{"id":"pro-tch-coverage-free-periods","audience":"teachers","category":"planning","technique":"constraints","title":"Cover a colleague's classes using everyone's free periods","free":false,"task":"A teammate on your 8th-grade team is out Thursday for a training, and you're arranging in-house coverage. You want exactly 4 numbered lines, one per class she teaches, each as period - class - covering teacher, under 45 words, plain text. Each teacher can only cover during a free period, nobody covers twice, and use the updated free period one teacher sent. Write a prompt that gets you exactly that.","materialLabel":"Your notes (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"Thursday coverage - Ms. Rivera out (district training)\nHer classes:\n- Period 1: Science 8A\n- Period 3: Science 8B\n- Period 4: Science 8C\n- Period 6: Science 8D\n(Period 2 and 5 are her planning periods - no coverage needed)\n\nTeam free periods on Thursday:\n- Mr. Cole: free periods 1 and 4\n- Ms. Patel: free period 3\n- Mr. Webb: free period 6\n- Ms. Duarte: free periods 1 and 3\n\nRule from the AP: nobody covers more than one class in a day (contract limit).\n\nEmail from Ms. Patel (Wed): \"Heads up, I have a parent meeting during 3rd on Thursday, but I'm free 4th now instead (my 4th period class is at the assembly).\"\n\nSub plans are in the red folder on her desk. Lab equipment stays locked.","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":4},{"type":"maxWords","max":45},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Missing the updated free period","why":"Ms. Patel's original free period is in the list, so the AI puts her in 3rd.","fix":"Add: \"Use Ms. Patel's update: free 4th, not 3rd.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Ignoring the one-class rule","why":"The AI gives Mr. Cole both periods he's free.","fix":"Add: \"Nobody covers more than one class.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Not giving the line shape","why":"The AI writes a table or explains its choices.","fix":"Add: \"Each line: period - class - covering teacher.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Letting the AI add extras","why":"The AI adds the planning periods and sub plan notes.","fix":"Add: \"Only the 4 classes. Plain text, numbered.\"","checks":["r2","numberedItems","plainText"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for \"under 45 words\" and it often lands well over.","fix":"Cap each part instead: \"each line under 8 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Says how many lines","patterns":["\\b(4|four)\\b"]},{"label":"Uses the update","patterns":["patel","update","4th","changed"]},{"label":"States the one-class rule","patterns":["one class","more than one","only once","twice"]},{"label":"Shows the line shape","patterns":["period.{0,5}-.{0,10}class","covering","like ['\"]"]},{"label":"Sets a word limit","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","word (limit|count)"]}],"hint":"Coverage is a puzzle with rules. Tell the AI the one-class limit, the changed free period, and the line shape.","rubricLabels":["Has 4 lines in period order (1, 3, 4, 6), each with the period, class and a covering teacher","Every teacher covers only during a free period and only once: Ms. Patel covers period 4 (her updated free period), Ms. Duarte covers period 3, Mr. Cole covers period 1, Mr. Webb covers period 6","Nothing else is added (no planning periods, sub plan or lab notes, no intro)"]}