Planning Effective Lessons

Effective learning rarely happens by chance. Teachers must use a number of skills from their considerable learning armoury. These include: planning, recording, challenging, demonstrating, securing, managing, adapting, explaining, discussing, interrogating, reviewing, evaluating, modifying, establishing and questioning. They cannot do that without planning. This workshop uses a basic lesson planning model and gives teachers practical ideas for devising interesting, effective lessons.

Who would benefit

Teachers of Grades K – 12, Senior Staff, Heads of Faculty, School or Department, Principals

Participants will:

• Use the basic 3-part planning model to devise their own lessons
• Learn how to use a variety of lesson starters to engage students immediately and ensure every minute of lesson time is productive
• Explore the concept of learning styles and their application in the classroom
• Understand the importance of differentiation in meeting the needs of all learners
• Explore techniques for stopping activities efficiently when moving from one part of a lesson to another
• Learn how to end lessons with effective plenaries that assess student learning

Course Duration

Half day

Note:  This workshop can be extended to include whole and half-day sessions for specific departments on planning a series of lessons using active learning approaches and available resources, and paired observation of lessons in action with coaching and feedback.