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Nine studies show teachers that receive substantial professional development increase their students’ scores by 21 percentile points.

Great PD can often come with a great price tag to match. The cost of a conference can be hundreds of dollars, not to mention the travel costs. While some conferences will cover your meals, you still have to figure in the price of exploring, parking at the airport, and those exhibit hall deals you can’t pass up. If you get sticker shock, it’s time to think about ways to fund your adventures.

Education grants exist for nearly everything.

Tips After the class ends, review your plan and how it worked in actuality. What will you do differently next time? Preview new material with the students and give them their study goals a week or two in advance. Be prepared to divert from the lesson plan. Plan how to guide the class's attention back to you when it wanders. Remember to match what you are teaching with your state or local school district standards. If lesson plans aren't your thing, consider the Dogme teaching method. It involves no textbooks and allows the students to take control.[1] Be clear that you will expect them to respond to questions in class by a certain date.

Sample Lesson Plans

Step 2 (Assessment) -- Though this might seem out of order, you should plan your assessment next.

There is no such thing as a “Special Education Lesson Plan.”  General education teachers and special education teachers must develop lesson plans based on state and district standards.