Lesson plans maximize teaching and learning!
“Failing to prepare is preparing to fail.” ~John Wooden

Faculty Development Workshop Purpose and Focus

1. To become familiar with lesson plan templates
2. To explore a wide range of teaching-learning principles and strategies that help maximize student learning during every lesson
3. To help develop habits of effective lesson planning

Overview

Lesson planning is a complex skill.  Research indicates that student learning is directly related to teacher planning and preparation. A well crafted lesson plan provides a clear road map for highly effective teaching and learning. Participants will explore the goals, purposes, and core components of a highly effective lesson plan, in order to improve the teaching-learning process.

Top 21 Learning Objectives

By successfully completing this workshop, participants should be able to demonstrate their expertise to create highly effective lesson plans. This will be evident as participants:

1. Clearly formulate student learning objectives.
2. Determine and verbalize lesson plan benefits for students, instructors, and institutions.
3. Articulate the core components of a lesson plan.
4. Compare and contrast lesson plan formats.
5. Explore and utilize Bloom’s Taxonomy.
6. Discuss ways to assess students’ prior knowledge.
7. Articulate the meaning and importance of itemizing learning/behavioral objectives.
8. Construct learning / behavioral objectives.
9. Design motivational strategies that enhance learning.
10. Explore highly effective teaching-learning strategies.
11. Share student engagement strategies that enhance learning.
12. Formulate collaborative learning opportunities.
13. Propose opportunities to use the jigsaw method for learning and also for assessment.
14. Discuss and evaluate learning assessment strategies.
15. Provide examples of authentic assessment.
16. Compare and contrast formative and summative assessment.
17. Design formative assessment strategies.
18. Design and prioritize summative assessment strategies.
19. Predict the value of closing strategies to students and instructors.
20. Explore and generate effective closing strategies.
21. Explain the value of being a reflective practitioner.

Handouts

Titles

1. Nomenclature:  Lesson Plan Definitions
2. Template:  Lesson Plan
3. Sample:  Lesson Plan
4. Best Practices for Writing Learning Objectives
5. Best Practices for Motivating Students to Learn
6. Best Practices for Creating Collaborative Learning Opportunities
7. Best Practices for Assessing Learning
8. Best Practices for Ending a Lesson Effectively
9. Quotations:  Lesson Plans
10. References and Resources:  Lesson Plans
11. Webliography:  Lesson Plans Internet Resources

This faculty development workshop is available to serve as
Professional Development Hours.

Each participant, who successfully completes this
faculty development workshop,
will be awarded a “Certificate of Completion”.

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