{"id":"wri-tch-mentor-teacher-application","audience":"teachers","category":"applications","technique":"grounding","title":"Apply to be a mentor teacher with specific evidence","free":false,"task":"Your district is selecting mentor teachers for first-year teachers. The form asks what you'd offer a new teacher, under 80 words. Give two specific examples from your own practice with numbers, name the time you can commit using the program's actual requirement, skip 'passionate', 'lifelong learner' and 'make a difference', and end with the line 'Preferred mentee: grades 3-5'. Write a prompt that gets that answer.","materialLabel":"Program requirements and your notes (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"CEDAR FALLS SCHOOL DISTRICT - Mentor Teacher Program 2027-28\n- Mentors meet with their new teacher weekly for 45 minutes and observe once a month.\n  (Last year's flyer said \"every other week\"; the program changed to weekly in 2026.)\n- Stipend: $1,500.\n- Question 3: \"What would you offer a first-year teacher?\" (100 words max)\n\nMY NOTES (Ms. Renee Holt, 5th grade, 11 years)\n- Classroom routines: my \"first 10 days\" routine plan cut morning transition time from about 12 minutes to 4 (timed it last fall).\n- Parent communication: I send a 3-line Friday update to every family; parent conference attendance went from 68% to 94% over 2 years.\n- I've hosted 3 student teachers from Cedar Falls University.\n- I'm free Tuesdays after school for the weekly meeting.\n- My friends say I'm a born teacher.","rules":[{"type":"maxWords","max":80}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for \"under 80 words\" and it often lands well over.","fix":"Cap each part: \"4 sentences, each under 18 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]},{"title":"Generic mentoring talk","why":"The AI writes about \"supporting new teachers' growth\" with no evidence.","fix":"Say it: \"Use my transition routine (12 to 4 minutes) and Friday updates (68% to 94%).\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Old time commitment","why":"The notes mention last year's every-other-week schedule.","fix":"Add: \"Weekly 45-minute meetings on Tuesdays, plus a monthly observation.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Teacher clichés","why":"AI applications lean on \"passionate lifelong learner\".","fix":"Ban them: \"No passionate, lifelong learner or make a difference.\" Then: \"End with Preferred mentee: grades 3-5.\"","checks":["r2"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Sets a word limit","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","word (limit|count)"]},{"label":"Gives numbered examples","patterns":["12","94%","examples"]},{"label":"Uses the real requirement","patterns":["weekly","45 minutes","tuesday"]},{"label":"Bans clichés","patterns":["clich","passionate","lifelong learner"]},{"label":"Keeps it to the facts given","patterns":["only (the )?(facts|info|details)","don'?t (invent|add|make up)","nothing (else|outside)","from (the|my) (notes|material|email|thread)"]}],"hint":"Selection committees want proof and a realistic commitment. Give the AI two examples with numbers and the actual schedule.","rubricLabels":["Gives two examples with numbers (morning transitions cut from about 12 minutes to 4 with her first-10-days plan, and/or conference attendance rising from 68% to 94% with Friday updates)","Commits to weekly 45-minute meetings (she's free Tuesdays after school) and monthly observations, not every other week","Uses none of these: passionate, lifelong learner, make a difference, and ends with the line 'Preferred mentee: grades 3-5'"]}