PARKING LOT
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Questions about Curriculum
or
Questions about the Forethought software
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FORETHOUGHT
All curriculum
documents,
resources, and
your lesson
planner in ONE
SYSTEM
All Content Area
curriculum in a
CONSISTENT
FORMAT
Everything is
web-based and
ACCESSIBLE
24/7
From school or
at home
COLLABORATE:
EVERYTHING
ALIGNED:
Standards,
Resources,
Assessments
share lesson
plans or plan
with your
team in a
Team Planner
It’s
USERFRIENDLY!
Sneak Peek
WHAT IS AN ALIGNED CURRICULUM SYSTEM?
Written
Curriculum
School System
Classroom
School
Articulation
Taught
Curriculum
Coordination
Delivery
Tested
Curriculum
That Was Then, This is Now
OBJECTIVES FOR MODULE 1
1. Planning for Learning:
review the elements of a good lesson plan
(Checkpoints)
2. Getting into Forethought:
learn how to Log into the system
(Key in the Ignition)
3. Creating Your Schedule:
set up your schedule according to your
teaching day (Roadmap)
4. Using the Lesson Planner:
learn how to use the web-based lesson
planner (Engine Start-up)
PLANNING FOR TEACHING
vs.
PLANNING FOR LEARNING
Brainstorm with a partner. What are the differences
between Planning for Teaching versus Planning for
Learning and record your thoughts on your Handout #2
Planning for Teaching
Planning for Learning
PLANNING FOR TEACHING
FRONTWARD DESIGN
= LOOSELY ALIGNED
1. Topic:
Identifies a
topic of
study from
the Scope
and
Sequence
2. Learning
Activities
Develops
lessons and
activities to
help
students
learn about
the topic
The Teacher…
3.
Assessment
Creates an
assessment
for the end
of the unit
(based on
what has
been taught)
PLANNING FOR LEARNING
The Teacher…
Performance
Standards:
Closely examines
curriculum and
then designs
lessons that are
tightly aligned to
the Standards
(TEKS): what
students must
know and be able
to do
BACKWARD DESIGN
= DEEP ALIGNMENT
Evidences of
Learning:
Gathers formative
and summative
assessments and/or
rubrics that
accurately measure
student mastery of
unit learning
objectives
(evidence gathered
throughout the
learning)
Learning
Activities:
Selects strategies
and structures
that will actively
engage students,
leading them to
master the
desired learning
outcomes
Look at the end result first. Then decide how students will provide evidence of their
learning, and finally design instructional activities to help kids learn what is needed
to be successful.
Written
Taught
Tested
Continuous Improvement
Model
Elizabeth A. Clark, Ed.D.
PLANNING FOR LEARNING
What would be the components of a quality
lesson plan where the goal is
PLANNING FOR LEARNING?
ON THE RIGHT TRACK:
PLANNING FOR LEARNING
Structures to
enhance learning
Curricular
Standards
Strategies to
engage students
Quality work
products for
students
Aligned
Resources
Evidence of
learning
THE BISD FORETHOUGHT LESSON PLAN TEMPLATE
The Standards/TEKS
Structures, Strategies,
Resources, Assessments
Clarifying Statements, Procedures,
Accommodations / Notes/Reflections
PLANNING FOR LEARNING:
THE COMPONENTS OF EFFECTIVE LESSON
DESIGN
Content
Standard(s)/Process
Standards
The Standards are
our Focus. These
are our rail tracks.
A defined course
and the ride
controls the pace.
The Standards are
the ‘what’
PLANNING FOR LEARNING:
THE COMPONENTS OF EFFECTIVE LESSON
DESIGN
Procedure,
Strategies, and
Structures
You steer your car and make
decisions about how you will
make your way around the track.
You can steer left to right or look at
street signs and the landscape.
However, you must make sure that
your steering appropriately addresses
the destination and doesn’t jump the
rail tracks (the Standards). The HOW.
