{"id":17,"date":"2018-09-26T18:11:23","date_gmt":"2018-09-26T18:11:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.usnh.edu\/lessonplanning101\/front-matter\/introduction-2\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T16:53:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T16:53:34","slug":"introduction-2","status":"publish","type":"front-matter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.usnh.edu\/lessonplanning101\/front-matter\/introduction-2\/","title":{"raw":"Introduction","rendered":"Introduction"},"content":{"raw":"Great lessons don't just happen!\u00a0 Effective practitioners are intentional about determining a lesson's purpose and the instructional process they'll use to best meet their students' needs.\u00a0 They plan so that their students' investment of time in learning is valued and productive and moves them toward the attainment of specific learning objectives.\r\n\r\nAt the College of Professional Studies' Center for Educator Preparation, teacher candidates are required to prepare comprehensive lesson plans that foster the process of planning effective instruction.\u00a0 With time and experience, this process becomes intrinsic, leading to the need for less documentation.\r\n\r\nThis book is intended to serve as a resource for beginning teachers as they master the art of effective lesson planning and for experienced teachers as they revisit the components of lesson planning that become second nature over time.\r\n\r\nEach chapter presents a component of lesson planning critical for student learning and describes how that component is targeted in\u00a0 our college's lesson planning tools, including the CPS's <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1e_47FAOQYDwtkoOWsIcnvo5atoM9_tH5dSWpjAd3CW8\/edit\">CEP Lesson Plan Template<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1Ew44FkxVg2nvxeD9niqZsO4GuyHpLN-r7EIdmRdKjJs\/edit\">CEP Lesson Plan Rubric<\/a>, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1rjPfOY4OCDTnG6iwUma8rKU9KwEYZ1-ug2FwwfC_HSs\/edit\">CPS Lesson Observation Feedback Tool<\/a>.\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n\r\n<em>Cover Photo Credit:<span class=\"s1\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/x3REnO9z7io?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\"><span class=\"s2\">Markus Spiske<\/span><\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/search\/photos\/map?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\"><span class=\"s2\">Unsplash<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/em>","rendered":"<p>Great lessons don&#8217;t just happen!\u00a0 Effective practitioners are intentional about determining a lesson&#8217;s purpose and the instructional process they&#8217;ll use to best meet their students&#8217; 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