How to Organize for Online Teaching

It’s a common stereotype that creative thinkers are disorganized, the truth is, some are and some aren’t. My creative process is a mess, however, once it moves to the point of verification it becomes extremely organized. I love making a mess and then finding a way to make connections and bring it all together. 

Teaching and lesson planning is no exception. My lessons plans start out as a pure disaster. Ideas bouncing around my head, notes scrawled on paper, and slowly but surely I bring them together in an organized fashion and work to translate the information to students. You might not find the same joy in the process that I do. 

I’m heading into year 9 of teaching art online to homeschool students. You might think that at this point I should have all of the lessons finished and nothing left to do expect to show up and teach. While I could do that, I work to make adjustments each year so that the course gets a little bit better each time, and so that the course is responsive to the current students.

This year I’m doing what I’ve wanted to do for years, and getting all of my content organized in one place. I used this method for 2 classes that I taught this summer and it was a success.

Here’s what I’m doing.

 

I love seeing how teachers plan their lessons and curriculum, so I’m sharing the first step of my process.

You can access the google doc that I share in the video below by clicking here.  You’ll want to make a copy so that you can edit and add your own information.