PLANNING FOR LEARNING:
THE COMPONENTS OF EFFECTIVE LESSON
DESIGN
Accommodations,
Modifications,
Extensions
You consider the destination
and who is in the car with
you. You make decisions
about your passengers’
needs during the trip and
what you will do to
accommodate those
needs.
PLANNING FOR LEARNING:
THE COMPONENTS OF EFFECTIVE LESSON
DESIGN
Resources
Your teaching tools.
Consistent across the
district and are
aligned to your
Standards.
PLANNING FOR LEARNING:
THE COMPONENTS OF EFFECTIVE LESSON
DESIGN
Evidence of
Learning
(Assessment)
Regular Maintenance and
State Inspections to make
sure all parts of your car are
functioning properly. Our
Forethought curriculum will contain
sample assessment items, both
formative and summative.
Assessment items ensure that your
level of instruction matches the
cognitive rigor of the Standards.
PLANNING FOR LEARNING:
THE COMPONENTS OF EFFECTIVE LESSON
DESIGN
Notes/Reflections
Our
Road
Trip
Your road trip photos
and travel journal. You
can add important
information before
departure or reflect on your
trip. What parts of your trip
with your passengers went
well and what might you do
differently next year to
make your journey even
better?
Planning for Learning in a
Professional Learning
Community
Five Questions of the PLC
1.What do students need to know and be able
to do?
2.How will we know when they have learned
it?
3. What instruction must take place to ensure
students learn?
4.What will we do when they haven’t learned
it?
5.What will we do when they already know it?
Five Questions of the PLC
1. What do students need to know and be able to do?
 Examine the curriculum documents
 Determine how to bundle standards within the lessons
(leading standard, process skills, partner standards)
2. How will we know when they’ve learned it?
 Develop common assessments aligned to the unit
standards (both formative and summative)
 Use formative and summative data to monitor student
progress
Five Questions of the PLC
3. What instruction must take place to ensure students learn?
 Design instruction in alignment with the cognitive rigor,
content, and context of the standard by using the Clarifying
Documents in eduphoria!
 Design student tasks that are aligned to the standards and
prepare students to demonstrate mastery
 Select strategies that will cause students to engage in the
thinking required of the standard
 Review data from assessments and make instructional
decisions based upon the findings
Five Questions of the PLC
4. What will we do if they haven’t learned it?
 Plan for re-teaching of standards that students did not
master at the advanced level
 Select appropriate interventions for students struggling to
achieve mastery
5. What will we do if they already learned it?
•Plan for extending learning for those who have achieved
mastery
Components of the BISD Lesson Plan
Standards:
Standards: Knowledge, skills and
competencies expected for mastery of a
Strategies:
Techniques
orTexas
tools
course
or discipline
upon the
Structures
to based
enhance
that students
use toand
process
Essential
Knowledge
(TEKS).
learning:
Ways that
a Skills
teacher
Evidence
of
Formative
information
that
be applied
to any
Often
referred
to Learning:
ascan
objectives.
organizes
the classroom
to maximize
and
summative
measures
to evaluate
learning
situation
and
that
engage
student
engagement
and interaction
for the
student
learning;
assessments
.
studentsofinenhancing
the learning
process.
purpose
learning.
Resources: Materials that support
instruction.
Procedures: Activities and processes
to
ensure that what has been planned in
Accommodations/Modifications
terms
of grouping and
strategies
occurs in
Notes/Reflections:
Placeholder
/Extensions:
Differentiations
an
and
effective
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information
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included
intentionally
included
in manner.
lesson
prior to lesson
delivery
for of
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to meet
specificand
needs
students in
delivery
the
class.reflection; useful for making
adjustment decisions prior to future
delivery of same lesson.
OBJECTIVE 1: POINTS TO REMEMBER
In planning for learning, we deeply align
lessons based on
performance/assessment standards.
Planning for learning is critical to the
alignment of the full teaching and
learning process.
Forethought is the intuitively powerful
tool we will use to plan deeply aligned
learning.
