This course will inform you of how careful lesson planning can help to ensure increased student engagement. Proper lesson planning will enable you to teach effectively and efficiently, and ultimately help students meet learning objectives. The information in this course will provide the framework for instructional development enabling you to properly structure a detailed, well thought-out lesson plan.

Module 1: Preparation for Lesson Planning

• Explain how to select content.
• Identify how to learn about your audience.
• Apply time management strategies and practices.
• Demonstrate organizational skills for gathering and utilizing resources.
• Describe examples of finding out what your students already know.

Module 2: Overview of Lesson Plans

• Learn and describe the components of lesson plan formatting.
• Apply rationale to a lesson plan.
• Demonstrate the goals of objectives and standards.
• Apply and incorporate objectives and standards into a lesson plan.
• Demonstrate proper documentation of a lesson plan.
• Define the importance of documenting a lesson plan.

Module 3: Learning Objectives and Standards

• Apply all appropriate levels of the Taxonomy of Learning.
• Define forms of knowledge.
• Produce and create measurable objectives.
• Understand and define why standards are important.
• Identify the importance of sharing career clusters and pathways.

Module 4: Support Material, Notes, and Assessment

• Identify and define different classroom support materials.
• Apply different classroom support materials.
• Understand and prepare to utilize lecture notes.
• Describe examples of how and why to apply different forms of support materials.
• Define different forms of assessment.