Effective lesson planning contributes to successful learning outcomes for students in several ways. A well-designed Lesson Plan:
➤Helps students and teachers to understand the objectives of the teaching module.
➤Allows the teacher to translate the curriculum into learning activities.
➤Aligns instructional materials with assessment.
➤Aligns assessment with learning objectives.
➤Helps to ensure that necessary teaching materials are available.
➤Allows the teacher to thoughtfully address the individual learning needs of students.
Effective lesson planning also contributes to the teacher’s own success and well-being. Teachers teach because they want to support students, and effective lesson planning contributes to job satisfaction when a lesson is successful or a student does well on an assessment. Having a skillfully-planned lesson can make the act of teaching more enjoyable by increasing the teacher’s confidence in themselves and focusing more on the interaction with the students than on what happens next. Importantly, good planning saves time by avoiding last-minute efforts to buy supplies or create materials needed for a day in the classroom. Teachers can use the reclaimed time for themselves or other parts of their lives, improving work-life balance.
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