1. Concepts and Setup for Lesson Planning

2. Discussion Agenda/Goals
Overview
Where Activities and Lesson Plans fit in
Lesson Plan Philosophy
Activities vs Lesson Plans
Key Decisions
Activities
Setup (Administrative)
Create an Activity
Lesson Plans
Setup (Individual Teacher)
Questions

3. BuildYourOwnCurriculum
BYOC: Phases and Parts
Class
Assignments
Projections
+ Enhanced Assignments
+ Discussions
+ Announcements and Events
+ Assessments

4. Lesson Planning Philosophy
Derived from the district-defined curriculum
BYOC takes the components traditionally found in a Lesson Plan and splits them into two basic components, the Activity and the Lesson Plan.
Activity
Lesson Plan
Stands the “Test of Time”
Content Specific
Student Generic
General What and How
Student Focused
Scheduling
Point in Time
When and Exceptions

5. Key Decisions Two vs Three Step Process
Activity Fields (base lesson plan)
Lesson Plan Fields
Duration vs Time Schedules
Plan per Prep or Plan per Period
Public Access

6. Three‐Step Process Develop, Review, and Publish the Core Curriculum
Step 1: Core Curriculum
Step 2: Activity
Step 3: Lesson Plan
Develop, Review, and Publish the Core Curriculum
What should be covered and how long it will take
Create Activities within the Core Curriculum
How an individual teacher will teach the defined curriculum
Start Lesson Planning
Specifying what components from the curriculum
Selecting what activities they are going to use

7. Step 2: Activities and Lesson Plans
Two‐Step Process
Step 1: Core Curriculum
Step 2: Activities and Lesson Plans
Develop, Review, and Publish the Core Curriculum
What should be covered and how long it will take
Create Activities as you Lesson Plan
How an individual teacher will teach the defined curriculum this year and possibly in the future

8. Activities Activities Setup
created at the topic level
all educators can add activities
can be published so the public can view them
Setup
Administrative Functions > Activity Options
Resources – Help & Training Section / Curriculum Help / Training Documentation
/ HOW TO-Create an Activity.pdf
/ Videos / HOW TO-Create An Activity.mp4

9. Lesson Plans Setup Steps for Administration
Enable Lesson Plans (Administrative Functions > District Options > Show Lesson Plan Configuration)
Optionally Create Lesson Plan Schedules
Traditional Bell Schedule – High School / Middle School
Duration based Schedule – Elementary School
Create Lesson Plan Templates
Approvals – not recommended
Require Dates/Times – use predefined schedule

10. Lesson Plans Setup (continued) Steps for Teachers
Create Classes
Elementary – Usually one class (Mr. Smith’s 5th Grade), then align to all relevant courses
Middle and High School – Multiple classes ( U.S. History, World History, Ancient History), may be divided by hour (1st Hour World History, 3rd Hour World History, 4th Hour World History, 5th Hour U.S. History, 7th Hour U.S. History)
Set User Preferences for Lesson Plans
Default View
Report Options
Plan Book Options – control what data will be shown on the Plan Book view
Resources – Help & Training Section / Curriculum Help / Setup Documentation / HOW TO-Configure the Lesson Plan Component.pdf

11. Duration vs Time Based Schedules
Reflects periods typically used at the Middle and High School levels
Duration Base Schedules
Typically used at the Elementary level to represent standard time blocks where the sequence may vary, i.e. Reading Block, Math Block…
Sometimes used at the Middle and High School level to represent “preps”
No Schedule
Actual start/end times entered
Designed for Elementary, not often used
Can be used for Non-Curriculum meetings and appointments

12. Plan per Prep vs Plan per Period
Most accurate approach, reflects plans for interacting with each class of students
Highest effort from teacher, requires reflection for each class of the day
Plan per Prep
Easiest for teachers
More generic, basically scheduling an activity for the prep without per class reflection

13. Public Access Defined at the template level Can vary by field
Includes activities and attachments
Shows on Public Site, under Class Information menu item

14. Additional Items Questions Support Activity Search Phone Email
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