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The 7 parts of a fail-proof lesson plan
I've been teaching people how to write lesson
plans and how to put schemes of work together for some time now. I've
come up with a blank form that seems to suit a wide number of settings.
Not everyone needs to include all the things that I find
useful. You might like to consider them as you plan your own
form, adding and deleting areas that suit or don't suit your particular
organisation.
If you are working in a non-educational environment then you may not be
required to create such a plan. However, I've found that nearly
everyone who teaches craft, or runs craft activities does have a plan
of some sort, written, or not.
If you are new to teaching then work through these ideas to see if they
gel. Review the areas I've included and consider whether they might be
valuable to you. Sometimes fresh thinking on a familiar theme can be
useful.
A blank pro forma is included below
1. Basics - what where when who
Like it says, this one is basic. Include details of the group, where it
is being run, the session, even perhaps the number of session i.e. 2 or
6. When you review it later this information is vital.
2. Aims and objective
Your aim is your overall goal for the run of sessions. If you are
teaching a group of activities it might be to introduce the learners to
patchwork, foil, glass painting etc. Your objective is your bite-sized
goal for just that session i.e. to introduce new materials to enable
learners to make a…..
Objectives usually concentrate on something to be done by the
learner. It uses a verb or a doing word i.e. to make, try, use,
3. Method (what you will do, what they will do)
I include in this section all the steps for a particular subject in the
right order. For instance if there are 10 stages to making a
project I will list all 10. This can then be used as my
instruction sheet if I lose other information.
You might like to create two columns here for what you the teacher will
do and what the learners will do, adding times. For instance:
demonstrate outlining: 5 minutes. This can be useful until you
get confident in judging how long things will take. I am always
amazed at how long things take, so plan for going quickly, and going
slowly. It's often a surprise!
4. Success criteria
This is an important one. Here I mean the things you and your
organisation will look at to see if someone is achieving in this
particular subject. That will be different for every individual
and environment. Educational establishments may be looking to see
whether learners have worked through certificate programmes.
Others may be concerned purely about social skills; i.e. if someone
participated or was self motivated. It may be that the making of
the craft is an extra bonus in the process.
You will need to decide where you are on this one. Are you
looking for hand skills and being able to draw straight lines or are
you more interested in whether they could understand what you were
saying?
5. Resources
I also include a full list of all the resources I will need to take
into class with me. Included in here are things such as patterns,
template, paper, etc. Add in all the things you are likely to
want and gather then together on one place to make life easier for you.
6. Evaluation
Evaluation is crucial in reflective practice. Assessment looks at
how the learners did. Evaluation looks at how you did. How
did it go? What went well, what should you change for next time?
Think about what you said, did and planned and see how you can make it
better for future sessions.
7. Notes
This is the final section and gives me a place to write any notes to
myself that might get forgotten. For example I’d use this section
to note things to bring in for next time, things to prepare or buy. I'd
also add any little extras that might jog my memory before the next
class.
If you follow these simple basics then you should be able to create a
plan that you can use time and again to record and note things that
matter to you and your teaching.
Be prepared to adapt and change it until you come up with something
that works for you. It will give you confidence and be a visual
route map that you can use time and time again.
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Geraldine Jozefiak is passionate about
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