Episode 287: Lesson Planning is So 2010 (Just Like Printing Boarding Passes)
Jun 4, 2024
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Explore the art of effective lesson planning with captivating openings, focused content, and impactful conclusions. Learn how to streamline your curriculum and embrace batch planning to save time and reduce stress. Hear inspiring stories from educators finding joy in their teaching, including saying goodbye to the Sunday Scaries. Discover the importance of a cohesive scope and sequence that makes curriculum planning a breeze, all while maintaining flexibility for a healthier work-life balance.
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Quick takeaways
The E.B. batch planning framework simplifies and streamlines lesson planning, allowing teachers to regain control over their time and reduce stress.
Creating a scope and sequence helps educators strategically plan their curriculum around key events, enhancing lesson coherence and organization throughout the school year.
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Introducing the E.B. Batch Planning Framework
The E.B. batch planning framework is designed to simplify lesson planning, making it more efficient for educators. This framework aids teachers in planning lessons for weeks, months, or even an entire school year within a few days. The framework operates on a systematic approach, introducing teachers to various action items that can be accomplished quickly to prepare for the upcoming school year. By participating in the batch planning live events, teachers can gain insights into this method while also contributing to charitable causes, such as providing education for young women in Kenya.
Why Batch Planning Matters
Implementing batch planning is critical for teachers who often find themselves overwhelmed and stressed by lesson preparation. This method allows educators to regain control of their time, creating a structure that supports well-organized lesson plans aligned with educational standards. Teachers who adopt this approach report having more free time for personal activities, leading to a more balanced life and enhanced job satisfaction. The practice alleviates the feeling of burnout that can arise from inefficient planning practices prevalent in traditional educational settings.
The Importance of a Scope and Sequence
Creating a scope and sequence is a foundational element of the batch planning framework, providing a high-level overview of everything that needs to be taught throughout the school year. Educators should begin by identifying key educational events, such as holidays and report cards, to strategically plan units around them. This organization facilitates intentional planning, preventing the last-minute scramble for lesson resources. By mapping out units in advance, teachers can ensure smooth transitions between topics and improve their curriculum delivery.
Relying on Standards for Effective Planning
Effective lesson planning hinges on incorporating educational standards as the guiding principles of the scope and sequence. By making standards the North Star of their planning, educators ensure that their lessons remain purposeful and coherent, avoiding randomness in lesson activities. Additionally, rinsing and repeating successful lesson plans throughout the year simplifies the planning process further and promotes consistency in teaching objectives. This framework empowers teachers to focus more on impactful classroom experiences rather than getting lost in the minutiae of daily lesson planning.
On this episode of the Teaching Middle School ELA podcast, we dissect the anatomy of a successful lesson plan — a captivating beginning, a standards-focused middle, and an impactful conclusion. This framework not only ensures your lessons flow effectively but also significantly cuts down planning time, allowing you to leave work at work and actually take back your personal time outside the classroom.
After we cover the components of a successful lesson, we spend time guiding you in the steps to take to effectively string together those lessons throughout your entire academic year. We call this process developing your scope and sequence. Once you follow this process and nail down your scope and sequence, you'll find that everything else seems to fall into place extremely easily. You'll even hear from an EB Teacher who tells us how she was able to actually "Kiss the Sunday Scaries goodbye!"
Of course, we want this feeling for every single middle school ELA teacher!
Tune in to this episode to hear more details about how you can easily begin building your scope and sequence now so that you don't have to spend your summer with the weight of back to school on your shoulders!
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Batch Planning is the ONE thing you can do now that will have the biggest impact on your entire school year!
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