Lesson plans are one of the most valuable and tangible products of the GK-12 program that, if written well, can benefit many teachers and students for years to come. They must be of publication quality as reflected by good grammar and sentence structure (i.e., avoid sentences that end in verbs and prepositions, excessive use of passive voice, run-on sentences, poor subject-verb agreement, etc.). Lesson plans should also be well documented and contain no obvious errors in procedures. They must follow the 5E instructional format.

The sequence for submission is:

1. Fellow (first author) and teacher (second author) write the lesson plan together. The procedure should involve an initial draft write-up by the Fellow, followed by teacher feedback and another draft. The lesson is not forwarded to the Program Coordinator unless the teacher has looked at the lesson, discussed it with the Fellow, and approved it.

2. Fellow submits the lesson to their respective Program Coordinator (Andrea Cantu or Cliff Strain) as an attached Word document.

3. The Program Coordinator reviews the lesson. If a revision is required, the Coordinator returns the lesson to the Fellow. The Fellow makes the necessary revisions and returns the document to the Coordinator. The Coordinator will not forward the lesson to the PI (Ken Dunton) until the Fellow makes the revisions.

4. The Coordinator forwards the lesson plan to the PI for review. If major revisions are required, the PI will return the lesson to the first author (Fellow) for another draft. Once the PI accepts the final lesson plan, it is forwarded to the Webmaster (Ethan Thompson) for "publication" on the GK-12 web page. The Webmaster will not place anything on the web unless the PI approves it.

The roles of the various individuals are identified below:

Fellow: First Author
Teacher: Co-author
Program Coordinator: Peer Reviewer
PI: Senior Editor
Webmaster: Publisher

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This page last updated January 19, 2004