September Tip of the Month: Getting Started with the Lesson Planner
The Lesson Planner makes it easy to organize, schedule, and track your classroom instruction — all in one place. Here’s what you need to know to get up and running.
Before You Begin (Admins Only)
System Administrators need to complete a few setup steps first:
- Enable the Lesson Plan component under Administrative Functions > District Options > Classroom and Assessment Configuration
- Create Lesson Plan Schedules (these represent your bell or block schedules)
- Configure Lesson Plan Templates to match your district’s needs
Creating a Class
Every teacher starts by setting up a class — you only do this once! Go to Classroom > Add a Class, enter the class name, choose a template, and save. Elementary teachers typically have one class; secondary teachers will have one per period.
Creating a Lesson Plan
Go to Classroom > Lesson Plans > Add Lesson Plan. From there, choose your class, template, date, and period, then select the relevant course, unit, and topic. Add learning targets and activities, name your plan, and save. Your lesson plan will appear in the calendar and plan book views.
Handy Time-Saving Features
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Feature |
What It Does |
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Recurrence |
Copies a lesson plan across multiple sections or days |
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Automatically Bump Dates |
Shifts plans forward (great for snow days or fire drills!) |
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Replicate Schedule |
Copies plans from one week to another |
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Manually Reset Dates |
Fine-tunes individual plan dates and times |
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Mass Delete |
Removes multiple plans at once by period, course, or date range |
📖 For full step-by-step instructions, visit the How to Use the Lesson Planner.
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EMBARC ensures that your district curriculum is used with fidelity. It helps align curriculum to state standards. District staff can analyze curriculum and address issues raised in district and state assessments. EMBARC makes it easier for planning and delivery of instruction. With EMBARC, your district curriculum can be transparent at multiple levels and all students experience the same path, regardless of teacher or building. Click our EMBARC Fact Sheet to learn more
Contact Al Richardson at arichardson@smcaa.org for training needs or if you are interested in adding EMBARC to your district.
EMBARC the Framework for K-12 Success
EMBARC uses technology to bring the teaching—and learning—experience into an evolving documented process that is easy to use, accessible anywhere, and aligned district-wide. EMBARC was founded on a belief that curriculum must be of value to teachers. With EMBARC, teachers don’t have to recreate curriculum from scratch each year. By simply entering curriculum once, then continuously assessing and improving, educators can save time on curriculum management, enter a process of continuous improvement, and shift focus to their true passion for teaching.
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Need Help with MSIP prep? Let EMBARC Help!
With MSIP 6 rules to come out the summer, we at SMCAA want you to be ready to meet the challenges this new accreditation process will require. As you continue your work toward organizing and building your curriculum, you have options on how to build and store your curriculum electronically. If you are just beginning your journey and are interested in a program built specifically to assist you in creating and maintaining a strong, accessible and useable curriculum, you should consider EMBARC .
EMBARC can help a district meet the MSIP 6 standards in multiple ways. It also is strongly aligned to the Written Curriculum Audit Tool contained in our State’s ESSA plan. Click here to see how EMBARC can assist you in meeting the new MSIP 6 standards.
SMCAA is here to answer your questions and to assist you with any and all of your curriculum work. If we can assist you with BYOC programming or in any other area of your curriculum journey, let us know!
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Curriculum management is a large undertaking for school districts. Subjects each have their own manuals and each course has specific criteria to be met. Many districts could fill bookcases with their curriculum guides. But in order to find, compare or analyze curriculum, a team of educators would have to dust off the manuals and go through each handbook individually. Short on manpower and wanting to find a more efficient way to organize curriculum, David Miller, Coordinator for Assessment & Library Services in the Pattonville (MO) School District, began looking for alternatives to this rusty, dusty routine. The Pattonville Success Story.
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