Ashley White is a talented educator and leader. She has worked as a brick and mortar teacher and online teacher during her 13 year career thus far. She holds her reading endorsement in Oregon and currently teaches high school English. She’s also an instructional coach dedicated to equitable education. 

Today on the show we learn how the flipped classroom model (FCM) works and why it benefits our students. My guest, Ashley White, will give us practical guidance on how to flip our classes to increase equity and engagement for all our students. She’ll teach us how to create a weekly starter video (WSV) and how to engage students actively and collaboratively in live class sessions. She’ll make a great case for the flipped class model being a sound practice, and not a fad or educational jargon. It’s a way to make our classes more meaningful, interactive and fun!

Timestamps:

Flipped classroom model defined [3:28]

What is a weekly starter video and what is its purpose? [3:54]

What are the best weekly starter videos? [5:43]

What’s next after the WSV? [7:37]

The benefits for elementary students and differentiation [9:35]

How Ashley flipped her HS English class [10:42]

Translating the FCM to the “I do, we do, you do” model [14:19]

Ashley proves FCM is not a fad [16:02]

Leveraging the WSV to get engagement in live sessions  [17:54]

Ashley’s own children’s experience with FCM online [19:44]

Challenges are real - how to face them [22:46]

How to make live class equitable for students who are behind [23:40]

Ashley’s real world example of skill-based practice over content-based [25:10]

The freedom that comes with the FCM [27:26]

Students taking ownership of “your” class [30:52]

 

Resource Links:

SYS FCM Quick Guide

Flipping the Classroom from Vanderbilt University 

What is Flipped Learning? from flippedlearning.org