Long Term Planning Documents
A committee, with representatives from DES, NCCA, PPDS and the National Pilot Project on Teacher Induction - Primary Strand, has developed DRAFT documents on short-term planning and long-term planning for NQTs. See below documents on long-term planning.
Click here for General Introduction
Click here for clarification of terminology relating to objectives
What should be included in a teacher's long term plan?
The headings below reflect those presented in the Curriculum Statement and the Teacher Guidelines for each subject area in the Primary School Curriculum, the School Plan and short-term plans. In this way, a clear link between the Primary School Curriculum (DES, 1999) , the whole school plan, individual teacher planning, and teaching and learning in the classroom is established.
Click on the relevant links below for further detail regarding these headings and to explore a number of illustrative vignettes/examples.
| Guidance regarding long-term planning and preparation PDF | |
| Blank Template for long-term planning Blank Word template | |
| 1. Aims click here for more | Click to view example |
| 2. Content click here for more | Click to view example |
| 3. Approaches & Methodologies click here for more | Click to view example |
| 4. Linkage and integration click here for more | Click to view example |
| 5. Differentiation click here for more | Click to view example |
| 6. Assessment click here for more | Click to view example |
| 7. Resources click here for more | Click to view example |