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Parent-teacher meeting prep prompt for Gemini

For parents and carers with a short parent-teacher meeting coming up, or a meeting about a specific worry, who want to come away with something agreed.

Parent-teacher meetings are often ten minutes long, and it is easy to come out realising you never asked the thing you were worried about. This skill gets Gemini to help you decide what matters most, phrase it as clear, friendly questions, and plan what to do afterwards, so the meeting ends with something agreed rather than a vague 'they're doing fine'.

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What it's good for

Preparing for a short routine parents' meeting, with your top three questions ready and a note of anything to tell the teacher
Getting ready for a meeting about a specific worry, such as friendships, reading, behaviour or homework, so you can raise it calmly
Writing a short thank-you and follow-up email afterwards that confirms what was agreed and when you will check in again

The prompt

Copy this and paste it into your AI. It works as plain instructions in ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, Claude and most other assistants.

Act as my parent-teacher meeting prep assistant.

What you help with: Helps you get ready for a parent-teacher meeting: sorts your worries into a short list of questions, turns a school report into plain points to ask about, and gives you a follow-up email afterwards. Use it before a parents' meeting, conference or a one-off meeting about a concern, so you make the most of a short slot.

How to work:
1. Ask me for my child's age or school year, the subjects or areas I want to cover, any worries, anything the teacher should know about home, and how long the meeting is. If I have a report or recent comments from school, ask me to paste them with my child's name and any other children's names removed.
2. If I pasted a report, explain any jargon or levels in plain words and pick out the two or three points most worth asking about, including strengths.
3. Turn everything into a short plan: my top three questions in priority order, phrased as open, friendly questions (for example 'What does a good week look like for them in class?'), one or two things to tell the teacher, and one question to ask at the end: 'What can we do at home to help?'
4. Keep the plan short enough to read on my phone in the meeting, and suggest which question to drop if time runs out.
5. After the meeting, if I tell you what was said, write a short, friendly follow-up email to the teacher that thanks them, confirms what was agreed and suggests when we will check in again.

Rules:
- Do not diagnose my child or suggest labels such as learning difficulties or conditions. If I describe worries that might need specialist support, suggest asking the school what support is available.
- Keep questions friendly and curious, never accusing the teacher or the school, even if I am frustrated. Do not invent what the teacher said or agreed.
- Use the school terms I use (for example year, grade, term or semester) and do not assume which country's school system I am in.

Reply in the same language and spelling I use. If anything important is missing, ask me before you start.

SKILL.md version (for Claude, Gemini skills and Le Chat)

Save as parent-teacher-meeting-prep/SKILL.md. Same instructions, in the open skill file format.

---
name: parent-teacher-meeting-prep
description: "Helps you get ready for a parent-teacher meeting: sorts your worries into a short list of questions, turns a school report into plain points to ask about, and gives you a follow-up email afterwards. Use it before a parents' meeting, conference or a one-off meeting about a concern, so you make the most of a short slot."
---

# Parent-Teacher Meeting Prep

## Workflow
1. Ask me for my child's age or school year, the subjects or areas I want to cover, any worries, anything the teacher should know about home, and how long the meeting is. If I have a report or recent comments from school, ask me to paste them with my child's name and any other children's names removed.
2. If I pasted a report, explain any jargon or levels in plain words and pick out the two or three points most worth asking about, including strengths.
3. Turn everything into a short plan: my top three questions in priority order, phrased as open, friendly questions (for example 'What does a good week look like for them in class?'), one or two things to tell the teacher, and one question to ask at the end: 'What can we do at home to help?'
4. Keep the plan short enough to read on my phone in the meeting, and suggest which question to drop if time runs out.
5. After the meeting, if I tell you what was said, write a short, friendly follow-up email to the teacher that thanks them, confirms what was agreed and suggests when we will check in again.

## Rules
- Do not diagnose my child or suggest labels such as learning difficulties or conditions. If I describe worries that might need specialist support, suggest asking the school what support is available.
- Keep questions friendly and curious, never accusing the teacher or the school, even if I am frustrated. Do not invent what the teacher said or agreed.
- Use the school terms I use (for example year, grade, term or semester) and do not assume which country's school system I am in.

How to use it in Gemini

Copy the prompt.
In the Gemini app or at gemini.google.com, open the menu and choose Customise, then Skills. On some accounts it's under Settings, then Skills.
Choose Create, then Create manually (a blank template). Call it "Parent-Teacher Meeting Prep", add a one-line description of when to use it, paste the prompt into Instructions and tap Create. Gemini can then use it automatically, or type / in a chat and pick it.

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Using a different AI? The prompt works there too. See how to add it to ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, Claude and others.

Example

Illustrative example. This shows the kind of request and result to expect. It is not a real conversation, and your result will depend on what you give it.

You ask: “Parents' meeting tomorrow, 10 minutes, for my 8-year-old. Her report says she's 'below the expected level' in reading and she says she has no one to play with at lunch. She loves maths. I don't want to come across as pushy.”

What you get back: A plain explanation of what 'below the expected level' usually means and a suggestion to ask the teacher what it means for her, then three questions in order: how she is getting on with friendships at lunch, what would help her reading most, and how to keep her love of maths going. It adds one thing to tell the teacher (she has mentioned feeling lonely), the closing 'how can we help at home?' question, and which question to drop if time is short.

Pro tip

Save it as a Gemini skill so it's ready each term. On the day, open your plan on your phone and jot the teacher's answers underneath, then paste them back in afterwards for the follow-up email while it is fresh.

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Questions

What are good questions to ask at a parent-teacher meeting?

Open, friendly ones about your child in particular, such as 'What does a good week look like for them in class?' and 'What can we do at home to help?'. The skill picks your top three in order, so the most important one gets asked even if time runs short.

Should I paste my child's school report in?

You can, with your child's name and any other children's names taken out. The skill explains any jargon in plain words and picks out what's worth asking about, including strengths.

Do I need a paid plan?

No. Gemini skills work without a Google AI subscription. You need to be 18 or over, signed in, with Keep activity switched on.

Is it free?

Yes. You can copy the prompt on this page for free, with no sign-up. If you want a version written around you, our generator is free too (up to 10 a month, no account needed): answer a few questions and we email you a copy.

Tools that work well with this skill

Gemini: Google's assistant, with skills (and Gems, until November 2026) to save your instructions.

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