Planbook - The Leader in Lesson Planning

Welcome to Planbook!

The established leader in online lesson planning

Why is Planbook preferred by educators?

We offer the most features for teachers and schools
We offer an unbeatable price
Outstanding support plus knowledge base and tutorials
Our student learning standards are meticulous
Our product is always improving thanks to user feedback

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“This program has consistently adapted to the needs teachers have without sacrificing the simplicity that attracted me in the first place. The customer service is second to none.”

-Lea Klein

“I've used planbook for years! I love that I can plan things out... when, something changes, I can easily move it, bump it or delete it. One year my schedule changed 5 times, no icky eraser marks! ...”

-Erica Keller

All the right features

It's the details that matter and as you explore all the functionality we offer in terms of class scheduling, lesson development and management, teacher collaboration, administrator options, student views and more, you'll find that we offer far more capabilities than any other tool on the market. Learn more about our extensive features for teachers and schools.

Best value on the market

We understand how important every single dollar is to our teachers, and we take pride in the fact that our $15 annual price for a full featured toolset is the lowest on the market. There is no need to worry that it will cost extra to access the features you really need. We also provide price discounts for multi-year purchases and school accounts, to help our teachers and schools save even more.

Superb documentation and support

Our dedicated support team is all about teacher success. Average response time is consistently under one hour, and in most cases is less than 15 minutes. We also maintain an extensive knowledge base with over 100 articles and a wide array of video tutorials. Finally, we offer training webinars for teachers and schools, available at no cost.

Meticulously vetted standards

We add hundreds of thousands of new standards each year, and every one is reviewed by our content team to ensure it is correct, complete, and meets our teachers' needs before it is added to our repository. There is no need to worry about incomplete, duplicate, or out of date standards added without a review process.

We're always learning and growing

It's fun to look back at our initial product offering in August of 2010, what a long way we've come! At Planbook, we add new features, both small and large, as well as usability improvements, on a quarterly basis. Our feedback and voting system is a key driver in our efforts, and so far we have completed over 1,200 items requested by our teachers!

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Teachers

#1 Teacher preferred online lesson planning platform

Planbook provides teachers with a powerful set of tools to develop, plan, schedule, collaborate, and share their lessons

Versatile Class Scheduling

Set up your school year in minutes, using a weekly, bi-weekly or cycle schedule
Create "Alternate Day" schedules for planning days, half days, etc.
Add extra class lessons, or remove an individual class from daily schedule
Easily bump, extend, copy, link or move lessons when needed
Re-use schedule and lessons from year to year, adapt as needed

Comprehensive Lesson Development

Define up to 10 unique sections for your lessons, or choose from any of our preset lesson layouts
Attach videos, images, links, files, assignments and assessments to your lessons
Create status tags to easily track when each lesson is ready, approved, taught, etc.
Pull learning standards, teaching strategies, differentiation and accommodations from our extensive repository, or add your own
Utilize an array of flexible options with ordering, colors, sizes and fonts (including custom) for your classes and lesson sections

Powerful Teacher Collaboration

Share your classes, or create team lesson banks for full curriculum management
Manage who can view, and who can edit, each class/bank and lesson section
Link shared content into your plans, with full control over lesson schedule, adding or removing individual lessons as needed
Add your own custom content to shared lessons, viewable only by you

Flexible Lesson Templates

Templates offer a quick and easy way to automatically add outlines or repeating activities in your lessons
Include content for as many lesson sections as you'd like
Add standards, strategies and attachments to your templates
Apply to one or more classes, and add or remove templates from individual lessons as needed

Meticulous Learning Standards

Frameworks available for every state, including all core subjects and grade levels, and vast majority of electives
Hundreds of national, international, and local district/diocese frameworks
All standards certified by our team, to ensure they are correct and complete
Track and report student achievement on standards using teacher defined scale
Ensure standards aligned instruction via reporting by class, framework and timeframe

Custom Views to Share Plans

Allow students to view only current day/week, or any combination of prior and future lessons
Control the classes, lesson sections, and attachments that can be viewed
Set viewing based on lesson status, such as only allowing "Ready" lessons to show
Allow substitutes to see all lesson detail, and add specific instructional notes
Add custom views for teacher teams, administrators, parents/guardians as needed

And so much more!

