44. Practical Planning

The way we plan lessons on placement doesn’t always translate to real classrooms.In this episode, we reflect on how our planning has changed from our placements and early teaching days to now. We discuss why many teachers feel pressure to reinvent the wheel every week, and how developing repeatable lesson structures can make teaching more sustainable and still allow for deep thinking to happen! Rather than creating something new for every lesson, we discuss how consistent frameworks can support both teachers and students by reducing planning time, increasing clarity, and allowing more space to focus on learning.If you're a pre-service or early career teacher feeling overwhelmed by lesson planning, this conversation is for you.Helpful Links 💡Thinking Routines (as usual!)Recording this as PD? Here are the relevant APSTs:2.2 – Organise content into an effective learning and teaching sequence3.2 – Plan, structure and sequence learning programs3.3 – Use teaching strategies6.1 – Identify and plan professional learning needs6.2 – Engage in professional learning and improve practice