Keep lesson plans where the school can find them

Plans are school records

If only one teacher can find this week’s plan, the school cannot cover absence, and coordinators cannot see coverage. Lesson planning in SchoolPilot is a module, not a personal notebook.

Draft faster, then edit like a professional

AI-assisted lesson drafts can remove blank-page time. They are not a substitute for knowing the class. Treat generated text as a first pass. SchoolPilot’s AI assistant is optional and depends on school configuration and available AI keys.

Connect plans to homework and the diary

A plan that never becomes homework or classroom work is theatre. LMS homework, diaries and the timetable should refer to the same classes. That is the practical test of “we have an LMS.”

When a substitute teacher opens SchoolPilot, they should see the class, the plan for the day, and any homework already assigned. That is how lesson planning becomes operational instead of a file on one laptop.

Ask coordinators to open next week’s plans for one grade without asking the teacher to email a file. If they cannot, the module is not yet part of school operations — it is still a personal notebook with a login screen.