Set up your schedule, classes, and first planning workflow so the weekly planner, units, and AI actions all use the right school context.
Who this guide is for
Teachers setting up Planlark for the first time or rebuilding their planner after a schedule change.
By the end
Set up the school calendar, cycle days, and class schedule correctly.
By the end
Know which screens to use first: Weekly Planner, Unit Planner, Outcomes, and Lark.
By the end
Build a first planning workflow that stays aligned across the app.
These steps are ordered to match how the planner works in practice, so later actions build on the context created in earlier ones.
Open the schedule settings and enter your cycle length, class periods, holidays, PD days, and any manual overrides. This step matters because Planlark uses the same schedule logic everywhere: weekly planning, lesson placement, unit pacing, and Lark actions.
Make sure each class has the right subject, period, and meeting pattern. Clear class naming helps later when you ask Lark to create lessons, move assessments, or plan a unit for a specific course.
Use the weekly planner to confirm that classes appear on the right days and that non-instructional dates are skipped. If the week looks wrong here, fix the schedule before creating lessons or units.
Open the Unit Planner and create a unit manually or use AI import from source text. Start with one real unit you will teach soon, then let Planlark place lessons on actual class dates.
Once the schedule and class context are correct, open Lark and ask for a concrete action such as planning tomorrow, creating a five-lesson sequence, or finding coverage gaps. Lark works best after your basic schedule and class structure are in place.
FAQ
Start with the school schedule and class blocks. Those settings drive lesson placement, calendar logic, and how Lark interprets your requests.
If you already know the next topic, start in the Unit Planner so your lessons have structure. If you just need tomorrow sorted out, start in the Weekly Planner and let Lark build from there.
Related guides
Paste curriculum text or ask Lark to import a framework, then review sub-outcomes, guiding questions, QA warnings, and shared-library approval before planning from it.
Use the Unit Planner to create a unit, add source material, generate lesson sequences on real dates, and keep outcomes tied to the plan.
Use Lark by text or voice to create, edit, delete, reschedule, and explain planning work across lessons, units, outcomes, and assessments.
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