Curriculum and Lesson Planning – Online

If you are employed in a state that uses a registry to track professional development hours, you will be able to provide your registry ID (Stars, MOPID, Registry or other ECE ID#) after you have completed the quiz for the course. If you pass the quiz we will report your course completion to the state registry using the registry ID that you provide.

Lesson planning can seem overwhelming for a new teacher and for a more experienced teacher, it can be hard to keep it fresh. This course will deliver step by step instructions on taking either boxed curriculum or your own ideas and turning them into a written lesson plan. The process is broken down into easy to follow steps and a multitude of ideas are given for themes and categories.  Includes lesson planning for ages infant through school age.  Course length  – 3.5 hours.

The course answers the following questions:

• What is quality curriculum?

• Are lesson plans necessary?

• What does developmentally appropriate mean?

• What is a theme and how is one used in the development of curriculum and lesson plans?

• Is boxed curriculum necessary? Is it useful?

• What categories should I use on my lesson plans?

• How can I break down lesson planning into manageable steps?

Participants who successfully complete this course will be able to:

• Demonstrate an understanding of the term “developmentally appropriate practice”.

• Demonstrate the ability to choose developmentally appropriate themes and activities for their age group.

• Demonstrate the ability to prepare developmentally appropriate lesson plans for their age group.