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Anatomy of a Lesson Plan

As part of her 2025 AVTE Conference new faculty preconference talk Stephanie Ortel, MS, FVTE, LVT  Director, Vet Tech Program Genesee Community College has shared a WEALTH of templates and resources to kick start your lesson planning with structure and purpose. 

2025 Conference Presentation Slides 

Sample Templates (sources needed) 

• Blank Lesson Plan 
• Lesson Plan Template Revised
  
• Safety, x-ray basics and production lesson plan
  
  
• Prompt in ChatGPT: create a 30 minute lesson plan for veterinary technician students on the topic introduction to veterinary medical records
• Lesson Planning Template UC Santa Barbara

Additional Reading

• Techniques for Assessing Course-Related Knowledge & Skills Angelo and Cross UCONN
• 50 Learning Assessment Techniques:  A Quick Reference Guide Elizabeth Barkley & Claire Major, Learning Assessment Techniques  (Jossey-Bass, 2016).  These LAT’s are organized around the six categories of learning in Fink’s Taxonomy of Significant Learning.
• Excellence in Lesson Planning: The Purpose and Use of a Micro-uniting Template Jeanette M. Landin, Landmark College
• Strategies for Effective Lesson Planning, Stiliana Milkova, Center for Research on Learning and Teaching