Full featured gradebook and student performance reporting
Create seating layouts and charts for your students
Track student attendance and include in performance reports
Fully integrate your plans with Google Classroom, Drive and Calendar

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Schools

Most popular online lesson planning tool for schools

Planbook allows school and district leaders to easily review teacher plans, track student performance, and manage curriculum

Lesson Plan Review and Reporting

Review teacher plans in real time, and switch between teachers, date ranges and views with a single click!
Check for missing or incomplete plans, and adherence to pacing guides
Ensure standards aligned instruction via Standards Reporting
Provide immediate plan feedback and suggestions to teachers via Comments
New Feature! Teachers can now receive email alerts for new comments from administrators or students

Teacher Account Management

Easily add or remove teachers and administrators from your school or district account
Fast invite of teachers via email address or join code
Copy plans from retired teachers to new teachers
Update teacher email address, name, user type, and reset passwords
New Feature! District Administrators can now assign teachers to specific schools

Curriculum Management

Store curriculum in school or district lesson banks, saving teacher time entering lesson information into their individual plans
Ensures consistency of lesson plans across teacher teams, schools and district!
Teachers choose to copy or link lesson banks into their plans, and maintain full control of lesson scheduling
Teachers can easily add or remove individual lessons, and include their own custom content (notes, adaptations, etc.) as needed
Administrators manage permissions, controlling who has access to each bank, and who can update bank content

Student Management and Reporting

Upload student accounts from your Student Information System via CSV
Invite students to join a school, teacher or class with a join code
Track student performance, and generate grade reports to share with parents
Start the year by assigning students to teachers, and end the year by promoting students to next grade level

School Years and Event Calendars

Save time for your teachers by creating a shared school year!
Include school calendar events to track all important dates (school holidays, planning days, snow days, etc.)
Add grading periods and grading scales to the school year for student performance reporting
Notify teachers automatically when new school years and calendar events are available

School Lesson Layouts and Templates

Create a consistent lesson structure for all teachers in your school or district
Establish clear requirements for lesson components, and assist new teachers in comprehensive lesson design
Provide a single universal layout, or individual layouts by grade or department
Include templates for individual lesson sections, for even more structure
Teachers can choose to include templates as needed to best meet their planning requirements

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Planbook Mobile

Apps available for iOS and Android!

App Store

Play Store

Take Planbook Anywhere

Introducing the brand new Planbook Mobile apps! Over the past year, we have streamlined our capabilities to build an app that makes lesson planning easier than ever. Mobile access for teachers, administrators, and students joins reliable Planbook functionality to create a seamless experience in the palm of your hand. The school year can be unpredictable. Adjust on the go with Planbook Mobile.

Teachers

Create lessons, classes, and units from anywhere
Reference and edit your plans in seconds
Build your school year with personalized events and No School Days
Download and print right from your mobile device

Administrators

Review any teacher's plans at any time
Input school events to automatically appear in all teacher calendars
Customize view based on teacher, class, or lesson status
Prepare unit plans in a bank for all teachers at your school to use

Students

Access class schedules and assignments to stay on track
Receive shared material and announcements from your teachers
View information from one teacher or multiple as you select the best view for your goals
Check on grades for any class and stay up to date on your progress

Get the mobile app now!

App Store

Play Store

Careers

Even superheroes need help! Make a difference by joining our team!

Company Overview

Planbook is looking for outstanding developers who want to build new product features and immediately see their work in the hands of hundreds of thousands of teachers around the world. Our small, dynamic organization allows every team member to make an impact and be a vital component in our continued success. If you are looking to make a difference, and be well compensated for your talents, let us know!

Why work for Planbook:

We hire only the best, so you will be part of an outstanding team
We are aggressive in meeting the needs of our teachers, so you will see your work quickly move from development to production
We are fast growing and have excellent financials, and all team members share in our financial success
We understand the importance of balance, and all employees start with 3 weeks of vacation. We then add one week per year, up to 6 weeks of vacation each year.
We provide excellent health coverage for our team, and cover 100% of the annual premium.

