How to submit a lesson plan

This document explains how to submit a lesson plan for publication on the LEARN NC website.

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Related pages

• Lesson plans collection policy: LEARN NC's policies for accepting lesson plans for publication and managing its collection of lesson plans.
• Instructional writing: Writing a lesson plan for other teachers to use isn't like writing one for yourself. When you write for the web, you're practicing instructional writing.
• Finding lesson plans on the LEARN NC website: This document explains how to find lesson plans by browsing the collection, by goal & objective of the North Carolina Standard Course of Study, and by searching.

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• Learn more about LEARN NC and lesson plans.

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Publishing your best ideas on LEARN NC makes them available to teachers not only across North Carolina but around the world. It’s a great way to contribute not just to your classroom and your school but to your profession! And if you’re thinking about applying for National Board Certification, publishing your work is a great way to build your resumé.

Please submit your lesson plan via email in rich text (.rtf), Microsoft Word (.doc), or AppleWorks (.cwk) format to Emily Jack, Associate Editor. LEARN NC may be reached by mail at 140 Friday Center Drive, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27517.

Frequently asked questions

Who owns the copyright to my lesson plan?

Assuming that all of the materials you submit as part of your lesson plan are original and created by you, you retain the copyright to your lesson plan after its publication on LEARN NC. However, as part of the author agreement, you must grant LEARN NC certain rights to edit, publish, and republish your lesson plan.

Can I republish my lesson plan elsewhere?

You are free to publish your lesson plan elsewhere so long as its republication does not conflict with the rights granted to LEARN NC.

What if I want to include material in my lesson plan that has been published elsewhere?

If you own the copyright to those materials — that is, if you created them and they are original to you — then you may include them in your lesson plan. If they were created by someone else, you must have the copyright owner’s permission to republish them. Please read our copyright primer for more information, and contact us before developing a lesson plan around republished materials.

Can a lesson plan have multiple authors?

We encourage teachers to work collaboratively on lesson plans. Each lesson plan has a single ID and password, so multiple authors do not need to register individually; they all use the same login information. That means, of course, that authors need to work together, plan ahead, and avoid editing the lesson plan at the same time to avoid conflicts and overwriting one another’s work.