Welcome to another school year and another edition of the Weekly Blend with myself, Marcia Kish. I am excited that you have found this blog and hopefully subscribed to our YouTube Channel. My goal is to share, guide, and be the idea person for Blended Learning that you are looking for to help support your classroom, school, and district. With the Hybrid teaching behind most of our schools, I am looking forward to implementing Blended Learning into the onsite and virtual classrooms again this year. As I move forward with Coaching the Three Phases of Blended Learning, I remind teachers that even though the COVID shutdowns effective our classrooms, that Hybrid Teaching was challenging, and that moving back into a social distance classroom is complex, that all educators are true heroes. Without our educators being brave and willing to try something new, the children would have suffered. So first and foremost, thank you. Thank you for being Brave. Thank you for sticking your neck out there and trying. Thank you for failing and trying the next day again. Thank you for being the amazing human beings that are guiding support for our children. Thank you. Getting Started with Blended LearningWow, what a summer of professional development learning opportunities for schools across the country. With both virtual and onsite options, I was on the road meeting people for the first time, introducing myself to educators that I worked with for 365 days, and connecting again with educators from pre-COVID days. It feels great to be back. In this weekly edition, I will be sharing out ideas for
Getting Started with Small GroupsThe idea of adding in one thing to another hectic year is unreasonable. However, small group instruction could actually eliminate some of the stress from the "COVID Slide" or Learning Gaps. In this section of the Weekly Blend, I am going to talk about how to start small with breaking apart the lesson and meeting with groups of students while other students are working on independent practice or digital content. I call these different activities learning studios. Studios Explained
Deployment PlanWhat I am about to showcase is a GUIDE and a RESOURCE. I am showcasing examples of how to deploy small group instruction through the Three Phases of Blended Learning Model. Please use the is Deployment Plan as it aligns to your curriculum and pacing guide. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to reach out to me for help. Week One:
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Week Four:
The Deployment Plan for the rest of the year will be posted through out upcoming Blogs and in the Three Phases of Blended Learning Guide Book. (Coming Soon) Phase One in ActionMy first onsite coaching session of the 2021/2022 School year was at Splendora ISD in Texas. I had the pleasure of visiting with High School, Middle School, Intermediate, and Elementary classroom teachers. For only three weeks into the school year, these teaches were rocking checklists, learning studios, and so much more. I am so proud of the hard work that they all accomplished in such a short amount of time. My journey with Splendora ISD started in July with a three-day workshop with a cohort of educators. Together we went through getting started with Blended Learning, Phase One, Phase Two, and using data to drive the small group instruction examples. We even had time to plan together a lesson to be used at the end of August. Below are examples and photos of all of the educators' hard work. ELAR Classroom In a Phase OneAll of the Splendora ISD Blended Learning Cohort Team did an amazing job. Each team member earned their Phase One Blended Learning Sticker. --- Congratulations. Below I am showcasing one classroom that had all four studios up and running. This is a quick view of Ms. Martin's 7th Grade ELAR classroom. Some of her key elements of her Studio Day include:
15 Comments
JROB
10/11/2021 07:44:27 am
Good Ideas!
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cody Sigrist
10/11/2021 07:45:27 am
I'm trying to be better on the deployment, and your guide is helpful, thank you!
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10/11/2021 07:46:26 am
Thank you for the new information. Resourceful in regards to small groups
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Jen Brown
10/11/2021 08:03:20 am
Thank you for the videos and all of the visual help.
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Stacey Holycross
10/11/2021 08:13:26 am
Thanks for the ideas.
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Leslie Regula
10/11/2021 09:30:18 am
Great video with lots of helpful tips. It's great to see it in action in a real life classroom!
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Erin Hoyng
10/11/2021 10:44:23 am
These are great ideas! I appreciate the breakdown in this blog!
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Desnee Wolters
10/11/2021 11:48:00 am
Thanks for the great examples to help us implement blended learning in our classrooms.
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April Easton
10/11/2021 12:04:15 pm
Is a Studio Expert an absolute necessity? I can see my high schoolers in some classes not wanting to do this, as they will want to get started at their own studio as quickly as possible.
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Jim Hughes
10/11/2021 12:06:28 pm
Thank you for the introduction. I am working out how to use these strategies in my room.
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Robin Boots
10/11/2021 03:12:53 pm
Thanks for the reminder on Future ready activities. That's the one I always forget.
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10/12/2021 07:17:34 am
I like the idea of a studio expert for the future ready studio.
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