Software Developer - Mobile Development

Key Responsibilities:

Build, maintain and deploy responsive, multi-platform mobile applications.
Build, maintain and deploy responsive web applications.
Design and develop using appropriate software design patterns to attain high reusability and maintainability.
Assist customer service team to ensure successful implementations and customer satisfaction.
Evaluate emerging technologies to identify opportunities, trends and best practices that can be leveraged to strengthen Planbook's technology platform and development best practices.
Develop detailed knowledge of Planbook's business/technical architecture.

Skills and Experience:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field
Excellent analytical skills, strong attention to detail, and a passion for learning/building skills
5+ years mobile application development experience
Proficiency in VueJS and Nativescript-Vue
Proficiency in at least one mobile development language (Swift, Objective-C, Java)
Solid understanding of mobile application design patterns.
Must have understanding most major UI software architecture patterns (MV*, asynchronous callbacks, n-tier layered approach, portals vs. workflow apps, etc.) with hands-on development experience and specialization in HTML5/JavaScript hybrid mobile apps using NativeScript, Cordova, Ionic, Xamarin, and/or React Native with native plugins on iOS and Android
Experience connecting/calling RESTful services
Knowledge of mobile device encryption techniques and security procedures
Knowledge of UI/UX design principles and data visualization to create a polished, intuitive user experience is strongly desired.
Knowledge of Mobile Application ecosystems (app store submission, etc.)

Software Developer - Web Development

Key Responsibilities:

Build, maintain and deploy responsive multi-platform applications.
Design and develop using appropriate software design patterns to attain high reusability and maintainability.
Assist customer service team to ensure successful implementations and customer satisfaction.
Evaluate emerging technologies to identify opportunities, trends and best practices that can be leveraged to strengthen Planbook's technology platform and development best practices.
Develop detailed knowledge of Planbook's business/technical architecture.

Skills and Experience:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field
Excellent analytical skills, strong attention to detail, and a passion for learning/building skills
5+ years web application development experience
Utilizes languages and frameworks such as Java, Spring, HTML, CSS, jQuery, JavaScript, VueJS, Node.js etc.
Familiarity with Object Oriented design principles.
Designs, develops and tests new and/or existing web applications running on the server side and/or client side.
Develops scripting and components to support continuous integration and delivery pipelines.
Analyzes technical and business requirements to develop a systems solution that aligns with development best practices including user experience and accessibility.
Experience working with multiple platforms.
AWS experience a PLUS

Help

How can we assist you today?

Links and Resources:

Knowledge BaseKnowledge Base
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Video TutorialsVideo Tutorials
Feedback (Vote for new features!)Feedback (Vote for new features!)
support@planbook.comsupport@planbook.com

Planbook support hours are 8am - 4pm Central Time Monday through Thursday. Please note that our offices are closed Friday through Sunday, but we monitor our systems (including phones/emails) over these days to ensure any urgent issues are addressed immediately.

Pricing

Planbook offers the lowest price on the market for a Full Featured Planner!

At Planbook, we offer all of our powerful functionality at one low yearly rate. You'll never have to worry about paying extra for the features you really need.

Individual

years

cost

1 Year

$15.00

2 Years

$27.00

3 Years

$36.00

School/District

accounts

per license

1 - 49

$13.50

50 - 199

$12.00

200 - 499

$10.50

500 +

$9.00

^** Save an additional 10% with a multi-year purchase speak with our support team for more information

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About Planbook

The established leader in online lesson planning

Our Story

In early 2010, Rod Hall, an elementary school teacher, was reflecting on the current school year, and planning how to leverage his summer break to best prepare for the next school year. He had two primary goals. The first, to be more effective in communicating with parents, to keep them "in the loop" on what was happening in the classroom. The second, to reduce time spent on weekly activities not directly tied to student learning.

In merging these goals, the idea of an online lesson planner came into focus. This would allow a much simpler way to handle lesson scheduling, with quick and easy methods to accommodate all the events that cause plans to change. And by allowing parents to view his weekly plans online, he would give them a powerful tool to know exactly what their children were learning.

Rod recruited his brother Jeff, a seasoned software developer, and what began as a weekend project soon became much more, and led to the official launch of planbook.com in August of 2010! Planbook quickly became the established market leader in online lesson planning, and we now have over one million teachers and one billion lessons in our system!

Take a look below to see how much we've changed since our first release in 2010, and rest assured that we have many more features to go!

"...Reduce time spent on weekly activities not directly tied to student learning."

A brief history of Planbook