Brief 4 Performance Standard 2 Instructional Planning
Brief 4 Performance Standard 2 Instructional Planning
Brief 4 Performance Standard 2 Instructional Planning
INSTRUCTIONAL PLANNING
The teacher plans using the Virginia Standards of Learning, the schools curriculum, effective strategies,
resources, and data to meet the needs of all students.
What does instructional planning mean?
In general terms, planning means the act or
process of making or carrying out plans. i
Instructional planning is a process of the teacher
using appropriate curricula, instructional
strategies, and resources during the planning
process to address the diverse needs of students.
A teachers teaching begins before he/she steps
into the classroom and starts talking. Prior to each
lesson, unit, semester, or school year, while
teachers are planning the content of instruction,
selecting teaching materials, designing the
learning activities and grouping methods, and
deciding on the pacing and allocation of
instructional time, they are actually determining
what learning opportunities their students are
going to have. Teachers could use state or district
curriculum standards, school district curriculum
goals and objectives, and learning outcomes
developed by professional organizations to plot
the scope and sequence of subject topics.
Teachers also could apply their knowledge of
research-based practices to plan what strategies
and techniques will be adopted to deliver
instruction. Nevertheless, the most informative
source for any instructional planning resides in the
teachers classrooms the students.