher has a student with a 504 accommodation for extended processing time. What must be included in the sub plan?

    1. Nothing — the student will self-advocate
    2. A note in the management section identifying the student, the accommodation, and what the sub should do to implement it
    3. A copy of the full 504 document
    4. An instruction to skip that student during activities

14. AI saves time on sub plan writing primarily by:

    1. Automatically emailing the plan to the substitute
    2. Converting a teacher's brief context input into a complete, formatted plan — eliminating the blank-page problem under time pressure
    3. Grading work completed during the sub day
    4. Scheduling the substitute automatically

15. A sub reports that the class 'got through the activities quickly and had 15 minutes of nothing to do.' What should the teacher add to future sub plans based on this feedback?

    1. A longer main activity
    2. A standing buffer activity — an independent or partner task that requires no sub explanation and students can start immediately if they finish early
    3. An instruction for the sub to give free time
    4. A note telling the sub to slow down