Online lesson plans give administrators the blueprints
to classroom instruction (all from a web browser). Without teacher lesson
plans, an administrator cannot effectively monitor classroom instruction.
Online lesson plans help teachers quickly organize material and search
for loopholes, loose ends, or incomplete content.
Online and detailed lesson plans provide an important sense of security,
especially useful to a beginning teacher. Detailed lesson plans help keep
teachers on course. Without it teachers are likely to drift aimlessly.
Online lesson plans provide substitute teachers and members of a teaching
team with a specific guide to follow if teachers are absent.
Online lesson plans become resources for future use.
Online lesson plans provide a means of communication that helps other members
of the teaching team understand what a teacher is doing and how a teacher
is doing it. This is especially important when implementing an interdisciplinary
thematic unit.
Online lesson plans cause teachers to be or become reflective decision
makers. Without a written plan, it is difficult or impossible to reflect
after the lesson has been taught and to analyze how something might have
been planned or implemented differently.
Online lesson plans are helpful for evaluation, for teacher self-evaluation,
for assessment of student learning, and for evaluation of the curriculum.
Preparing and writing lesson plans carefully shows everyone - students,
colleagues, administrators, and college or university supervisors - that
you care, indicating a high degree of professionalism.
