Korean Job Discussion Forums

[Paladin Brewer]

Curious to how many lesson plans people need a week? I seem to need 3 (not including teaching the teachers, which I'm hoping not to need plans for), and I didn't know if that was high or not.

[schwa]

I was curious about the same thing so I surveyed the 26 PS teachers in my district recently (a mix of elem, mid, & high, urban & rural).

Average was about 4 or 5, with almost all falling between 3 & 7. One teacher has to come up with 15 each week.

[NYC_Gal]

Usually 4 for the students, 2 for the teachers, and one extra for my storytelling class.

[Depths of My Soul]

Good thread question.

Also, what happens to these lesson plans?

If kept, then I would have thought all schools would have more than enough to make a full curriculum by now (meaning less work for newbie or less experienced lesson planners).

[fergalreid]

[schwa]

In my school weekly lesson procedures & handouts are kept in a file then get bound at the end of the year. Theres a stack of those volumes in a cabinet going back several years.

I refer to them occasionally for ideas but generally prefer to create fresh material. Some lessons get outdated or cliche, other teachers' taste & style often dont suit mine, my own style evolves year by year, & student needs are constantly evolving too.

I enjoy generating new stuff. Conceiving a good new lesson is gratifying, like solving a puzzle, & its fun to experiment with the kids. Keeps me fresh too.

[toadkillerdog]

I teach 5 different classes, 10 meets a week. I do a plan for each class plus quizes and or tests. I keep all lesson plans (they are avaliable if the school wants them). School gets a copy of all tests.

[jazblanc77]

[Whistleblower]

I also do enjoy creating new material and experimenting in lessons. Teaching is almost like a path of self-discovery; you find out what works and what doesn't, you learn what is comfortable for learners, you know their boundaries, etc.

To answer the question; I usually create two to three lessons per week but I do keep a resource of key material that I use for YL's. I am also a member of One Stop English (www.onestopenglish.com) and do look at their material now and then.

[reactionary]

i plan for 3 lessons a week. however, i don't make formal lesson plans that get filed or anything. just my own handwritten notes and then i prepare whatever materials.

[Horangi Munshin]

6 for my regular 22/wk classes and 2 for parents classes.

[sparkplug]

usually just 1 a week. i have 20 different classes low and high level. i teach the same topic throughout the week. the low level classes get basic vocab and learn basic phrases involving the main theme. they also have an activity. the higher level classes learn vocab and engage in discussions and sometimes do presentations.

i'll make 4 lesson plans for next month about different cultures. the lower levels will eventually learn to compare and contrast in discussion by the end of the month. the higher levels will compare and contrast after every lesson. at the end of the month they will do group presentations on a culture of their choice.

i teach high school though. but some are below elementary in their english.

[eljuero]

On a related note - - - - -
I'm in a public school setting. I do the lesson planning and basically %100 of it is my responsibility as I expected. The Korean teachers generally don't appear interested in adding my lesson planning to their work demands and that's fine with me.
The exception is a nightmarish head teacher (another head teacher is fine) who can barely speak English herself and steps on the lesson planning in weird ways ie. reads the plan and then says something like "the vice principle won't like to see students standing up doing an exercise" or something of similar "depth". She seems to have little or no insight into how to teach English in general and certainly no idea as to how to teach anything related to conversational English.
Anyone experiencing or had experiences with bizarro head teachers and what can be done or would you recommend?

[gillod]

9.

1 6th
1 5th
2 3's
5 After Schools

3 pages minimum It's usually just a lot of bullshit and jargon. The lady who approves them can't read or speak English

[eljuero]

Jesus, you do 9 total and she can't understand them?
I should add, I like lesson planning (not so much as to do yours ) but what makes me nuts is the head teacher at my school has no idea what's actually going on. She's been in the department for at least 10 years and they really haven't had a real text book. I think that makes me a bit nuts. A decade of leading a department, can't speak the language really and she's up my a** about my lesson plan.......freakin' ridiculous.