Making a Course Plans:
The purpose of a course plan is to make sure that the entire plan for the class matches the objectives/outcomes in an organized way that teaches new skills and builds on and re-enforces those skills that have already been taught.
If your class has a textbook:
One of the goals of the course plan is to demonstrate how the class content meets the curriculum objectives/outcomes. When looking at it from the viewpoint of an outsider (like a CEA reviewer) who doesn't know the content of the book chapters, they won't be able to see that you are teaching to the objectives unless you organize your course plan by skills [from the outcomes]. I'd suggest having the course outcomes in hand and then as you skim through the chapters in the book, you can see what outcomes are being met by which chapters/sections. Then, in your course plan you can type in the outcomes next to the chapters/sections. Most likely a chapter will address more than one outcome and outcomes will be repeated in different chapters. If so, that's a good thing. It's always good to re-enforce skills/outcomes. Following this process will also let you see which outcomes are not being covered by the text and where you will need to supplement.
If your class doesn't have a textbook:
Then organize your course plan by skills [from the outcomes] as described above making sure that the course is progressing towards the final class goals described in the curriculum.
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