AI Agents in Action: Real Examples

5 Things You Can Do This Week with AI Agents

These are practical, immediate actions you can take using any of the project features described in the previous topic.

1. Build a “Lesson Plan Partner” Project

Time to set up: 15 minutes
What to do: Create a project with your curriculum standards, pacing guide, and one or two sample lesson plans you’re proud of. Add instructions about your grade level, student demographics, and preferred lesson format.

Then ask:

• “Create a 5E lesson on [topic] for next Tuesday”
• “This lesson was too long. Help me trim it to 45 minutes”
• “Add ELPS-aligned language objectives to this lesson”

2. Create a “Student Feedback Assistant”

Time to set up: 10 minutes
What to do: Create a project with your rubric and grading criteria. Add instructions like: “Help me write constructive, encouraging feedback for student work. Keep comments specific and actionable. For ELL students, note language growth alongside content mastery.”

Then ask:

• “Here’s a student essay. Give me feedback using our rubric”
• “This student is at intermediate English proficiency. Help me write feedback that acknowledges their language progress”
• “Generate 3 different versions of feedback for high/medium/low performance”

3. Draft Differentiated Materials

Time to set up: 5 minutes (use your existing lesson plan project)
What to do: Take any lesson plan and ask the AI to create versions for different proficiency levels.

Then ask:

• “Adapt this reading passage for Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced English proficiency levels”
• “Create a graphic organizer for this lesson that includes Spanish cognates”
• “Write simplified instructions for this activity in both English and Spanish”

4. Parent Communication in Multiple Languages

Time to set up: 5 minutes
What to do: Create a project with instructions like: “Help me write professional parent communications. My school serves families who speak English, Spanish, and Vietnamese. Keep language warm but professional. Include all key information: dates, times, what parents need to do.”

Then ask:

• “Write a permission slip for our field trip on March 15 in English and Spanish”
• “Draft a progress report email for a student who is improving in reading but needs support in math”
• “Translate this school newsletter section into Spanish, keeping the friendly tone”

5. Administrative Task Automation

Time to set up: 10 minutes
What to do: Create a project for recurring administrative tasks.

Then ask:

• “Help me organize these student assessment scores into a table and identify students who need intervention”
• “Create a professional development reflection based on these notes from today’s training”
• “Draft an email to my principal summarizing the results of our department’s data meeting”

The ELPS Connection

For teachers working with English learners, AI agents are particularly powerful because they can:

• Cross-reference ELPS standards with content objectives automatically
• Generate scaffolded materials at different proficiency levels in seconds
• Create bilingual resources without needing a separate translation step
• Track language objectives alongside content objectives in lesson plans

The ELPS Online Helper from Enabling Learning is a free tool built specifically for this purpose. It uses AI to help you align your lessons with English Language Proficiency Standards, generate scaffolding strategies, and create differentiated activities for multilingual classrooms.