Blended Learning – a new approach

Blended Learning – a new approach

2014

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Agenda

• 9:00 a.m. What is Blended Learning? Instructional Models

• 9:20 a.m. Stage 1: Strategy

• 9:45 a.m. Stage 2: Alignment

• 10:20 Break

• 10:30 Stage 3: Planning

• 11:15 Stage 4 & 5: Implementation & Tracking Performance

• 12:00 Lunch

• 12:45 Title I Blended Learning Grant Application Writing

• 1:45 Debrief and Final Thoughts

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What Blended Learning is not….

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What comes to mind?

Personalization

Teacher Effectiveness

Self Guided Learners

Budgetary Flexibility

Online Courses

Rotation

Flex

Face to Face Support

Break out Groups

Brick and Mortar

Classroom Setting

Home Setting

Flipped ClassroomHybrid

Customized Instruction

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What is Blended Learning?

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Blended Learning Models

Referenced from Clayton Christensen Institute

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Blended Learning: In-Class Station Rotation

fixed schedule

teacher’s discretion

within specific course or subject

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entire class

OR

small groups

students rotate through ALL stations

classroom setting


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Blended Learning: Lab Rotation


fixed schedule

teacher’s discretion

OR

brick and mortar campus setting

not just one classroom


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Blended Learning: Flipped Classroom


fixed schedule

face-to-face teacher during school day

content delivery onlinenot just homework


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Blended Learning: Individual Rotation

within specific course or subjectindividual, customized fixed schedule

ALL rotations not required


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Blended Learning: Flex Model

individual, customized fluid schedule

face to face on as needed basis


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Blended Learning: Al La Carte or Self-Blended Model

one or more courses entirely online

continuing brick and mortar or off site

NOT a whole-school experience course by course model


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Blended Learning: Enriched Virtual Model

whole school experience

time divided: brick and mortar seldom and remotely


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Benefits of Blended Learning

•Personalization for students •Teacher effectiveness•Self-Guided Learners•Budget Flexibility•Effective Education Equalizer

Let’s see how it all comes together.

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Strategy

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Why Blended Learning?

• A individual student’s story of why Blended Learning

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What is your why?

• Work with your group to identify your top three challenges/goals and note them in your workbook on page 9

• Be prepared to share one of your goals with the group

• You have 5 minutes to complete this activity

What are your 3 biggest challenges or goals for your district for the next 1-2 years?

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• Take a few moments to review the questions on page 10 – would you use blended learning to address any of these common issues?

• What do you expect to accomplish in years 1-3 of your Blended Learning Program?

• Consider the following questions:1. How many students will you serve?2. What criteria will determine which students you serve?3. What grade levels will you serve?4. What facility will you use?

• Take 10 minutes to work with your group to determine your goals for years 1-3 of your blended learning program.

How does Blended Learning address these goals and challenges?

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Funding your Blended Learning Program

• Outside of the grant will additional resources be needed?

• If so, where could that additional funding come from?

• Take 2 minutes and brainstorm where additional funds could come from to supplement the funding of your blended learning program.

Alignment

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Align to District Goals/Priorities

• Buy-in and Support are critical!!!

• Aligning your goals to district goals and priorities will increase buy-in

• Identifying key stakeholders early in the process and getting them onboard will help with buy-in and support

• Take 5 minutes and identify the key stakeholders (in priority order) that you need to get onboard early to back your blended learning program

• Who are some of the stakeholders you identified?

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Keys to gaining support

• Consider the following:– Parental support– Student interest– Funding secured– Teacher support (including support in contract negotiation and local unions)– School board support

• Take 5 minutes to work in your groups to determine the keys to gaining support for your blended learning program

What are the keys for gaining support for your blended learning program?

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Identify your core team

• Take 2 minutes and identify the key individuals you will need to involve early in order to make your program successful (can be individuals or roles)

• Consider the following groups:– Technical support– Teacher Leader– Curriculum Director– Administrator– Student panel

Your initial team is critical in the success of your program

10 Minute Break

Planning

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Plan Your Program

• What skill sets do you want administrators and key team players to have?

• Are these skills different than what you would look for in a traditional school administrator or teacher?

How will you select your administration and team players? Large group activity:

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What Blended Learning Models will you Implement?

• What model type(s) will you use?– Rotation– Flex– Enriched Virtual– A la carte

• Will students be part-time, full-time or both?

• How will you support different grade levels in your blended learning program?

• What percentage of time will students spend in school and off campus?

• How will this program fit with your master schedule? Will you offer flexible hours outside of your master schedule?

• Take 20 minutes to work in your groups to write our the answers to these questions

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Milestones to success

Milestone DateFirst day of school August 18, 2014

Student/Parent Orientation August 17, 2014

Teacher Training August 1, 2014

Student Recruitment June – July, 2014

Secure Funding April 2014

What are the key milestones you need to reach to complete your plan and implement your program?

• Take 10 minutes to work with your team to determine your milestones and timeline

Implement & Review

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Implement

• Key items to consider when implementing your program:– Technology– Space and Furniture– Curriculum and Content– Learning Management System(s)– Instruction and Instructional Support

This is the fun part!!

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Expectations and Responsibilities

• You have 15 minutes to complete this activity

Work in your group to start brainstorming the expectations and responsibilities for each group of stakeholders

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Professional Development and Training

What types of professional development and training would you offer team members?

Supporting teachers in a personalized integrated learning experience will require new instructional strategies…how will you support your teachers in applying the listed best practices?• Take 5 minutes with your group to write down ideas for how you will support your

teachers in this new environment

• Take 2 minutes and brainstorm some ideas on your own

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Review

• Whole group – Look at large trends within the majority of your students

• Small group – Focus on smaller trends and common, conspicuous characteristics among them

• Individualized – Look at the outliers in your data and identify specific student needs or trends

Analyzing data requires you to look at information with a 360 degree view…

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How will you measure success?

• In your group take 15 minutes to answer the following:1. List the two or three ways you’ll measure your program success2. Determine the key objectives and goals you want to achieve and how you want to

measure them (refer back to page 10 & 11 to review your goals)

Key Objectives/Challenges How to Measure Them

Increase graduation rate by 5%

Measure graduation rate increase or decrease

Increase on-time graduation rate

XX number of credits made up

Increase student satisfaction with educational experience

Pre and Post student survey results

Lunch!Please return by 12:45

Grant Writing

Debrief and Final Thoughts

Thank you!Brian SnyderArizona Regional Manager(602) 614-0226 [email protected]

Matt WestArizona Regional Manager(602) 349-3693 [email protected]

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Blended Learning – a new approach