Objective 1: Planning for Learning
(Checkpoints We Use Along the Way)
OBJECTIVES FOR TODAY’S TRAINING
1. Planning for Learning:
review the elements of a good lesson plan
(the Checkpoints)
2. Getting into Forethought:
learn how to Log into the system
(the Ignition Key)
3. Creating Your Schedule:
set up your schedule according to your teaching day (the
Roadmap)
4. Using the Lesson Planner:
learn how to use simple, user-friendly web-based
lesson planner (the Engine Start-up)
TRAINING NORMS
1. Trust that we will go over each step you need to take
2. Be patient
3. Do not go ahead of the steps
4. Ask for help about the steps included in the
presentation
5. Write down questions you have that are not
answered during the presentation
Objective 2: LOGGING INTO
FORETHOUGHT (the Key to Ignition)
Logging into eduphoria!
1. Birdville Homepage: Click on “Staff”
2. Click on “Eduphoria”
Logging into eduphoria!
Logging into eduphoria!
3. Log in with your BISD Credentials
(how you login to your computer/e-mail)
First time to log in?
Username: 5-digit
employee ID#
Password: mmddyyyy*
Your eduphoria! Profile
1. Verify the proper spelling of
your name
2. Verify that your e-mail
address is correct. The format
should be:
first.last@birdvilleschools.net
3. Be sure that the accurate
campus(es) are checked. This
determines your PDAS
appraisal administrator
4. Click Next
Your eduphoria! Profile
5. Select your primary
role in the district. If you
select Teacher, you will
have more selections to
make on the following
screens
(If your job requires you
to have a Forethought
lesson planner, you
must select Teacher
here)
6. Click Next
Your eduphoria! Profile
7. Select the subject(s)
and grade level(s) you
teach
8. Click Next
Your eduphoria! Profile
9. Now you will select a
security question and
provide an answer.
This is used to electronically
sign PDAS documents, so
make it something easy for
you to remember.
Note: if you ever forget your
answer, you can always
return to your profile to reset
your security question.
10. Click Next
Your eduphoria! Profile
11. Teachers will select
the appropriate response
to this question.
12. Click “Save My
Information” as the final
step.
Your profile is now set!
Your eduphoria! Profile
Very Important!
Anytime you change
roles, campuses,
grade levels, or
subject areas: YOU
NEED TO UPDATE
YOUR PROFILE.
The eduphoria! Portal
Watch the eduphoria! Portal video here
OBJECTIVE 2: POINTS TO REMEMBER
Update your profile if
your name, e-mail, or
campus change
Customize your
eduphoria! portal to
make it work for you
OBJECTIVES FOR TODAY’S
TRAINING
1. Planning for Learning:
review the elements of a good lesson plan
(the Checkpoints)
2. Getting into Forethought:
learn how to Log into the system
(the Ignition Key)
3. Creating Your Schedule:
set up your schedule according to your teaching day
(Roadmap)
4. Using the Lesson Planner:
learn how to use simple, user-friendly web-based
lesson planner (the Engine Start-up)
Objective 3: Creating Your Daily
Schedule (our Roadmap)
OBJECTIVE 3: CREATING YOUR SCHEDULE
What is a
Forethought
Lesson
Planner
“Schedule” ?
Your template of the
classes you plan for
and any other
special events that
you would like
included in your
lesson planner.
DAILY SCHEDULE EXAMPLES
PRIMARY
SECONDARY
Calendar
English 1
Reading Workshop
English 1
Writing Workshop
Homeroom
Recess
Daily Event Not
Lunch
Tied to Standards
Math
Conference
Lunch
English 2
Science
Content Area
EnglishTied
2
Social Studies
Subject/Course
to Standards
English 1
Specials
LET’S GET STARTED
Begin setting up your schedule
CLICK ON FORETHOUGHT
SETTING UP YOUR PLANNER – LET’S
DO TOGETHER
The first time you login, the Set Up My Planner Wizard will
appear. This will guide you through the process of setting
up your schedule of courses.
