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[englishgibson]

Since I was just offered a contract with a clause that I'd have to submit my teaching plans regularly and have them ready every time before my lessons, I'd like to know about your experiences on the topic.

Do you have to write/file your teaching plans?

Note that I have been working with one academic product for a while and so I know it pretty well.

Cheers and beers to your experiences on the topic

[bradley]

I submit a syllabus for the entire semester at the beginning of the term.

[englishgibson]

do you follow all of it? or, are you allowed to adjust your plans when in classroom? if so, do you have to submit your adjustments?

cheers and beers

[theincredibleegg]

It's bizarre if you can't adjust your lesson plans during a lesson. Some times the kids are just a bit funny.

I was required to hand in lessonplans at my old job. Jot down a note for each sequence and you should be fine.

I stopped handing in my lessonplans after two months (or so) as noone seemed to bother.

[kungfucowboy83]

usally the "lesson plans" are just topics. the ones i make for myself are usually much more detailed.

[englishgibson]

detailed lesson plans are for newbies in my opinion. sorry, i don't mean to disrespect anyone, but why would an experienced teacher have to write up such a plan having done something for a zillion times

now, i've been workign with one academic product for long enough and someone has just asked me to make up detailed plans and file them then. it's in a contract that i've been offered.

guys, don't sign such contracts! especially, if you have your course books.

cheers and beers to the microscopic management of some that're worried about how we prepare our students

[The Ever-changing Cleric]

English Gibson, someone may be trying to poach your lessons for use somewhere else. I wouldn't turn over a detailed lesson plan to anyone. In the past, I have made and submitted to the school a teaching plan where I give a basic outline of what will happen each week in the classroom, and that was enough where I am. If anyone is interested in the details, they can attend your class.

[kev7161]

We've asked for lesson plans from new teachers in the past, not so much intricately detailed ones, just a general outline to see if the teacher has a sense in what direction he/she should be going. And really, that's all lesson plans are, a guide. They should be flexible enough to change at a moment's notice depending on the make-up of your class and its students.

I can see experienced teachers getting upset at being asked to submit lesson plans, but the school doesn't know a new teacher with experience from a new teacher with no experience. After all, what's on one's resume is not always reflective of their abilities! When I was new to my current school I was asked to submit lesson plans (and they were a no brainer as I basically copied the goals and objectives from the books I was using!) for the first few months and was observed most every other day. It didn't bother me a whit. Four years later and they barely glance in my classroom.

[eddy-cool]

Considering the outlandish behaviours of some FTs (as exemplified by that FT in the video under discussion in that other thread!), I can well understand why newbies get ordered to hand in a teaching plan.

Actually, a solid teaching plan ought to be a step-by-step evloution from the first lesson to the last in one term. And that is what I follow. Those who have had the same type of classes with the same level students will not be inconvenienced in coming up withsaid plan.

Our Chinese colleagues have to hand in a teaching plan too. Theirs can be extremely detailed (as I have seen on occasion). I wonder what the rationale is in their case since in many instances, their hierarchical superior (to whom they hand in their plans) are normally incompetent or unable to teach the subject.

A good teaching plan should contain some clues as to purpose or objective, the means by which you intend reaching said goals, and materials you want to use.

A good whole-term teaching plan helps you follow your road without forgetting what you have covered (and what skills your students should master).

[Mister Al]

eddy-cool wrote

[/quote]A good teaching plan should contain some clues as to purpose or objective, the means by which you intend reaching said goals, and materials you want to use.

A good whole-term teaching plan helps you follow your road without forgetting what you have covered (and what skills your students should master).[quote]

Couldn't agree more. It makes your life so much easier. (Doesn't mean you cannot be flexible)

Make a plan, execute the plan. Job done.

[suanlatudousi]

It's simple

Teaching plans equate to a, at least, a semi-professional level of preparation and planning.

If you're too lazy to plan ahead and document your work plans then, as usual, please leave and let the rest of us corner the market of supply versus demand of quality teachers.

Toss your backpack into the overhead compartment.

[El Macho]

Certified teachers in the west are often contractually required to create hour-by-hour lesson plans for each day of class.

Saying that FT's shouldn't accept contracts requiring lesson plans is silly.

[Jayray]

I made a form for each class (I teach several areas, some of which are duplicated in other classes).

It's merely a reminder of which book to use for each class, the unit and page to be covered in the assigned class.

I also list vocabulary words to be covered. I leave room to add words which the students encounter in the text with which they are not familiar.

At the bottom of the form, I have space for notes about student performance (when merited).

I also note where we began in the book, where we ended class, and the assigned homework/test.

I am not required to do this; I do this so i don't make a fool of myself and continue to assign the same material unnecessarily.

If one fails to plan, he plans to fail.

[Laurence]

yeah where I am teachers are expected to submit lesson plans

then if a teacher is absent, it's very easy for other teachers to cover their classes and the course of study is less disrupted

ok actually it's always at least a little disrupted when someone is absent, but you get the idea


quite nice for the coverer to walk into another teacher's class and 'Marlon Brando' it

[LongShiKong]