Follow along step by step. We'll use one AI prompt — built piece by piece with the RICCE framework — to help a dual-enrollment student plan next semester. Then we verify the work before it ever reaches a real student.
A student's courses, grades, and enrollment are part of their education record, protected under FERPA. Never put a real student's name, ID, or transcript into a public AI tool. Always de-identify first — use a fictional name, exactly like we do with "Jordan" below. If your college has an approved enterprise AI tool with a signed data agreement, follow your local policy.
See what the AI already knows before you hand it the task — so you're not building on a shaky foundation.
What do you know about North Carolina's Career and College Promise (CCP) program and the Business Administration CTE dual enrollment pathway? Be honest about what you do NOT know about a specific college's approved course sequence or live registration availability.
Tell the AI who to be and exactly what job it's doing.
You are an experienced community college career coach helping a high school sophomore plan dual enrollment courses. Your task: recommend which courses this student should take in Fall 2026, based on the approved CCP Business Administration pathway and our college's actual posted fall schedule.
Provide the de-identified student info and point the AI to your posted schedule. Replace [Your College] with your own.
Student (fictional, de-identified): "Jordan," a 10th grader in the Business Administration CTE pathway under CCP.
Completed courses:
- BUS 110 (Introduction to Business), Spring 2026
- CIS 110 (Introduction to Computers), Spring 2026
Find [Your College]'s posted Fall 2026 course schedule online and use it. Confirm the term is Fall 2026 before relying on it. If you cannot access it, tell me and I will paste it in.
These rules keep the AI honest — pathway-approved courses only, no repeats, prerequisites checked.
Constraints: - Recommend only courses on the approved CCP Business Administration pathway. - Jordan has already completed BUS 110 and CIS 110 — do not repeat them. - Confirm prerequisites are met for each suggested course; flag any that are not. - Jordan is a 10th grader, so confirm each course is CCP-eligible for the student's grade level and pathway.
Lock the output format so the answer is something you can hand a student and parent.
Present your answer as a table: Course | Title | Section / Days / Time | Prerequisite met? | Notes After the table, list any courses Jordan is NOT yet eligible for and why, and note anything I should double-check in the live registration portal.
The AI gives you a draft, not a final answer. Tap each item as you confirm it.
De-identify, then let AI find and organize the posted schedule — and you verify it's current, reachable, and pathway-approved before it reaches a student.