Every subject teacher is expected to prepare his plan or notes of teaching on each subject for the class(es) he has daily. The notes are expected to be comprehensive enough to be understood by any other teacher in the same subject area to be able to use it to teach in case the teacher is officially engaged or indisposed that he cannot teach the subject. The lesson plan or notes are expected to be examined “marked” and approved by the head of department before it can be used by the teacher. The lesson plan is a mark of level of preparation by a teacher for his teaching hence it is expected that such a teacher should be able to deliver his teaching well.
A lesson plan is the instructor’s road map of what students need to learn and how it will be done effectively during the class time. Then, you can design appropriate learning activities and develop strategies to obtain feedback on student learning. Having a carefully constructed lesson plan for each 3-hour lesson allows you to enter the classroom with more confidence and maximizes your chance of having a meaningful learning experience with your students.
A successful lesson plan addresses and integrates three key components:
- Learning Objectives
- Learning activities
- Assessment to check for student understanding
A lesson plan provides you with a general outline of your teaching goals, learning objectives, and means to accomplish them, and is by no means exhaustive. A productive lesson is not one in which everything goes exactly as planned, but one in which both students and instructor learn from each other.
