What Works!

Increasingly, we are accepting that social-emotional learning needs to take priority ahead of teaching content. In this episode, we discuss psychological safety, and why it’s foundational to social-emotional learning.

Resources: Flipped Learning Global Initiative (FLGI)

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Alice Bouis is an innovation project manager based in Paris, France, she started teaching to Bachelor students in 2017. She immediately loved it, and has ever since taught her classes to over 1000 students in parallel of conducting digital transformation and innovation projects for companies of all sizes, in all kinds of industries.

Dennis Griffin serves as the principal of Prairie Elementary School and is pursuing his doctoral studies in Educational Leadership at Cardinal Stritch University. Dennis is a servant leader that seeks to build collaborative cultures that enhance the future for ALL students, educators, and communities at large.

In this episode, we ask our guests to share their strategies for building relationships with students who seem almost impossible to reach. what can we do?

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Phyllis L. Fagell, LCPC is the school counselor at Sheridan School in Washington, D.C. and a therapist at The Chrysalis Group. Phyllis frequently writes columns on counseling, parenting and education for The Washington Post, and she’s the author of Middle School Matters (Hachette, 2019). Phyllis blogs at phyllisfagell.com.

Richard Kline is in his 30th year of teaching and former teacher of Dan Jones and a graduate of Ashland University in Elementary Education 1-8, Ashland University’s Master’s Program in Educational Administration.

Scott Will has been in education for the past twenty-two years, the last twelve years in education administration. Serving students and families is at the forefront of his professional journey. Scott is married to Cara Will, also a career educator. He spends his time outside of school following the many activities of his children and now grandchild as well as hiking and backpacking.

This year the ability to reach every student where they are is more important than ever. How will we discern what each student requires this term, and how will you use your class time to me their individual needs?

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Resources: Flipped Learning Global Initiative (FLGI)

Tom Mennella is an Associate Professor of Biology at Bay Path University. An 'early adopter' of innovative pedagogies and educational technologies, Tom was among the first wave of flipped instructors in higher education. He has been flipping his courses ever since, for the past six years and counting.

Joy McCourt teaches high school chemistry, physics, and mathematics in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, where she lives with her husband and two sons. Her interests include helping to moderate #flipclasschat every Monday on Twitter and training in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

Peter Santoro has been teaching high school mathematics for 12 years. In addition to two sections of Introductory Calculus, Peter also teaches one section of Geometry and two sections of Mathematics Research Honors. In addition, he is the coach of the Garden City High School Math Team (Mathletes).

Elisabeth Dalen works as a Lecturer/Music teacher in upper secondary school. She has a master’s degree in music education with a research project about Aural learning in upper secondary school. For the last 10 years she has been teaching and practicing exploring software, digital resources and digital methods. Besides teaching Elisabeth had projects for the Norwegian digital Learning arena (NDLA) and The Norwegian Directorate for Education and Training (UDIR).

During remote learning, we became more familiar (and dependent) on creating instructional videos. But a perfect five-minute video is no match for even one imperfect minute we spend one-on-one with our students. In this episode, we try to course correct and share strategies for spending less time making videos and more time making magic with students.

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Resources: Flipped Learning Global Initiative (FLGI)

Jake Habegger is an 8th grade US History Teacher in Franklin, Tennessee. His goal in education is to invigorate student learning by meeting them where they are through the use of technology.

Getting parents on board with Flipped Learning is a best practice identified by the Academy of Active Learning Arts and Sciences. In this episode, we discuss strategies for getting "parent-buy-in" and support and why it makes a difference.

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Resources: Flipped Learning Global Initiative (FLGI)

Karen Randazzo is an enthusiastic chemistry teacher in New Jersey.  She believes that every student has the power to learn anything, even chemistry.  Chemistry teacher by day, teacher author by night, she's dedicated to making teachers' lives more manageable by offering professional development, sharing her engaging resources on her website, and collaborating with educators on various social media platforms.  A former 'chalk and talk' teacher, she shares her journey navigating the Next Generation Science Standards and student-centered learning on her YouTube channel. She is thrilled to have the opportunity to share her flipped learning expertise with you

Dr. Grace Onodipe is an assistant professor in economics in the School of Business at Georgia Gwinnett College (GGC) in Lawrenceville, GA, USA. In the last 15 years, before joining GGC in 2013, she taught university-level economics through asynchronous online delivery format at online universities. Since earning her Ph.D. (2003) in Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics from The Ohio State University, she has presented papers at conferences and workshops.

Dr. Cara Johnson authored the book An Insanely Simple Guide: Flipped Mastery Learning to share the Flipped-Mastery Learning model she used in her Biology and Anatomy classes. Dr. Johnson currently works as an Instructional Specialist for Allen Independence School district and is a triathlete, marathon runner, a wife and a mom to two beautiful kids, Austin and Ellie.

Peter Santoro has been teaching high school mathematics for 12 years. In addition to two sections of Introductory Calculus, Peter also teaches one section of Geometry and two sections of Mathematics Research Honors. In addition, he is the coach of the Garden City High School Math Team (Mathletes).

We all know that effective teaching involves overcoming various barriers, obstacles, and hurdles to reaching our students. In this episode, we discuss some of the biggest hurdles we've faced in achieving authentic learning and the strategies we found effective for getting over them.