SETUP MY PLANNER WIZARD
Enter the name of your schedule.
Suggestion: 2013-14
Click Next.
ADDING ENTRIES – THESE ARE YOUR PREPS,
SUBJECTS, OR “BOXES IN THE LESSON PLAN BOOK”
Add entries to your schedule
Click “Add an Entry”
ENTRY TYPE
Select “A course with Learning
Standards”
This is a typical course in your schedule.
Example: 3rd Grade Math, Algebra 1
SELECT YOUR COURSE FROM THE
DISTRICT COURSE TREE
Click on your level. Click on your subject or
grade until the appropriate course is shown.
Click on the course name.
EDIT THE NAME OF THE ENTRY
Do not worry about
the class sections
that may be listed
here.
This is a great place to add times, period
numbers, etc. (if you would like) to help
organize the entries.
ADD NEW ENTRY TO YOUR
SCHEDULE
Learn about different types of entries
You can repeat as needed for the number of
entries in your schedule.
PRIMARY TEACHER LESSON PLANNER
SCHEDULE ENTRY TYPE EXAMPLES
PRIMARY
Calendar
Reading Workshop
Writing Workshop
Recess
Math
Lunch
Science
Social Studies
Specials
SECONDARY TEACHER LESSON PLANNER
SCHEDULE ENTRY TYPE EXAMPLES
SECONDARY
English 1
English 1
Homeroom
Lunch
Conference
English 2
English 2
English 1
SECONDARY TEACHER LESSON PLANNER
SCHEDULE ENTRY TYPE EXAMPLES
SECONDARY
Course With Learning Standards: “English 1”
English 1
Special Entry: “English 1: 2 Period”
English 1
Homeroom
Special Entry:
Lunch
Special Entry:
Conference
Course With Learning Standards: “English 2”
English 2
Special Entry: “English 2: 6TH Period”
English 2
English 1
Special Entry: “English 1: 7th Period”
nd
SECONDARY TEACHER LESSON PLANNER
SCHEDULE ENTRY TYPE EXAMPLES
KEEP IT SIMPLE
English 1
Course With Learning Standards: “English 1”
English 2
Course With Learning Standards: “English 2”
All you HAVE to include are the
courses you teach. You may
customize to your personal planning
style beyond that.
ORGANIZE YOUR ENTRIES AND
COMPLETE YOUR SCHEDULE
Learn how to get organized
This screen allows you to add, edit and organize the entries in your schedule.
•Add Entry: Create a course with learning standards, mirrored course, or special entry
•Edit Entry: Modify information about a selected entry
•Move Up/Move Down: Change the order of a selected entry in your schedule
•Remove Entry: Removes a course from your schedule
FINISHING YOUR LESSON PLANNER
Complete the wizard and save your work
• When prompted, to
add another
SCHEDULE, choose
“NO”
• Click “Begin Using
Forethought”
CONGRATULATIONS
You must click BEGIN USING FORETHOUGHT at the
bottom right of the screen to save your schedule.
OBJECTIVE 3: POINTS TO REMEMBER
Add entries to your
schedule to build a
planner that reflects
the parts of your day
for which you need to
plan.
Objective 3: Creating Your Daily
Schedule (our Roadmap)
OBJECTIVES FOR TODAY’S
TRAINING
1. Planning for Learning:
review the elements of a good lesson plan
(the Checkpoints)
2. Getting into Forethought:
learn how to Log into the system
(the Ignition Key)
3. Creating Your Schedule:
set up your schedule according to your teaching day (the
Roadmap)
4. Using the Lesson Planner:
learn how to use simple, user-friendly web-based
lesson planner (the Engine Start-up)
Using the Lesson Planner
Watch the video
STANDARDS AND RESOURCES BOX
Selecting a standard will show details in the bottom-right corner.
Resources
Single-click to preview. Double-click to view entire resource. The
resource/activity can then be printed or added to the lesson planner
by clicking, “Use in Plans.” The resource will append the current
lesson plan entry, but it won’t replace any text already in the entry.
