I hear the same thing from so many teachers, “Planning takes so much time.”

The good news is it doesn’t have to. There are ways to streamline and simplify lesson planning.

More effective, more engaging lessons that take less time to plan?

Yes, it is possible. 

This growing collection of posts will teach you how to lesson plan quickly, how to create an effective lesson planning system, important factors to consider when planning your lessons, and strategies for daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly lesson planning.

4 Ways To Simplify Your Lesson Planning

Simplify your lesson planning process by establishing routines and using a systematic approach. Discover four simple steps to make your planning easier and save you hours of time in this post.

Cut Your Planning Time In Half With These Three Steps

The act of lesson planning will never go away. So why not make a few changes that will streamline the process and save hours of time later? Learn three tips that will help you cut your planning time in half.

Transform Your Teaching with Understanding By Design

Planning backward will radically change what and how you teach. Planning backward will change your planning process and the quality of your instruction dramatically. For the better. Learn more about the benefits of backward planning and Understanding by Design.

How Planning Backward Prevents Common Planning Issues

Not convinced planning backwards is for you? Learn how utilizing this planning strategy will alleviate nearly all common lesson planning problems you face.

Why Searching Pinterest Is Killing Your Lesson Planning

Lesson planning that’s less time-consuming, less stressful, and more effective depends on having a system. An effective lesson planning system starts with saying no to planning “Pinterest-style.” Learn why here.

How To Create A System For Planning Consistently

You know how important consistency is for classroom management. Everything runs more smoothly when you’re consistent with students. The same is true for lesson planning. When you’re consistent with planning, everything about planning runs more smoothly. Learn how to create a consistent system here.

Three Benefits Of Classroom Routines And How To Make Them Stick

One of the best pieces of advice I could give to any teacher is to establish (and stick to) daily classroom routines at the very beginning of the year. Learn my tips on how classroom routines benefit you, the best places to have routines, and advice for sticking to them.

Three Solutions That Will Make Sub Prep Simple

Planning to be out of the classroom is never easy, but scrambling to throw together lesson plans when you weren’t expecting to be out is far worse. There are three things you can do now to make planning for a sub easier.

Interested in learning more about lesson planning? I teach a course that takes you through all the steps of backward planning, resulting in a year-long plan ready for you to implement in your classroom.

Learn more here.

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