Most 'AI lesson plan' content treats planning like content generation. It isn't. Planning is judgement: what does this class need, what did last week reveal, what's the next zone of difficulty. AI is great at the parts that surround that judgement, not at replacing it.
Sunday, 7:00pm: review the week
Open Mission Control's weekly summary. The AI surfaces which standards your class struggled on, which kids need a check-in, and which assignments landed flat. 4 minutes.
7:04pm: draft the arc, not the lessons
Write the 5-day arc in your own words. What's the destination Friday, what's the on-ramp Monday. AI is not in this step. This is the teaching.
7:10pm: let AI fill the scaffolding
Hand the arc to TeacherAI's lesson-planner assistant: warm-ups, exit tickets, differentiation suggestions, a draft slide outline. Edit ruthlessly. The 80% draft saves you the 80% time.
7:20pm: done
Lessons assigned, materials in students' hands by Monday morning. The work you did still feels like yours, because the parts that matter are.