What’s the best way to engage parents and families in flipped learning? Watch a roundtable discussion and get the perspective of parents, teachers and administrators on best practices in school-to-home communications in a flipped learning environment. Our in-depth discussion will include: 1. How strong school-to-home connections can improve the flipped learning experience for parents, teachers and students 2. Why you’ll need to connect with parents and families differently to support a flipped learning environment 3. Tips to connect with students and their families outside the classroom 4. What parents want to improve collaboration and communication between school and home Speakers from St. Louis Schools (MI) and FLN

1. FLIPPED LEARNING WEBINAR
Engaging Families in Flipped Learning
Presented by:
Steve Kelly, Kevin Stedman, Linda Bader, Chris Macklin, & Kari Arfstrom

2. Guest Panelist: Steve Kelly
• 24 years at St. Louis High School
• Flipping classes for the past three years
• Contact information:
email – bigkxcountry@gmail.com
twitter - @bigkxcountry
NBCT High School Mathematics
St. Louis Schools, Michigan
www.stlouisschools.net
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3. Guest Panelist: Kevin Stedman
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Teacher
St. Louis Schools, Michigan
www.stlouisschools.net
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Math/Physics Teacher
Father of 3 fantastic children
Married to Elizabeth for 20+ years
Love my job
Contact information:
email – kstedman@stlouisschools.net
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4. Guest Panelist: Chris Macklin
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High School Principal
St. Louis Schools, Michigan
www.stlouisschools.net
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Over 3 decades in education
St. Louis Principal since 2011
Family man
Relationships are key to positive school
culture
• Contact information:
email – cmacklin@stlouisschools.net
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5. Guest Panelist: Linda Bader
Flipped Learning Parent
St. Louis Schools, Michigan
www.stlouisschools.net
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• Mom of 3 teenagers (ages 18, 16, and 16)
• Parent representative on curriculum review
committee for SLPS
• Bachelor’s in Computer Science from
Oakland University
• Owner of Foresite Computer Solutions
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6. Guest Panelist: Kari M. Arfstrom, Ph.D.
• Executive Director, Flipped Learning
Network
• Not-for-profit organization founded in 2012
• The only organization for and by flipped
educators
Executive Director
Flipped Learning Network
www.flippedlearning.org
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7. We are moving from this…..

8. To this…

9. A Flipped Classroom occurs when direct
instruction (lecture) is moved from the
group learning environment (classroom) to
the individual learning space (home,
library, bus, community center).

10. Flipped Learning
Moves from a teacher-centered
classroom to a
student-centered learning environment.

11. The process of this ideology may take
months, or even years.
Start with a lesson
Collaborate
Curate, create, hybrid

12. Flipped learning is a bridge, to…….

13. A bridge to somewhere….
• Plain ol’ Flipped classroom
- Extended lab time
- Art shows
- Demonstrations, presentations, - Entrepreneurial programs
conversations, debate
- Mock Elections, model Congress/UN/Supreme Court
• Flipped Learning leads to various teaching methods:
- Mastery Learning
- Performances
- Project/Problem/Inquiry -based Learning - Peer Instruction
- Socratic (silent) method
- Writers’ Workshops
- Service learning /Community service
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Don’t forget, you can flip…
- Professional development
- Faculty/staff/departmental
meetings
- Parent and community relations - HR

14. Welcome to St. Louis, Michigan
Thank you Google Maps and Snagit
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15. Connecting Home and School
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16. Connecting Home and School
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17. Flipped Class Pictures
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18. Flipped Class Pictures
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19. Strategies
• Traditional PTC and open
house
• Online resources
o PowerSchool
o Schoolwires sites
o Weebly sites
o Office hours
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• Open classroom hours
• Old school letters sent
home
• Phone calls
• Grocery store chats
• Twitter
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20. Schoolwires Site www.stlouisschools.net
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21. Individual Teacher Pages
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22. Weebly Sites
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slmpprecalc.weebly.com
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23. Strategies
• Traditional PTC and open
house
• Online resources
o PowerSchool
o Schoolwires sites
o Weebly sites
o Office hours
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• Open classroom hours
• Old school letters sent
home
• Phone calls
• Grocery store chats
• Twitter
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24. Parental Observations
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25. Cone of Learning
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26. Connecting Home and School
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27. What Questions Do You Have?
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28. For all your flipped classroom
and flipped learning needs!

29. Read more
Order at ISTE.org or ASCD.org
Available on paper or for your e-reader

30. Join the free
Community of Practice
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• Sign up to be notified of future webinars
on Flipped Learning
• View the archived events
• Post to the blog, participate in the
forums and discussions
• Join now!

31. More information at
flippedlearning.org
• Free Webinars – over a dozen to chose from
– Basics, Mastery, Subject-specific, Parents, Administrators,
CCSS, etc.
• Research
– Literature Review: First meta-analysis of flipped learning
• One-day Workshops
– Coming this fall to Pennsylvania and Texas, others!
• Foundations of Flipped Learning: A Blended Course
– Written by and given by experienced flipped educators

32. • You are invited to attend FlipCon14:
– 8th annual gathering of beginning and
experienced flipped teachers
– June 23-25, 2014
– Mars Area High School, near Pittsburgh, PA
– Call for Proposals and Registration opens in
December

33. For all your flipped classroom
and flipped learning needs!

34. Upcoming Schoolwires Events
Get a preview of what’s coming in the newest release of Centricity2.
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