We created the initiative to help teachers understand and implement the BNCC. Our step-by-step lesson plans assist teachers in preparing classes so the students can develop the skills established by BNCC. The initiative also aimed to translate the new policy into the reality of public schools in Brazil, ensured by our collaboration with over 600 public school teachers from across the country.
Firstly, when we realized that teachers would need help to implement the BNCC, we looked for benchmarks and saw LearnZillion (US-based organization) as a source of inspiration. We designed our Lesson Plans (LP) with their collaboration. We understood the LP would bridge the gap between the skills foreseen in the National Curriculum and the classroom planning by the teacher. Some of our premises were: place the student at the center of learning; alignment with the reality of public schools - we trained over 600 teachers to be the authors. We worked on both the unfolding of the curriculum skills into a scope and sequence of lessons and also on the creation of content for each lesson (exercises, guides, links, and texts to broaden perspectives). The LP has an 88+ NPS rate among teachers. This initiative was the first national-scale effort to produce online and free classroom materials. Currently, we are studying ways to use the LP in an AI-powered interface created to assist teachers.
Since we launched the lesson plans for teachers in February 2018, we have been tracking how many teachers and how many views each of the lesson plans and the overall solution receive. Occasionally, we conducted NPS assessments of the lesson plans and talked with teachers to understand their usage. In 2022 we started to continuously monitor the plans in 4 quality attributes and in 2023 we started to measure monthly the NPS. In 2023 we had almost 1MM users monthly using Nova Escola’s Lesson Plans, an NPS rate of 88+, and our 4 quality attributes assessments over 9 out of 10. Our goal for the next few years is to continue producing lesson plans and evolving the existing ones. Additionally, we aim to introduce AI logic into the platform. This idea is being tested and showing promising results.
Access Nova Escola’s platform by this link: https://novaescola.org.br/planos-de-aula. The content is fully in Portuguese. You should select the school grade (ex.: 2º ano) and the curricular component (ex.: Historia), and then the page will show the most used lesson plans and a bottom to get all of them. In the case of any support, please contact brena.coelho@novaescola.org.br
