How We Flipped Our Faculty Meeting. On January 14, 2013, my school held its first “Flipped Faculty Meeting” (FFM).
Just as the “flipped classroom” model seeks to relegate rote content delivery to non-class time and make more efficient use of face-to-face (F2F) time in class, the idea of the flipped faculty meeting – at least as our school has pursued it thus far – is twofold: shift rote information delivery to an electronic format (e.g., email) to be consumed outside of the meetingmake our faculty meeting time meaningful for the professional learning of each staff member That second point is open to wide interpretation, of course, and just like there’s no wrong way to eat a Reese’s, there’s no wrong way to flip a faculty meeting (or at least, there are several right ways).
The option our school went with, at least this time, was to have the Jan. 14 meeting function as a mini-Edcamp, in which teachers could select from a variety of workshops on topics generated by staff and facilitated by our colleagues. Pre-Planning. VideoNot.es: The easiest way to take notes synchronized with videos!
5 Ways To Make Professional Development More Interesting. Whether you call it professional development, faculty meetings, or in-service days, getting together with your teaching colleagues to meet about school happenings and curriculum can seem sometimes tedious, and for many, plain old not fun.
But they’re a necessary part of being a teacher, and since they’re pretty inevitable, they might as well be as interesting as possible. While most teachers have no direct control over what happens in a school faculty meeting, many administrators are (and we know you’re out there!) , and hopefully, suggestions for teachers would be welcomed. Why not channel some of the energy you’ve used into making engaging activities for your classroom, and use them in the professional development arena? We’ve talked a little bit about using the flipped classroom model in professional development , but below, we have five (more general) suggestions for making professional development more interesting and engaging.
FLIPPING YOUR FACULTY MEETINGS. 2/5/2013 By: Nancy Caramanico Do you wish your faculty meetings could be more engaging?
A recent study by MCI Conferencing revealed the following statistics: Most professionals who meet on a regular basis admit to daydreaming (91%), missing meetings (96%), or missing parts of meetings (95%). A large percentage (73%) said they have brought other work to meetings and some (39%) said they have dozed during meetings. Though this study was done in a business setting, similar percentages may well be found at faculty meetings in many schools.
Based on the popular flipped classroom concept, in the flipped faculty meeting, teachers are given informational items to read and view in advance. Create a 10-15 minute video of agenda items. Share articles, procedures, and documents about new instruction ahead of time. . ❏ Explain the concept and purpose to teachers in advance. ❏ Foster teacher buy-in. Edcamp Leadership: Flipping the Faculty Meeting. Edcamp Leadership marked my entrance into the world of Edcamps this month, both as an attendee and an organizer.
I have known most of the key players in the Edcamp Foundation for many years through traveling in the same educational circles in social media, so knowing the kinds of educators they are, it really didn’t surprise me that a) I had a blast, and b) so many attendees enjoyed it as well. I suppose the true measure of how effective it was or was not will be determined by which of the many ideas discussed actually get implemented and lead to some improvement in the attendee’s schools. In the meantime, however, what I want to record here are my thoughts on the organizational process, the session I ran that morning, and some general overall takeaways from the day.
This post will focus on my session; a subsequent post will focus more on the nuts and bolts of putting the day together. Professional Development On Your Time, Your Way. As someone who helps develop and deliver professional development to teachers, I've heard lots of reasons why some of the PD schools offer to teachers might not be a good fit.
It's not relevant to me.It's a waste of time.Boring. I am sure if you ask, most teachers can recall some PD they've suffered through with great detail. PD should be something that we look forward to. It should be something that we are excited about. 7 Steps to Flipped Professional Development - Getting Smart by Laura Conley.
How We Took Flipped PD From Concept to Reality. Almost everyone has heard of the concept of flipped learning by now. The related concept of flipped PD has also been gaining traction in many PLN circles lately, but often without many supporting details. The intention of this article is to begin the process of adding those details, and to introduce a new iTunes U course designed to explain the concept of Flipped PD. Flipping For Your Faculty...It's Easier Than Videos. Lots has been made about flipping over the past year or so.
Unfamiliar with the term? No problem. Here is an explanation. So the idea is, there is some sort of information transfer (basic information about a learning concept) outside of the learning environment (classroom) allowing for further discussion or extended learning when in the learning environment. (I made that sound all fancy. The watered down version is that we front-load information about a concept outside of the classroom so when kids are in the classroom the time is spent on knowledge extension or deeper understanding of the content. I will admit it. We've all been there.
But what can you use to share the information. Videos. Life of an Educator by Justin Tarte. FLIPPING YOUR FACULTY MEETINGS.