Standards Alignment Reviews

These reviews focus on how teachers use Common Planner to connect daily plans with standards and instructional goals.

Common Planner is a game changer in lesson planning. The ability to add learning standards and share my plans with others effortlessly is a game changer!

Jason Kinser
Sheffield, Ohio

It’s easy to use, very well organized, has the standard cards in each lesson, and makes lesson planning easy and efficient. I also love being able to access my lessons wherever I am at and being able to access links in my lessons.

Alesha Paszkiet
Harvey, IL

I linked the day to my Google classroom so students at home in Zoom and students in class can see the standards and objectives for the day. And students who are absent can still follow the activities for the day!

Jane
Ohio

The SOL's for Virginia are provided so they can be put in your plans with 1 click. A nice outline of the year is easy to plan with the Unit Timeline view. Days can easily be copied, bumped ahead, or changed to a "no school day". There are suggested formats, but you can set up your own format for your plans. There is a link that can be shared with administrators or parents to see the plans and links can be placed all throughout the plans. It just makes my life easier.

Melanie Roberts
Melanie Roberts
Forest, VA

The AI feature makes planning so much faster!...Common Planner is ridiculously helpful as it can search and apply state standards.

Alexis Ellis
Citrus County, FL

I honestly couldn’t teach without Common Planner. Everything’s in one place. It’s easy to copy last year’s plans and adapt them, and I add a quick reflection after each lesson so I know what to tweak next time. It’s my one-stop shop.

Michelle Argent
Baltimore, MD

Your AI is your most amazing feature yet! You just saved me hours of planning time by helping to correlate my lessons to our new standards and by offering so many differentiation options.

Deborah Sparks
GA

It is so easy to use and I am technology challenged! My co-worker has shown me how to set up my lessons, change the template, and share with our administration. I am also excited that it has our Georgia standards to choose from. So far, I love it!!

Lynn Ayers
Carnesville, GA

The features that are available such as adding several subjects, customizing it to your schedule, adding standards, adding pics etc. I have used other programs and this is BY FAR the best. I have shown it to several other teachers and one told me it saved her life.

Reonna Slagell Gossen
Weatherford, OK

The ease and convenience of structuring your own online lesson plans paired with State and National goals combines to make a perfect lesson plan book that is available at school or from home.

The ease of adding standards to lessons was my a-ha moment. The colors and ability to change schedules, bump lessons, and copy from one prep to another are common sense features that make typing my plans far more convenient than writing them down. I can type much more detailed plans in less time than handwriting them myself.

Jason Kinser
Jason Kinser
Sheffield Village, Ohio

This program has enhanced my experience as a teacher. I searched on google for an online lesson plan. I was looking for lesson plan software that included state standards like the one from my college days. Not only did CP have standards, but it was also entirely colorful, which appealed to me since I’m a visual learner.

Dean Blackette

Thanks to Cc my template for Lesson plans including Parent-Teacher Conference Days, Holidays and PD Days is all set up for the 2021-2022 School Year!!! One of my Fav features is the Standards Tracker!

What teachers mention in standards alignment reviews

Teachers often describe standards alignment as easier when the planner keeps objectives, activities, and pacing in the same working space.

Use these reviews to see how standards support shows up in real planning routines, not just in a feature checklist.