INSTRUCTIONAL
PLANNING
ANNECA E. GULA
Teaching Science in Elementary Grades

Tell me and I forget. Teach
me and I remember.
Involve me and I learn.
– Benjamin Franklin

Lesson Objectives
At the end of the lesson you are expected to:
1. Describe to a colleague your typical instructional planning
process;
2. Identify events that must be included in an instructional plan;
3. Examine the elements of an effective instruction and their
relationship; and
4. Characterize an effective instructional plan.

What is Instructional
Planning?
 Is the ability of the teacher to
visualize and forecast into
the future of what, why and
how of the teaching-learning
process.
Teachers use this as a way to
design what topics or what
objectives, students will learn,
and how they will get them to
learn the material.

Types of Instructional Plans
LONG-TERM
INSTRUCTIONAL PLANS
SHORT-TERM
INSTRUCTIONAL PLANS

○Yearly Plan: Instruction plan that
covers a school year (from April to
March in Japan).
○Monthly Plan: Instruction plan that
covers a month in order to put the
yearly plan into practice.
○Weekly Plan: Instruction plan that
covers a week and is formulated
concretely in order to put the monthly
plan into practice, paying attention to
the continuity of life.
○Daily Plan: Instruction plan that
covers a day and shows the life of
children at kindergarten in detail.
Long-term
Instruction Plan
Short-term
Instruction Plan

EXAMPLES OF INSTRUCTIONAL
PLANNING:
2. Unit plan 3. Lesson plan
1. Course plan

What are the elements of Instructional Planning?
Learning Environment
This supports all students to take risks,
ask questions and make and learn from
mistakes. The physical space, routines &
procedures, and development of positive
relationships create physically, socially,
and emotionally safe environment.
1.
.
Clear, Shared Outcomes
The learning outcomes are shared and
internalized by teachers and students.
These outcomes anchor and guide the
choices of instructional activities,
materials, practice assignments, and
assignment tasks.
2.

Varied content, Materials & Methods of Instruction
Students explore ideas and information in varied
ways and access learning through multiple entry
points. Teachers select contents and materials to
engage and meet the needs of all learners.
3.

What are the elements of Instructional Planning?
Practice and Feedback
Students have the opportunities to
practice what they are learning and are
given timely, specific feedback based
on their current performance in relation
to the desired outcomes.
Complex Thinking & Transfer
Students are coached and taught to engage in
hihger order thinking through instructional
activities and practice tasks. Curriculum,
instruction and assessments are designed to
prompt complex thinking, integration of concepts
& ideas, and applicatioin of learned skills to new
material or novel situations.
4.
5.

GAGNE’S Nine (9)
events of Instruction

1. Gain attention of
the students.
2. Inform students of
the objectives.
3. Stimulate recall of
prior learning.

4. Present the
content.
5. Provide learning
guidance.
6. Elicit
performance
(practice).

7. Provide feedback.
8. Assess performance.
9. Enhance retention
and transfer.

You have an effective instructional plan if you can...
 Identify quality materials and strategies for instructional planning
 Compare direct and discovery instruction
 Explain how to select educational resources for diverse students
 Share the role of motor and sensory education in early childhood
 Describe the advantages and disadvantages of cross-curricular
teaching
 Discuss interdisciplinary classroom activities

BENEFITS OF
INSTRUCTIONAL PLAN ON
TEACHING
 Explore specific planning methods
to foster growth and development
in teachers and students.
 Consider research that establishes
the effectiveness of instructional
planning strategies and methods.
 Discover how to move from
research to practice in delivering
effective planning and instruction.
 Access ready-to-use handouts to
immediately implement proven
planning methods and strategies.
 Review principles for planning
instructional practices as a team.

How to characterize an effective instructional plan?
1.Be Adaptive
2.Focus on concepts and principles.
3.Take into accounts that student's ongoing cognitive activities.
4.Not replace the student's ongoing cognitive activities.

 Instructional planning is an important way for
teachers to strategically decide what their students
will learn and how they will learn in it.
 An important factor of instructional planning is using
differentiated instruction to meet the various needs of
all students.
What is the importance of Instructional Planning?

Thank you!
If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are
planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are
planning for a lifetime, educate people.
– Chinese Proverb