Lesson Plan Portfolio

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Running Head: LESSON PLAN
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LESSON PLAN

Lesson Plan
Kyerra Martin
ESE 645 Lesson Designs for Students with Mild to Moderate Disabilities
4/26/21

Lesson Plan
A lesson plan is an everyday teacher’s guide that contains information about how students need to learn, how the learning will be conducted, and measuring the learning process to evaluate effectiveness. Lesson plans are quite effective as they assist teachers in conducting detailed studies and also help to follow the planned outline for each class, and this ensures that students learn new concepts each session. Also, they get time for meaningful discussions. According to my understanding, an effective lesson plan should contain six key parts, which includes the objectives of the lesson, any requirements that are related to the lesson plan, the lesson materials required for each session, the procedures to be followed during the learning session, the procedures that will be used to assess the study, and the outcomes and reflection concerning the study sessions.
Self-determination is a mixture of one’s skills, knowledge, and personal beliefs that enables individuals to focus and achieve their goals in a self-regulating and independent approach (Burke et al., 2020). A person can be said to be self-determined when they possess an understanding of their strengths and weaknesses when they can believe in themselves as capable and effective in achieving their goals. Individuals who practice these self-determination skills possess a greater ability to control their lives and act as a motivation for adults to attain success in society.
Self-determination is important, especially for students with disabilities. It enables individuals to take greater control of their lives by setting goals that they want to achieve and involving themselves in problem-solving and decision making. Self-determination is important when students with disabilities engage in such activities. It motivates other individualsindividuals with disabilities and all people to change their views and change what they expect from them. Self-determinations enable an individual to find purpose and live a productive life.
It is important for special education students to work hand-in-hand with regular education teachers to help them in creating their lesson plans that support self-determination skills as they can help the individual in creating a lesson plan that benefits the individual through gained benefits such as goal setting, problem-solving, and decision-making skills (Petcu et al., 2017). The regular education teachers ensure that all lesson plans should promote the skill needed to set individual personal goals, help individual gain problem-solving skills required for achieving the set goals, help the individual make appropriate and correct decisions based on preference and interest, and enable them to engage and participate in the decision-making process that impacts their life.
There are some challenges that I faced when creating the lesson plans. The first one is that student-teacher conversations took a lot of time each week, which may not be necessary for all students as small talks can sometimes take over. Another challenge I overcame is that there was barely enough time to finish the last part of the lesson. The last challenge that I faced when creating the lesson plan was that most of my lessons never went according to plan.
I came across some rewards as I was creating the lesson plan, which includes the following. Having a lesson plan before every session provided the students with better confidence; it enabled students to prepare before the class and participate during the session and also have a chance to ask questions (Jabbarova, 2020). The lesson plan also provided students and teachers with guidance regarding what should be covered in each lesson. Some of the major steps I took to overcome the challenges I faced include managing my time by creating a lesson plan that covers the part that I am capable of handling, I learned new study skills which helped me improve my study skills, and I sought for academic advice on how to improve my studying skills and improve my learning.

References
Burke, K. M., Raley, S. K., Shogren, K. A., Hagiwara, M., Mumbardó-Adam, C., Uyanik, H., & Behrens, S. (2020). A meta-analysis of interventions to promote self-determination for students with disabilities. Remedial and Special Education, 41(3), 176-188.
Jabbarova, A. (2020). PLANNING TEACHING AND LEARNING ON THE BASE OF CURRICULUM DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT. Архив Научных Публикаций JSPI, 1-5.
Petcu, S. D., Van Horn, M. L., & Shogren, K. A. (2017). Self-determination and the enrollment in and completion of postsecondary education for students with disabilities. Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 40(4), 225-234.