Otsego Elementary School Faculty Handbook - Half Hollow Hills

PLAN BOOKS/LESSON PLANNING
Well developed lesson plans enable teachers to meet instructional goals
and objectives. Carefully planned instruction should include a brief
explanation of the lesson objectives (what students should know,
understand, and be able to do as a result of the instruction), learning plan
(the delivery of instruction, including curriculum material, page numbers,
and assignments), and assessment (method for evaluating whether or not
students learned what was intended).
Teachers are required to keep an accurate, up-to-date plan book. The
purpose of this book is:
• To serve as a useful guide to organize instruction
• To provide administrators with ongoing information about classroom
structure and instructional activities
• To enable substitute teachers to understand classroom
schedules/procedures and proceed with lessons
You will be required to submit plan books once monthly, by 9:00 AM,
according to a schedule provided at the beginning of each year. They
should reflect at least one week of pre-planning (Friday + the entire next
week). Teachers may utilize any format that is meaningful to them and is
understandable to others.
SUBSTITUE PLANS:
Teachers need to maintain a substitute folder that provides meaningful
instructional material. Materials for this substitute folder will be distributed
at the beginning of each year. The folders must be completed in a timely
manner, and handed in to the office, where they will be filed. It should also
include a class list, classroom seating chart, classroom rules and
procedures, schedules, dismissal information (bus/activities) and special
duty responsibilities. Most importantly, students’ medical alerts (including
allergies) and special needs should be clearly indicated.