What is Planning?

What is Planning?

1. Reasons

   • gain a sense of direction
     • confidence
     • security
     • stay on course
     • reduce anxiety
   • organize/sequence
     • become familiar with course content
   • collect and prepare materials
   • prepare to interact with students
   • variety of strategies and activities
   • techniques to motivate students
   • individual differences/diversity
   • arrange appropriate requirements and evaluation
   • reflective decision maker
     • curriculum
     • instruction
   • provide sub and other team members with plans
   • show other team members
     • what you are doing
     • how you are doing it
   • administrative requirements
   • future planning

2. factors considered

   • instructional activities
     • content
       • knowledge, skill, rule, concept, creative process students are to learn
       • school district goals
       • varies with level
     • materials
       • tangible written, physical or visual stimuli
     • instructional strategies
     • teacher behaviors
       • state expectations
       • set induction
       • maintain group focus
       • smooth transitions
       • clearly present content
       • closure/summary
     • structure of lesson
       • actions that take place at certain points during lesson
         • directions
         • pass out materials
         • direct students to new locations
     • learning environment
       • effective classroom management system
       • dealing with misbehavior
       • individual differences
       • motivate students
     • students
       • motivational needs
       • academic needs
       • background
       • physical needs
       • psychological needs
       • grouped for instruction
       • ability levels
     • duration of lesson
     • location of lesson
       • space to work on set of matrials
       • new references, materials or experiences
       • social structure
   • personal/professional charactreistics
     • teaching experience
     • philosophy of teaching
     • knowledge of content
     • organizational style
     • expectations of students
     • feelings of security and control
   • reflections

3. planning for instruction

   • decisions made about organizing, implementing and evaluating instruction
     • who is to do what
     • when and in what order events will occur
     • where events take place
     • amount of instruction time
     • resources and materials used
     • content to be covered
     • instructional strategies
     • lesson delivery behaviors
     • instructional media
     • classroom management
     • classroom climate
     • student evaluation