Take time to plan your teaching sessions using a lesson plan.Constructing a lesson plan will: provide a framework for you to deliver unit content give a clear focus provide you with confidence in the classroom organise your teaching time make certain you have appropriate resources and materials (e.g. handouts) prompt you with fall-back options (go to Plan B if Plan A doesn't work!) ensure learning objectives are met accommodate skills' acquisition. Lesson plan templates, guides and examples Lesson plan templates are a useful way to help plan your seminars and classes. Download this simple-to-use learning activity plan template (DOC 42KB) that we designed for inclusive teaching.Guides that suggest questions to ask yourself and what you need to include when planning a teaching session: Lesson planning for effective learning (Fautley & Savage 2013, see Chapter 1) Planning a class session (PDF 255KB) Table planning and designing lesson (DOC 32KB) Examples that will help you construct your own lesson plan: EAD110, Faculty of Arts-Ed (DOC 48KB) —this uses the template provided above Harrow College: Education example (PDF 173KB) McGill University: Science examples   Key teaching strategies to remember when designing an inclusive lesson plan Avoid overloading the student When dealing with a dense and complex piece of writing or video clip, identify key concepts which they should focus on to avoid overloading students. Avoid over-complicating slides Don’t overcrowd your slides with many concepts as this can be difficult for a student to process, especially if they are trying to decipher the meaning of the concepts and listen to you at the same time. Remember that first year students are still coming to grips with academic language, and students for whom English is not their first language will struggle with reading and listening at the same time. Unpack the language Explain specific terms, jargon, slang etc. in plain language. Ensure that students can identify and understand terms as they are being used in context. Use glossaries and other language tools to assist students in understanding threshold concepts and discipline-specific language. Exemplars Annotated exemplars of both strong and weak assignments will assist in clarifying expectations and ideas. Use inclusive exemplars relating to positive experiences, contributions and ideas of resources that could be used. See UTS Sample Written Assignments for a suite of annotated essays by discipline. Student groups Consider Group Work in learning activities and assessment tasks to facilitate sociocultural and linguistic understandings or to provide certain cultural perspectives on a discipline topic. (Deakin University 2015, pp. 6 – 7) Download this quick one-page Deakin guide to Inclusive teaching hints and tips (DOC 36KB).