Instructional Planning
Planning as a process begins with objectives and defined strategies, policies and detailed plan to achieve the desired results.
Instructional planning is the ability of teacher to visualize and forecast into the future of the what, why, and how of the teaching-learning process. Systematic planning, developing, evaluating, and managing the instructional process based on principles of learning and instruction.
Effective instructional planning is a key to motivating students' academic growth. Successful teachers say it matters how a lesson is introduced, how meaningful the content appears to students, the pace at which information is imparted, the amount of variety introduced, and the amount of student involvement. Here are some suggestions for how to meet these challenges throughout the school year.
Teachers engage the five levels of planning: yearly, term, unit, weekly and daily. Planning in each level involves a set of goals, sources of information, forms or outlines, and criteria for judging the effectiveness of planning.
At the unit, weekly, and daily levels, they are almost influenced by: • Availability of materials, • Student interest, • School calendar, • District curriculum guides, • Text-book content, • Classroom management, • Classroom activity flow, and • Prior experience.
Basis of instructional planning
Effective planning is based on knowledge of
1. The general goals of the school,
2. The objectives of the course or subject,
3. Students’ abilities, aptitudes, needs, and interest,
4. Techniques of short-range instruction or lesson planning.
In planning, teachers use instructional routines for questioning, monitoring and managing students, as well as for coordinating classroom activities.
Importance of instructional planning