Lesson Plan for Student Teaching – Support Guide
Created: July 2019
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This document is meant to guide you through the process of lesson planning using the student teaching
template. This lesson plan should be used when writing daily lesson plans during student teaching.
Special Notes:
• The student teaching lesson plan template meets the edTPA specification guidelines of 11-point Arial font
with 1-inch margins; do not change the margins or font type or size. You can adjust the columns and rows
if needed to maximize space. You can add or delete ‘sections’ in table 1 if you have fewer or more than
three objectives, and you can add or delete ‘sections’ in table 4 if you have fewer or more than five LXs.
You can also delete boxes you do not feel are relevant for the lesson or learning experience; but be careful
not to eliminate important information that you could use as evidence when writing to the prompts.
• The edTPA learning segment must be 3-5 lessons. Each lesson has a 4-page limit. You will submit the
lessons for the learning segment as one document that is no more than 20 pages (e.g., 5 lessons = 20
pgs.; 3 lessons = 12 pgs.). Include page numbers, lesson label, and begin each lesson at the top of a page.
This lesson plan support document is organized based on the tables in the lesson plan template – in the
order they appear on the lesson plan template. Remember lesson planning is not a linear process and it will be
necessary to plan parts of table 4 before you are able to plan tables 2 and 3. In this document I have
reproduced each table and provided definitions, simple directions and helpful information right in the table (see
the purple asterisks*). I have also included a simple example (see green – for example) of what the table could
look like; I did this so you could see the ‘mechanics’ of how to fill in the table. My examples are merely
examples to provide you with a visual. Your completed tables may or may not look like my example, depending
on the grade, students, content, and timing.
The first box at the top of the lesson plan (i.e., lesson plan label) is used to identify the lesson number within
the learning segment, the central focus, grade level, and number of students.
Central Focus
*Lesson #: central focus, grade, number of students
For example:
Central Focus
Lesson 1: maintaining rhythm and movement pattern, 7th grade, 32 students
Table 1: Learning Targets and Assessment Plans
Table 1: Learning Targets and Assessment Plans
State Standard-
Benchmark
*Include the benchmark number and write out the entire benchmark
Objective
*Include a complete, clear objective (3 Cs).
*Some objectives may span across multiple lessons; or objectives may be progressive
from one lesson to another by changing the condition, so it is more complex or
demanding, adding to the content, or increasing the level of expectation of the criterion.
*Remember, objectives guide all planning, instruction, and assessment choices, and
are written for the teacher to ensure alignment throughout one lesson, across multiple
lessons, and within a long-term plan (i.e., unit plan).
