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of 5— List all changes before opening Claude
What you'll accomplish
Annual handbook revisions that take days of careful editing can be done in hours when Claude handles the section-by-section rewriting. This guide gives you a repeatable workflow for incorporating policy changes, legal updates, and school-specific revisions each year.
What you'll need
- Claude Pro subscription (for uploading your current handbook PDF and handling longer documents)
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- Your current handbook(s) as PDF or accessible Google Doc link
- A list of changes to incorporate this year: policy revisions, new laws, school-specific updates
- Time needed: 30 to 45 minutes per section being revised
How-To Guide: Annual Handbook Updates with AI
Step 1: List all changes before opening Claude
Spend 15 minutes listing every change that needs to go into this year's handbook:
- New or updated state laws (attendance, discipline, special education)
- Policy changes you made during the school year that weren't in last year's handbook
- Clarifications needed based on parent/staff confusion last year
- Sections you want to simplify or make more readable
Group by handbook section. This list is your instruction set for Claude.
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