What Lesson Planning Done Right Looks Like
How I’ve learned to work smarter, not harder when it comes to lesson planning.
You want to see a teacher change moods and quickly?
Just say two words — lesson plan.
I’ll explain why these two words can change moods for the worst in a moment, but let’s just get one thing straight first.
And I think most teachers will agree with me on this:
Teachers do need lesson plans, but what they don’t need is the frustration of trying to meet ideal expectations in a realistic classroom.
I am not against lesson planning, never was, nor will ever be.
I’ve been a teacher long enough to understand the difference between how classes are run when I do make a lesson plan and when I don’t.
Yes, I’ll admit it.
After five years of teaching, I traded in my own lesson plans for sticky notes in the textbook, and relied on my belief as a teacher in order to get me through the lessons.
I soon discovered my energy levels were leaving me unsatisfied with what was happening in the classroom.