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Resources: Flipped Learning Global Initiative (FLGI)

Tom Mennella is an Associate Professor of Biology at Bay Path University. An 'early adopter' of innovative pedagogies and educational technologies, Tom was among the first wave of flipped instructors in higher education. He has been flipping his courses ever since, for the past six years and counting.

Joy McCourt teaches high school chemistry, physics, and mathematics in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, where she lives with her husband and two sons. Her interests include helping to moderate #flipclasschat every Monday on Twitter and training in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

Peter Santoro has been teaching high school mathematics for 12 years. In addition to two sections of Introductory Calculus, Peter also teaches one section of Geometry and two sections of Mathematics Research Honors. In addition, he is the coach of the Garden City High School Math Team (Mathletes).

Failure equals learning. Embracing this principle is one of the Global Elements of Effective Flipped Learning. It's also much easier said than done. In this episode, we talk about how to encourage students (and each other)  to pick ourselves up without missing a beat, when we mess up, screw up, or drop the ball.

Resources: Flipped Learning Global Initiative (FLGI)

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Martha Ramirez has worked in the education field for more than 16 years. Her experience includes being a school teacher, a department head, a higher education educator, an academic consultant, and a researcher. She is an English professor in the Department of Languages and Sociocultural Studies at Universidad de Los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia and works in various flipped learning international projects.

 Joy McCourt teaches high school chemistry, physics, and mathematics in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, where she lives with her husband and two sons. Her interests include helping to moderate #flipclasschat every Monday on Twitter and training in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

Jake Habegger is an 8th grade US History Teacher in Franklin, Tennessee. His goal in education is to invigorate student learning by meeting them where they are through the use of technology.

Peter Santoro has been teaching high school mathematics for 12 years. In addition to two sections of Introductory Calculus, Peter also teaches one section of Geometry and two sections of Mathematics Research Honors. In addition, he is the coach of the Garden City High School Math Team (Mathletes).

Most of us do things in our classrooms that we believe are good for students, but our students despise. When should we end a practice that isn't going over well, and what are the alternatives?

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Martha Ramirez has worked in the education field for more than 16 years. Her experience includes being a school teacher, a department head, a higher education educator, an academic consultant, and a researcher. She is an English professor in the Department of Languages and Sociocultural Studies at Universidad de Los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia and works in various Flipped Learning international projects.

Elisabeth Dalen works as a Lecturer/Music teacher in upper secondary school. She has a master’s degree in music education with a research project about Aural learning in upper secondary school. The last 10 years she has been teaching and practicing exploring software, digital resources and digital methods. Besides teaching Elisabeth had projects for the Norwegian digital Learning arena (NDLA) and The Norwegian Directorate for Education and Training (UDIR).

Dr. Grace Onodipe is an assistant professor in economics in the School of Business at Georgia Gwinnett College (GGC) in Lawrenceville, GA, USA. In the last 15 years, before joining GGC in 2013, she taught university-level economics through asynchronous online delivery format at online universities. Since earning her Ph.D. (2003) in Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics from The Ohio State University, she has presented papers at conferences and workshops. She has also published several articles.

Jake Habeggeris an 8th grade US History Teacher in Franklin, Tennessee. His goal in education is to invigorate student learning by meeting them where they are through the use of technology.

The ultimate aim of student-centered teaching in a flipped classroom is to create self-directed learners. In this episode, we talk about some of the barriers we faced in making the transition and how we overcame them.

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Resources: Flipped Learning Global Initiative (FLGI)

Carolina R. Buitrago has been an English as a Foreign Language Teacher for over 18 years in Bogotá, Colombia. She has worked extensively in the field of English Language Teaching (ELT) as a teacher trainer, teacher and researcher. Carolina currently works as a full-time professor at Institución Universitaria Colombo Americana -ÚNICA. She has been flipping her classes since 2014 and she has flipped graduate, undergraduate, online, blended and face-to-face courses.

Dr. Grace Onodipe is an assistant professor in economics in the School of Business at Georgia Gwinnett College (GGC) in Lawrenceville, GA, USA. In the last 15 years, before joining GGC in 2013, she taught university-level economics through asynchronous online delivery format at online universities. Since earning her Ph.D. (2003) in Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics from The Ohio State University, she has presented papers at conferences and workshops. 

Peter Santoro has been teaching high school mathematics for 12 years. In addition to two sections of Introductory Calculus, Peter also teaches one section of Geometry and two sections of Mathematics Research Honors. In addition, he is the coach of the Garden City High School Math Team (Mathletes).

Once we get over the time it takes to set up for Flipped Learning, we encounter a new time challenge. What do we do with all of the time we recover in a flipped classroom?

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Joy McCourt teaches high school chemistry, physics, and mathematics in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, where she lives with her husband and two sons. Her interests include helping to moderate #flipclasschat every Monday on Twitter and training in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Elisabeth Dalen works as a Lecturer/Music teacher in upper secondary school. She has a master’s degree in music education with a research project about Aural learning in upper secondary school. The last 10 years she has been teaching and practicing exploring software, digital resources and digital methods. Besides teaching Elisabeth had projects for the Norwegian digital Learning arena (NDLA) and The Norwegian Directorate for Education and Training (UDIR). Peter Santoro has been teaching high school mathematics for 12 years. In addition to two sections of Introductory Calculus, Peter also teaches one section of Geometry and two sections of Mathematics Research Honors. In addition, he is the coach of the Garden City High School Math Team (Mathletes).