Wayne State University College of Education

Lesson Planning Framework for Effective Instructional Design

Teaching Intern(s): Elizabeth Bails

School: Lutz
Grade and Subject Area(s): 13th (ages 22-26) and life skills
Lesson Title: What Makes a Good Employee?
Time Needed for Lesson: 30-35 minutes
1. LEARNERS & LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
a) Engaging and Supporting Diverse Learners:
Demographics:
When looking at the demographics of my students, I looked at many different
characteristics such as gender, race, linguistic background, and special education
status. I have provided multiple pie charts below to depict the approximate
percentages in these specific categories. Also, the linguistic background of the
students in the class is 100% speak English as their first language and 1 student or
about 5% of the class speak Spanish as their second language.

Gender
Females
55%
Males 45%

Race
Hispanic
5%
African
American
28%
Caucasian
67%

Special Education Status

AI 5%
Mild CI 28%
Moderate CI
67%

Students' Strengths

When it comes to the qualities of a good employee, from student to student it varies
what their strengths are. Throughout our classroom we have honest, hardworking,
pleasant students who are on time. Some of our students will also work at any
jobsite and are open to change.
Students' Needs
It also varies from student to student when it comes to needs. Some of our students
cannot tell time so they have trouble with being on time, taking breaks, and leaving
at the correct times. All of our students are allowed to bring a watch or their phone,
as long as it is used appropriately to tell time. Some of our students need to work on
being flexible and helping out when they are asked. Many of our students have
developed preferences of job sites and are not particularly happy when they are
asked to go somewhere that is not their favorite. We have made a set schedule for
the students, but it can still change when students are absent.
b) Universal Design for Learning:
I arranged the classroom so that the students would be able to see the front of the
room as well as work with a partner at their table. I also kept in mind that a few
students use peripheral vision and do not look straight on at people or objects.
c) Materials & Digital Tools Needed:

PowerPoint presentation on computer

18 iPads, or as many as available

2. OUTCOMES & ASSESSMENT

a) Learning Outcomes, Content, Skills, and Thinking ToolsKnowledge
Students Will Construct as They Engage in This Lesson: Students will be
able to:
State Standards:

Lutz School Student Transition Assessment (LSSTA): Demonstrate the

qualities of a good worker
Student Outcomes:
As a result of all the activities and discussion in this lesson and further practice at
the jobsites, the students should be able identify qualities that make a good
employee as well as be able to demonstrate them at their jobsites.
Students will be involved in whole class discussion about what makes a good
employee as well as engaging in a Quizizz to test their knowledge.
b) Assessment and EvaluationEvidence of Student Learning:
Teacher will conduct a formal assessment through Quizizz. Each student will use an
iPad to take the quiz on Quizizz. Teacher will use this as a pretest to be able to see
where the student may struggle. Teacher will then record baseline data on a specific
work quality that the individual needs to improve on by visiting student at worksite.
Each student will have a specific quality to work on and will focus on it when at job
site. For example, Sally struggles with telling time and remembering when to take
her break. Teacher can make a reminder card for student to put in her name tag
that has a picture of what the clock should look like when it is time for her break.
3. INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICE
a) IntroductionEngaging Students, Activating Prior Knowledge, Setting
Lesson Goals:
Journal question: What makes someone a good employee?

Students will have time to answer journal question and then we will brainstorm as a
class what makes someone a good employee. Students will come up to the board to
write these qualities on the board.
b) Instructional MovesEngaging Students in Actively Constructing Deep
Understanding
After class has discussed what they think makes someone a good employee,
teacher will pull up the PowerPoint presentation to engage the class in. There are
specific qualities listed that make a good employee and questions to go with each
quality. Class will go through PowerPoint and discuss each quality of a good
employee. At the end we will compare and contrast the list on the PowerPoint and
the list we brainstormed as a class.
Next, students will be instructed to grab an iPad. Depending on the amount we are
able to get for our class, some students may have to share. Teacher will pull up
Quizizz online and have students take a quiz about the qualities that make a good
employee. Teacher will read aloud with questions and possible answers. After each
question, class will discuss the answer and give possible examples of how they have
shown these qualities at their job sites.
c) ClosureStudents Summarizing and Synthesizing Their Learning:
For closure to this lesson, the teacher will ask the students to think about what
qualities they are doing very well with and the qualities that they need to work on.
Teacher will call on students to share. Class can help brainstorm how students can
improve qualities as well as keep up the good work.

As an exit slip, students will be instructed to write in their journal one of the
qualities that they need to improve. We will use this to work with students on an
individual basis so that students can work on their goal of improving their work
quality and being a good employee.
4. REFERENCES & RESOURCES:
Inspiration for PowerPoint from the Utah Education Network (uen.org)
5. PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
a) Teacher Pre-reflection:
I believe there are various traits that make a good employee. In the
PowerPoint presentation I made, I only listed 8. I had many others but I wanted to
use traits that my students could relate to at their job sites as well as not overload
the lesson. I am very curious to see how the students score on the Quizizz. It will
give me a baseline to show me where the students are at currently and then we can
have the students take the Quizizz at a later date and see if they improved.