Lesson Design

Teachers design lesson and create lesson plans to serve as guides in helping students achieve intended learning outcomes. Whether a lesson plan is in a particular format is not as relevant as whether or not the plan is well designed and leads to student learning. In a broad sense, it is most important to describe what the teacher expects the student to know, understand and be able to do; how the student will be engaged in the learning; and what evidence the teacher will accept that the student has demonstrated mastery of the identified knowledge, skills and concepts noted. A well-written lesson design is focused with all parts of the design supporting the learning objectives. The required components for Shenandoah County Public School lesson design are listed on this page. In addition, while there is no division-wide requirement for a specific template,  a link is provided to examples of possible lesson design formats.