Out-of-tune plans should hit a shorter note - News - TES Connect - 47 views
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All an experienced teacher needs is one big plan and short prompts for lessons
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Far from being scientific, as the word "evidence" implies, this faith in the written plan is almost superstitious
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Teaching has become a plan-centred profession. The things you do are only validated by written evidence that you intended to do them. It makes no sense, yet is widely accepted
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Respond to the child, not the plan.
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"If I could have your detailed lesson plans for next week, that would be great. Thanks!" Why? We plan too much. Long-term plans, in-depth plans, planning per week, per lesson, per pupil. Yet we work with unpredictable children, so we revise our plans because the lesson didn't go according to plan.
