FLIPPING YOUR FACULTY MEETINGS

Flipping Instruction for Struggling Students “The “Flipped Classroom” starts with one question: what is the best use of my face-to-face class time?” – Jonathan Bergmann We can flip the traditional model of instruction to help support all our students! Video doesn’t have to be the only option! Bookmarks Click on the icons to view that bookmark! {*style:<i>*}Shelly Terrell is an education consultant, technology trainer, and author. 7 Steps to Flipped Professional Development - Getting Smart by Laura Conley By Laura Conley, Professional Development Facilitator at Clarksville High School Arriving home from San Diego and having just attended the ISTE (International Society of Technology in Education) conference I was scheduled to facilitate an all-day professional development for our district. I was excited to share as much of the conference as possible in a day without overwhelming everyone. I wanted to present the information in an engaging way by modeling the use of technology instead of just handing everyone a sheet of paper with some links. From past experience I knew a lot of time was wasted creating accounts and log-ins at the beginning of each professional development which allowed many participants to get off task and off focus from the start. With this in mind, I decided it would be good for everyone to have the information ahead of time so they would know what to expect. I created what looked like a regular agenda with a few noticeable improvements. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

5 Keys to Success for Beginning Flippers By Lani Aquino Trying out a new approach in the classroom can be both exciting and overwhelming. While the flipped classroom has been a big buzzword in education over the past few years, you may still be standing on the sidelines. You’ve heard all the benefits and success stories, but the idea of a total shift in your instructional approach may leave you feeling flipped yourself. Taking the time to familiarize yourself with the approach will do wonders. With these five keys to success, you can regain your footing and get you and your students immersed in active learning. Humble Beginnings: Don’t feel the need to completely immerse in the flipped concept from day one.

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. What are some other ways you could flip those faculty meetings...today? Padlet-Online sticky notes can be a simple and easy way to post information to your staff. Voicethread-Perhaps my favorite way for Admin to flip, creating a Voicethread is a snap.

How We Flipped Our Faculty Meeting | Apace of Change 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). One major difference between our FFM and an Edcamp, of course, is that Edcamps are 6-8 hour events, with self-selecting (read: voluntary) attendees and plenty of time to develop workshop sessions. Pre-Planning On The Day Moving Forward