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Nada Arif
ECE 3503
Garnel Desravins
September 25, 2018
Planning for anything in our life is important because it organize the things that we will going to
do. For the teachers, planning guide is important especially for the early childhood education,
planning guide help the teacher a lot, it will help her to be confident while she is teaching the
students because she knows that everything is ready, also “It would make the teaching to meet the
goals and direction of the course” (The importance of planning and schedule for teaching, 2003 -
2018), it can make teaching easier and let the teacher reach her goals. As well planning make
everyone in school communicate with each other, it encourage collaboration so they can make the
school better. Planning for the term always help the teacher and the students to be organized and
have a discipline in their teaching and learning. It will managing and organize the time and time
In education, lesson plan is a map for the teacher that show the steps it should follows and the time
for each part, it shows the objectives, lesson’s parts, assessment, and how teacher will going to
teach the lesson. There are three styles of planning for teaching and they are; long term planning
(LTP), medium term planning (MTP), and short term planning (STP). First, the long term planning
is to make a plan for whole semester or one year with grouping the learning goals and active
instruction that help teacher and students to reach their goals by the end of it, and it is to gather
information in one chart with writing more details about each part of the lesson. Second, medium
term planning is create a plan for few weeks or half of the term, and it is to plan in order for one
subject or more which is helpful because it shows most of the themes and topics. While short term
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planning is a planning for one week or one single lesson which is allow the teacher to restyle the
lesson content and methods, it is the easiest one to do it but it related to the long term plan and
There are many differences between the long, medium, and short term plan “the long-term plan is
the scheme of work, the medium-term plan is the unit of work, the short-term plan is the planning
for lessons” (Long-, medium- and short-term planning , 2008). The differences of this three terms
are the duration of time and the nature of the objectives. Short term plan is flexible and teacher
can edit on it anytime if an event happen suddenly or if the weather changed, the activities in the
short term planning could be planned in separate for ages between 3 to 5 years. While medium-
term plan related to the long term plan, it focus on a theme that could be linked with the long term
plan, it have more details about the activities of the lessons. Comparing to the long term plan it
used by the teacher to know their medium term plan which is for half of the term or few weeks,
moreover it gives an overview and cover all the topic and the themes for a full year which is the
whole curriculum that teacher will going to teach it to the students, it shows the occasions and the
events that going to happen in this year with detailed information for each part. All types of term
plans cover the curriculum, medium term plan linked to the long term plan while they are both
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Of course these term plans have beneficial and useful advantages for each of them. The advantages
for short term planning are; teacher could change it if she want to change the activities or the
learning outcomes, teacher can add more activities in the lesson, and it is flexible and easy for the
teacher. On the other hand, the medium term pan advantages are; it describe the activities and the
strategies that support students while working across the outcomes, make the learning meaningful
for the students, focus on the assessment outcomes and the objectives with clear focusing in
specific parts of the progress. While long term plan have more advantages, it provide a way over
the years of key stages that all agreed and shared, it effect the short term plan while linked to the
medium term plan, adjustable and improving according to changing needs if things happen,
evaluated by comments from the students to see if it matches with their needs, provide a forward
vision that cover the curriculum and helping the teacher, and objectives are clear for the teacher in
this term. Overall, the advantages for all the term plans could be if any teacher absent or had
something else to do, it will be clear and guide for the other teacher to teach the students, it will
keep the lesson organized and the teacher will feel comfortable and calm, teacher will know the
steps that she is going to follow in her lesson by using the plan, it will organize teacher’s work
while she is teaching, planning will save teacher’s time, energy and money, let the teacher explore
the skills of the students, and let the teacher know the next step that required.
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Abu Dhabi Educational Council (ADEC) are preparing to use the short term plan and long term
plan in their schools. According to ADEC curriculum “Both short-term and long--term plans will
be implemented to ensure that every student in Abu Dhabi will receive quality education in a
healthy and safe environment” (ADEC announces plans to improve private school education in
Abu Dhabi, 2010), they didn’t choose just one term to implement they will implement the short
and long term plan for the schools to make sure that the students will feel comfortable by having
knowledge about their curriculum and what they will going to learn in a year, as well they want to
make sure that the students have a good quality of learning in the schools. In the same way, they
In conclusion, the three type of the term planning are important for each school even if it have
some differences but all of them had beneficial advantages and could use it in the school, it make
the teaching easier and fixable for the students and the teacher which is good thing. If you want to
be a good, organized, and effective teacher you should have a proper lesson plan, lesson plan will
manage your time and organize classroom and the materials for the activities, it will make teaching
more easily and let you reach your goals and outcomes. “Proper classroom planning will keep you
organized and on track while teaching, thus allowing you to teach more and manage less.” (The
Importance of Planning for the Classroom , n.d.). When you will teach students more and manage
the class and the students less it will save your time and effort and let you feel confident because
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ADEC announces plans to improve private school education in Abu Dhabi. (2010). Retrieved from wam:
http://wam.ae/en/details/1395228615763
The importance of planning and schedule for teaching. (2003 - 2018). Retrieved from ukessays:
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teaching-education-essay.php
The Importance of Planning for the Classroom . (n.d.). Retrieved from education.gov:
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planning-for-the-classroom