Educators implement effective practices in areas of classroom management, planning, instruction, assessment, evaluation and reporting.

I believe this teaching standard follows this page because of my learning for classroom planning and instruction. By writing out a lesson plan I can pre-plan how I will teach my lesson to students, it gives me a guideline to follow and fall back on for when I am instructing in the classroom. Lesson Plans are key to developing a strong lesson and to fall back on when teaching. By writing out a lesson plan, unit plan and weekly plan of lesson plans I can better organize on what to teach my students. I can learn what works and what doesn't by having a rough idea of what I want my class to learn.

This was my very first lesson plan and I was fortunate to have a partner during this experience such as I will have during practicum. It was a learning experience where I made both mistakes and achievements. I learned an introduction to assessment, rationales and key questions. I also found out the importance of BC Learning Standards.  By incorporating these into my lesson plan I can build a strong lesson for my students and deliver valuable lessons for my class.

I had to switch my focus from a student-point-of-view to a teaching one. By switching this role I can truly understand my role as a teacher and be as valuable to my students as I can be.

As I have shown above, my lesson plan is laid out in a format that is handy for me to reflect back on and make notes to in adjustment. I was given a template in my seminar class which I found useful for myself and felt was easiest for me to follow and understand in a classroom.

This Lesson Plan is a stepping stone in my journey towards becoming a teacher. I know I will do many many many more of these lesson plans in the years to come.