TEKS/TAKS
This tab displays associated TEKS (Knowledge and Skills statement
and Student Expectation), STAAR Reporting Categories, and
Knowledge and Skill for selected standard. TAKS Objectives may
appear also.
Performance For Aware Customers only: This shows a comparison graph of
student performance on the most recent State Standardized test or
District Local Assessment.
History
This tab displays all dates the standard has been used in lesson plans
during the current school year.
STANDARDS AND RESOURCES BOX
•
Any resources or materials
attached to a student
expectation will appear in the
box in the bottom right-hand
corner of the screen.
•
Double-Click to open a resource
•
View resource in the window or
as an attachment at the bottom
of the window
Click “Use in
Plans” to
insert the
resource
into your
lesson plan
 Click a standard and
the clarification will
appear in the resources
box
Clarifies the content,
context, and cognitive
rigor of the standard
Provides a sample
assessment item
Very useful unit
documents:
Unit Overview
Resources
 Document will appear
in the Resources box
 Some unit documents
are typed directly into
Forethought, while others
are attachments.
Very useful yearly
documents:
Units of Study
Scope and Sequence
 Document will
appear in the Resources
box
 Double-click to open,
then open attachment
to view full document
CREATING A LESSON IN FORETHOUGHT – THE
COMPONENTS (SEE HANDOUT 2)
OBJECTIVE 4: POINTS TO REMEMBER
•
•
•
Double-click to add
standards
Open attached files in
the lower right-hand
corner Resources Box
and add to planner
Customize by typing
into the lesson plan
Objective 4: USING THE LESSON
PLANNER (Engine Start-up)
CONGRATULATIONS!
YOU HAVE NOW EARNED
YOUR FORETHOUGHT
DRIVER’S LICENSE!
FORETHOUGHT 201 OBJECTIVES
Forethought Features
 Editing your Schedule
 Schedule Stamping
 Course Views
 Copying Plans
 Printing and Saving to File
 Collaborative Tools
 Forethought Tabs
EDITING YOUR SCHEDULE
1. In Forethought 101, you learned how to set up
your schedule.
2. Now, you will learn how to edit your schedule in
case you need to make any changes.
3. You can edit your schedule at any time
throughout the year.
EDITING YOUR SCHEDULE
1. Go to bottom left of your
planner screen and Click on
“Change My Settings” then
“My Schedules.”
2. Click on the name of your
schedule, then click “Edit
Schedule.”
3. You may change the name
of your schedule, or just click
“Next” in the bottom righthand corner of the screen.
ORGANIZE ENTRIES
AND COMPLETE YOUR SCHEDULE
Once your schedule is complete, click NEXT
and then BEGIN USING FORETHOUGHT.
*You must follow these steps to save your
schedule changes
This screen allows you to add, edit and organize the entries in your schedule.
•Add Entry: Create a course with learning standards, mirrored course, or special entry
•Edit Entry: Modify information about a selected entry
•Move Up/Move Down: Change the order of a selected entry in your schedule
•Remove Entry: Removes a course from your schedule
If we master the bolded
date phenomenon, master
Forethought, will we. Yes.
 Before you click on a date,
Forethought sees it as a blank slate.
 Once you click a date, it is
bold date
blank date
“stamped” with the schedule and
settings you have at that time.
 A date becomes bold once it is
clicked and will be “protected” from
any changes you may make to your
schedule.
 Since Yoda is now protecting the
bolded dates…
 If I make a change to my schedule (ex:
add a new entry for a course) on October
29, I will not see that change reflected on
October 30 because that date is already
bold. It was stamped with a schedule I had
previously.
 I will see my changes reflected on
October 31 because that date is blank
right now. My changes will automatically
apply to all future, blank dates.
 Concept Check
 If I make a schedule change on October
15th, what is the earliest date I will see
those changes automatically?
What does Forethought see on October
19 right now?
What will be on October 19 once I click
on it?
