Learn more about the art of creating a successful lesson plan and strategies for creating a course plan.

1. Planning and strategy
in teaching-learning process
The art of making a course/lesson plan

2. “The effectiveness of
professional development depends
on how carefully educators
Conceive, plan, and implement it”
- Hayes Mizell, Why Professional
Development Matters Learning Forward,
2010

3. Planning is important. No matter if it’s for your
classroom, going to a supermarket, or buying a car.
In education, a well-worked out
course/lesson plan is the core of
teaching-learning process.

4. Planning is a roadmap to the
teacher’s success.
At the end, the teacher ultimately decides how
the curriculum is taught, structured and how the
students learn.

5. Why is planning important
Whenever you make a plan, you know what you
want to achieve.
Your goals makes your decision making more
efficient and more ‘to the point’.

6. Why is planning important
You will know whether or not this decision will help you in
achieving your goals.
So planning helps you make quicker, better
decisions.

7. How to plan for classrooms
A successful lesson plan has these three key components:
● Objectives for student learning
● Teaching/learning activities
● Strategies to check student understanding

8. How to plan for classrooms
● How will you check if the students have any
previous knowledge about the topic?
● What are some commonly held ideas (or
misconceptions) about this topic the students
might have?
● How are you going to introduce the topic?
Here’s a bunch of questions to help you better prepare for the classroom.

9. The 3 Stages of lesson
planning

10. The 3 Stages of lesson planning
Outlining stage
Create an overview of the curriculum, desirable
outcomes, learning objectives etc.
Create idea about the timeline. Gather data and
teaching/course materials.

11. The 3 Stages of lesson planning
Decision stage
You finalise your plan in decision stage. Also decide what
and how are you going to execute it.
Workflow of step by step implementation, delivery methods,
assessment techniques, backup options, etc. comes under this
section.

12. The 3 Stages of lesson planning
Mapping stage
Map the things which you have decided on with the
things you want to achieve. See if they align. If not, try to
rethink your decision.

13. A few steps to walk you through the
process of
creating a successful
course/lesson plan

14. Step 1. Create an outline of the curriculum you want to cover
This is basically how you begin. Learn about what you are
going to teach and how deep your subjects are.
This will give you an overall idea about how big your task is.

15. Step 2. Create a list of desired outcomes
Desired outcomes and objectives are your targets.
Creating a list of desired outcomes and objectives
will help you align with the objectives of your
university/board.

16. While deciding the outcomes, keep these questions in your mind.
● What is the topic of the lesson?
● What do I want students to learn?
What do I want them to understand and be able to do at the end of class?
What do I want them to take away from
this particular lesson?

17. Step 3. Make another outline of the time—year/semester.
Have an idea about the time frame. It can help
you plan better.
The effectiveness of your plan depends on
intelligently distributing the curriculum across
the year/semester.

18. Step 4. Break curriculum down into small manageable pieces
This could keep you from procrastinating and help you maintain a better control
over the curriculum.
Small tasks would seem easy job and will get you
through doing a lot more within short time.

19. Step 5. Take time to decide which takes what time
Analyse the importance of each module and
decide how much hours you want to spend on each
topic.
Decide which parts can be skipped or omitted if you are pressed
by time. And conversely, which topics you need to expand on if
things moved faster than expected.

20. Step 6. Spread them across the timeline
Distribute the curriculum across the
year/semester.
You could also collaborate with other
faculties to have fresh perspectives.

21. Step 7. Gather teaching materials and supporting data
Besides the usual teaching materials, planning gives you
time to gather enough data and resources to support your
teaching.
Techniques like flipped learning and making use of technologies like
Academic Management Systems can help you here.

22. Step 8. Decide on how you are going to share course
materials with students
You can save time by using ICT enabled education to
share course materials and other important documents.
Like we mentioned before, Academic Management
Systems can be of great help to you.

23. Step 9. Decide how you are going to assess students, exams,
assignments, projects, tasks etc.
Focus on the evaluation techniques before you
even begin the semester to be prepared, and to be
able to effectively map your outcomes to the
curriculum.
The way you assess will have an overall impact on the teaching, and it gives you
valuable insights on the course progress.

24. How to assess
your plan

25. How to assess your plan
Student results
The results of your students and their performance will
tell you how well your plan worked, and how effective it
was.
You could reflect on it and resort to making
improvements and improvisations in your plan.

26. How to assess your plan
See whether if it provides any insights
Your plan should ultimately provide some insights to you.
It should help you realise your time management skills,
teaching skills, and valid information about the curriculum.

27. How to assess your plan
Contributions into the teaching
learning process
Your plan should help all the stakeholders to monitor
the course and help them take informed decisions.
Having a well-worked plan could seriously improve
how you, and your students perceive the curriculum.

28. How to assess your plan
Check for productivity
Obviously the lesson plan can help you tackle problems
more effectively. It keeps you informed which saves time and
energy.
This way, your plan could tap into your productivity potential which you didn’t
even know existed. You will be better equipped to complete tasks and evaluate
outcomes faster.

29. How to assess your plan
How does this plan help your
students
A good lesson plan should contribute into the
results and productivity of your students.
Discussing the plan with your students will give
them a clear picture of what to achieve and
expect.

30. How to assess your plan
Gathering feedback
Your plan should be considered flawed if it does not give room for feedbacks.
Continuous evaluation and gathering
feedbacks is one of the most important
aspects of Outcome Based Education
(OBE).

31. Don’t hesitate to improvise your plan
The best thing you can do is to be prepared, and
be ready to improvise the plan if needed.
Continuous evaluation and keeping a close watch
on your goals can help you take the right
decisions at the right time.

32. Academic Management Systems can help you.
Of course having an efficient Academic Management System (AMS) like
Linways in your institution helps you plan, implement, share, and monitor the
effectiveness and achievement of your course plan. So you could also consider
the possibilities of incorporating such innovative technologies in your
institution.