1. Standards-Based Lesson Planning
Presented by
Dwight R. Counsel
Director of School Programs
September 27, 2010

2. Teaching “Noble teachers make noble plans
and by noble deeds they stand.”
Counsel

3. The Clinical Teaching Cycle

4. The Lesson Plan Assessment Standards Lesson Product Prerequisites
Materials
Methods
Activities
Product

5. Assessment Assess the needs of your students Skills needs
Based on your curriculum
Based on their prior products
Based on their IEPs
Skills needs
Methods and materials needs
Support needs

6. Pick a standard Use one simple standard to focus on Grade-level
Plus lower grade-level standards when teaching prerequisites
Addresses IEP goals
Defines the goals of the lesson
What a student will learn
What a student will learn to do

7. Design a Lesson Based on the standard Use effective methods
Use effective materials
Use effective activities
Require a product
Plan for differentiation
modifications, accommodations, and extension.
Includes a means of assessment

8. Product Gesture Oral expression Written text Illustration and diagrams
Physical product

9. Assessment (again) Assess the product students produced for the lesson
Rubric
Scale
Teach your students how you assess their work and how they can succeed
Use the assessment to design your next lesson

10. The Clinical Teaching Cycle