During a great discussion about flipped classroom models, it became obvious that something like this is very time consuming to change as a teacher.
How then do we enable a teacher who truly is willing to do something like this? Or to make any profound shift in teaching pedagogy?
Some possible things to consider are
- establish a personal learning community to support that teacher. Members of the group could help with the research, be sounding boards for discussion, provide feedback.
- give the teacher one less prep, so that she is not overwhelmed with too much planning on a daily basis.
- give
her a prep period during the school day to develop the new lessons. That first year would require much more research a and worka and it does no good for her to get overwhelm halfway through a semester.
- have a curriculum support person on the faculty be available to assist whenever needed.
- reward this person with a bonus or incentive pay when successful.
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