Reviewing Teachers' Lesson Plans*

This guide will assist you, as an administrator, in reviewing and commenting on your teacher's submitted lesson plans.

1. Access Lesson Plans

Click either the "Lesson Plans" tab at the top of your account, or the "Lesson Plans" link on your Home tab

2. Navigate the Calendar

Select the week of plans you would like to review. Click the "Today" button to return to the current week.

3. Plans Not Posted

If you click this icon, you have the option of sending messages to individual teachers or the entire list. The comment will also be emailed to the teacher by default.

4. Select the Desired Teacher

Navigate through the school and department folders.

• A ( ! ) symbol means that teacher has not submitted plans for the selected week

5. Reviewing a Lesson Plan

You have access to the lesson plan. You can:

• Look at each page individually or all at once

• View the plan by weekly or daily view

• Make comments about the lesson plan in general or a specific block

• Change to the next or previous week without going back to the Calendar

**NOTE: Administrators are granted Read access to lesson plans, they cannot make modifications.**

6. Investigating Linked Items

You can click on any items teachers have linked to their plan including homework, standards and references, unit plans, and documents.

7. Marking the Lesson Plan

When you are finished reviewing and commenting on the lesson plan, click the check box next to the teacher's name to signify that you have reviewed the lesson plan.

**NOTE: Teachers are able to revise their plans after they have posted them. The changes will be reflected in your "Lesson Plans" tab in real-time.

8. Comment History

You have the ability to view every comment you've sent to a
particular teacher by clicking this icon

9. Teacher Websites

You also have a link to the public versions teachers' websites, allowing you the convenience of accessing the site from the same tab and window.

10. Lesson Plans Reviewed!

Congratulations, you have successfully reviewed lesson plans!
Please take a look at our Dashboard for additional Lesson Planner resources.

Also take advantage of our mobile lesson plan app for administrators. Log on to mobile.oncoursesystems.com, login in with your regular OnCourse information and review your teachers' lesson plans from your tablet.