Purposeful Lesson Planning

This program offers continued support for early career teachers, and to celebrate the completion of a successful first year of teaching, Purposeful Lesson Planning begins with a statewide event featuring Mike Rutherford, author of The Artisan Teacher!  Purposeful Lesson Planning is part of the Missouri Teacher Development System (mo-mtds.net) and is open to any teacher who has completed a Beginning Teacher Assistance Program in Missouri. 

This opportunity provides:

• access to experts - State event with Mike Rutherford, author of The Artisan Teacher
• on-demand learning, including Mike Rutherford's MTDS series.
• consultant support
• networking with other teachers 
• competency-based programming 

Purposeful Lesson Planning emphasizes the following MTDS Competencies

• Differentiates to Meet Unique Student Needs

Designs lesson variations to (a) content; (b) process; (c) product; and/or (d) environment based on *analysis of student needs.

• Plans Student Progress Monitoring

Plans formal and informal *assessment strategies and *documentation structures to check and record understanding of lesson targets during instruction.

• Works in a Community of Practice

Participates in a *community of practice to share evidence of effectiveness and progress towards curricular goals, plan curricular revisions, and discuss meeting student needs.