Lewisburg Area School District Policies	Printable version
111 Lesson Plans 111. LESSON PLANS 1. Purpose SC 510 To ensure continuity of instruction, the Board requires lesson plans. 2. Delegation of Responsibility To facilitate more effective instruction, lesson plans must be prepared three (3) days in advance and be shared with special education and remedial teachers so pre-learning can occur. Lesson plans must conform to guidelines established by the building principal and be available for inspection upon request. Teachers shall make thorough preparation for all daily lessons and shall prepare written plans reflecting such preparation. Teachers are to provide adequate directions for substitutes the purpose of which shall be to continue, if possible, the ongoing program or, if more appropriate, a meaningful educational alternative that relates to the subject area. Lesson plans must be available to substitute teachers at all times. 3. Guidelines Guidelines for the implementation of this policy shall include: The format(s) for lesson plans shall be decided at the building level, i.e. school-wide formats, departmental formats, or individual formats or any combination thereof are acceptable. Lesson plans shall include information pertinent to the effective implementation of a lesson. When commercially prepared plans are in use, lesson plans shall simply refer to the appropriate phase or aspect of the program under study. While teachers are required to be thoroughly prepared for each daily lesson, plans may be prepared for each lesson or on a long-term basis, i.e., unit of work whichever is appropriate. Material to be used in a lesson(s) such as duplicated material, cassette tapes, films, filmstrips, transparencies may serve as an integral part of the plan. References: School Code – 24 P.S. Sec. 510