 But I don’t want to wait…
 You DO NOT have to wait until the next
blank date to see your changes.
 There are two options for updating your
bold dates with your new settings.
 Example: I change my schedule on
October 29. I have two options for
applying those changes to October 30.
 If you DO NOT have lesson
plans on a bolded date…
Open the Schedule Menu
Click “Delete Today’s
Plans”
 The schedule that was
stamped on that date
previously will be thrown
out so your new schedule
can be applied to the
date.
 If you DO have lesson
plans on a bolded date…
 Open the Schedule
Menu
 You will see all of the
entries on your current
schedule listed
Select the entry you
want to add
 When you add an entry to
your planner…
 It will add it to only
that date
 It will be added to the
bottom of your plans
You can move it up or
down in your plans
(optional)
 To move an entry…
 Click inside the entry
 Click the wrench icon
 Select Move Up in Plans or Move Down in Plans
 You may also choose to Remove an entry from the day’s plans
 Concept Check
 I work with many different
groups of students and just
began helping a small group
with 1st grade Social Studies.
I added Social Studies, Grade
1 to my planner. However, I
already have a full day of plans
tomorrow. How can I see my
Social Studies entry tomorrow?
Integrate subject areas by switching the course curriculum so that
you can work with TEKS from any of the courses you have on your
schedule, no matter which course entry you are clicked in.
For example, I can be in my ELAR entry box, but switch the course
so that I can integrate Social Studies TEKS into a particular ELAR
lesson.
 Click the calendar
icon to switch to the
Plan By Course view
You will see the
course entry for
Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday,
and Friday all on the
same screen.
 You can plan lessons
for one course for a
whole week without
having to change
screens or relocate
curriculum documents.
 Use the pull-
down menu to
switch to any
course entry
that is currently
on your
schedule.
Week View and Copy Wizard
•To view your plans by week, click on
the calendar icon near the top right
of the screen.
•Click on “View Week’s Plans”
Week View and Copy Wizard
•You may edit the white space of
your plans in this view.
•You cannot interact with the
curriculum or view your standards
here.
•To access advanced copy
features, click on the Copy
Wizard Icon.
Week View and Copy Wizard
Copy Content
Notes regarding copying:
•Choose to copy content for an
•The date
to week.
which you are copying must already be stamped
entire
day or
with the
sobe
the copied lessons have a spot to
•Select
thecourse
day orentries
week to
land.
copied
•Select
thewill
destination
or existing lessons (appended) that
•Content
be addedday
to any
week
to the
copytarget
content.
exist in
dates or weeks.
•Confirm your selections and click
•There is no "undo" when you copy lessons.
Finish.
Week View and Copy Wizard
Copy
Instructional
Days from year
to year
We strongly recommend that you
do NOT copy the entire year.
There is no undo option! It is best
to copy a couple weeks at a time
by limiting the copy down to 10 to
15 instructional days.
Shift Lesson
Plans a Day
For occasions such as an inclement
weather day or an unexpected
event, lesson plans can be shifted
ahead one day. Shifting lesson
plans will move all content up one
day from the day selected to the
end of the instructional year.
To Copy One Entry
•To copy just one entry to another day (instead of copying the whole
day’s worth of plans), follow these steps:
•From the week view, double click on the day to return to the regular planner
view.
•Click on the notebook paper icon to send this lesson to another day in your
planner
•Select the date and course entry where you want the lesson to be copied.
Click OK.
SAVINGSAVING
TO FILE TO
AND
PRINTING
FILE
AND PRINTING
•When you click an option, a
window will pop up.
•You may either open the file
and print or save the file to
your computer.
•Click on the Printer Icon located on
the left side of the toolbar
•Select a printing option
•*Note: you can just save your plans
and do not necessarily have to print
•We recommend the option to “Print
Week to Excel,” but you may choose
the option best for you.
SHARING YOUR PLANNER
•You can view and print a shared planner. In addition, you can copy
lesson entries from a shared planner to your own planner. You
cannot edit a shared planner.
