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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I apologize for my dumb question, but what exactly does 'planning' entail? I've taught in colleges (about 250 kids a semester), and there weren't a whole lot of lesson plans to develop, once the first year or two are done. Then, it's refinement and updates, which I would do over the summer.

I understand that teachers have more hand holding and paperwork requirements than college instructors, but what exactly goes into planning that it takes up all of your time?[/quote]

I’ve been teaching for 20 years. Most of the classes I teach come with a set of standards to meet and some suggested texts. It’s up to me to put those together, create lessons, create effective assessments, etc. The first year of a new course is always the hardest, and this usually takes the bulk of my summer to prepare. Yes, it gets easier when all I need to do is revise old material, but that needs to happen each year for each lesson. My audience is different each year, so I need to prepare lessons accordingly. What worked for last year’s juniors may or may not work for the personalities sitting before me. [b]Also, I have 28 students with IEPs and 504s. Each lesson has to take into account the 7-8 different modifications needed to meet the requirements of the students’ learning plans.[/b] Perhaps one needs additional scaffolding, and another needs a bulleted list of my notes.

Honestly, it isn’t just the planning. It’s getting this done in addition to everything else when the vast majority of your work hours aren’t available for personal work. [/quote]

I think this may be one main difference between my teachers of the past who gave great comments and feedback on assignments to help me improve and what I see from my kids’ teachers.[/quote]

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