Sorry to ask such a simple question but I'm a new teacher and was wondering if somebody could help me. I've just arrived in Geumsan and will be teaching in a high school for girls.  I will be teaching 2 grades, with 3 levels within each grade. How many lesson plans do I need to make each week? one of my co-teachers said 6 but another said just 1. CONFUSED! Lol! Thanks

I have a similar schedule at my high school - I teach 1st and 2nd year students and those classes are divided into 3 levels - A ("high"), B (medium) and C (low). I'm not exactly sure how the levels are determined. I suspect it is in part due to tests but students also have a say (I have a student in my C class who has one of the highest English speaking abilities in his grade).

For me I need to only make up 1 lesson for my high school students and then I adjust the lesson, worksheet and my teaching style based on the level I'm teaching. For A students I expect more of a conversational class with their input and full sentences for answers. For B class I'm a bit more lenient - I give them a bit of time to prep the answers they share with the class and I ask them to write as much as they can. My co-teachers rarely if ever step in during these classes. For the C classes I give a lot of examples on the worksheet, am ok with very simple and short answers and try to keep the "teaching" to a minimum (my ct in these classes translates everything I say - whether the boys need it or not).

There isn't much variation between 1st and 2nd year students in my school so I don't need to adapt my classes too much to the grade level.

By teaching the students the same topic with just adaptations to their skill it helps me on the off-chance if the classes suddenly get thrown back together into their normal classes (a mixture of A,B and C students). This has happened a few times though with classes cancelled here or there some split level classes were farther along than others.

So I guess the question is - do you need to turn in your lesson plans to your co-teachers? I don't - I teach as I'd like and I've been teaching/in education field for awhile so I'm comfortable for the most part adapting my lessons on the fly (though I do prep the lower level worksheet ahead of time when I make the main worksheet). However, if you're new and would feel more comfortable creating a lesson plan from which you can work you would only need to take the one (or two) lessons that you need each week and type up a plan that accounts for the variations for level. If your co-teachers request the lesson plans and want individual plans per level for the most you need only copy and paste the majority of the lesson plan and then just change things here or there in regards to the level.

I teach in the same situation as you. High school 1 and 2 graders. i have low, int and adv english levels. I teach the same topic/lesson to everyone and alter the activities to cater to the different levels. I create 3 or 4 activities for every class. 1 or 2 of the activities are usually the same for all my classes (low, int and adv) and then 1 or 2 activities will be different. a simpler activity for the low levels and a challenging activity for the advanced levels. In my lesson plan I just designate which activities are for which class. It's easier that way to have all your students learning the same things, just on the different levels that suit them.

Thanks everyone, it's just a bit confusing when you have 4 co-teachers who all say different things!

I start teaching tomorrow (only for a day, as I then have to attend orientation for a week) so I will ask them then, as I should be given my schedule.

Thanks again   

I too have many CT's however I was told that I don't need to write any plans and if I do I will be told so. I am given a lot of freedom.