ALIGN · instructional design
Rigorous lesson design, checked at every step
AI is good at producing lessons that look complete. It isn't naturally good at verifying that a task's thinking matches its stated goal. ALIGN is built on backward design principles — start from what the goal demands, then match everything downstream to it — refined over 25 years in the classroom. ALIGN checks that alignment at every phase, so a lesson can't quietly lose rigor between the objective and the final task.
A five-phase method that builds lessons around what your objective actually demands
AI is good at producing lessons that look complete. It isn't naturally good at verifying that a task's thinking matches its stated goal. ALIGN checks that alignment at every phase, so a lesson can't quietly lose rigor between the objective and the final task.
Analyze
Name the demand
Lock
Write the objective
Initiate
Build the task
Gather
Check the thinking
Norm
Calibrate scoring
Every phase checks the one before it.
Choose how you want to build
Whichever you pick, you'll be asked for a few things first: grade or course, topic, a standard if you have one, or just your objective or topic, period length, and whether it's for a team or PLC.