•Selecting staff members to view your planner does not
automatically give you access to view their lesson planner. Both
staff members have to share.
•Principals already have access to your planner. You do not have to
share with them.
SHARING YOUR PLANNER
•Click “Change My Settings” then
“Share My Planner” in the bottom
left-hand corner of the screen
•Click “Add a Teacher”
SHARING YOUR PLANNER
•Click “Add a Teacher”
•Search by last name
•Click “Next” at the bottom right
of the screen
•If you cannot find someone, check to be sure you know their legal
name and that they have setup a lesson planner
•If the person you searched for is the only person with that name,
they will automatically be added. If there are multiple people, you
will select the correct one and click Next.
SHARING YOUR PLANNER
•You have now shared your planner
•Click “Return to My Planner” at the bottom right-hand corner of
the screen
•You can add or remove teachers at any time by returning to the
Share My Planner option under Change My Settings
VIEWING AND COPYING A SHARED PLANNER
•Once a teacher has shared a planner
with you, you will see that planner in the
list on the left of your screen.
•Click on the name of the planner to open
it up
•Navigate to different dates by using the
calendar. Remember, all bolded days are
those with lesson plans already created.
VIEWING AND COPYING A SHARED PLANNER
To copy one lesson plan from the teacher’s planner to your own:
•Click on the notebook icon in the top right of that particular entry
•Select the date in your planner where you would like to copy the
lesson
•Check the course entry in your planner where you would like it to
copy
•Click Ok. The lesson will now be in your planner.
VIEWING AND COPYING A SHARED PLANNER
•If you would like to copy multiple entries from a
teacher’s planner to your own planner, you will
follow the same steps as copying lessons within
your own planner.
•Click on the calendar icon and select “View
Week’s Plans”
•Click on “Copy Wizard” near the top right of
your screen.
•Choose to copy either a day or a week’s worth
of lesson plans
•Select the date or week you would like to
copy and select the date or week where you
would like the lesson(s) to land in your planner.
VIEWING AND COPYING A SHARED PLANNER
•You will verify that you have
selected the correct date and click
“Finish”
•You will now find the lesson in
your own planner on the date or
week you selected.
•The plans for all courses in the
teacher’s planner that are also in
your planner will be copied. Any
entries for courses that they have,
but you do not, will not copy.
A Team Planner allows you to
collaboratively plan for
learning.
Each team member will copy
lessons from the team
planner to his or her own
planner.
Think of the Team Planner as the table you gather around when
planning with your peers.
You all leave the table and take the lesson back to your classrooms,
just like you take a team plan back to your personal planners.
 Team Planner Lessons should be copied to individual planners
each day/week.
Your individual student data and spot to plan for your unique
students’ needs are in your planner only.
The Team Planner does not allow Special Entries – it is just a
place to collaboratively plan lessons.
Once the last team member is removed, the team is removed
from the system and all team content is erased! It does not have
the level of protection as does your personal planner.
 Principals can view all team information and content from their
computers. From the PDAS app, though, they can only see your
personal plans.
Adding content to a Team Planner
1. Select the entry and use the “Check out and edit” icon to
check it out. (Shown above) If another team member has
already checked out the lesson, you will be alerted and will
have to wait until they save it.
2. The lesson becomes editable to add learning standards,
attachments, etc. You will interact with the plan just like in your
own planner.
3. Do not forget to save. This checks your lesson back
in and protects your content.
You can learn more about using the Team
Planner by:
• Enrolling in the Team Planner e-course
through Workshop. All Forethought e-courses
will open for registration Monday, August 19.
• Watching the videos posted on the How-To
page on the eduphoria! Birdville Resources
website
 You may open the SCOPE
AND SEQUENCE TAB to
VIEW the curriculum for any
course offered in Birdville
ISD.
 You will not be able to interact with the curriculum or
add standards and resources to lesson plans from this tab.
schools.birdvilleschools.net/eduphoria
Use the eduphoria!
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all of your questions
and provide feedback.
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