Flipping Staff Meetings

As I am transitioning from teacher role to administrator role, I am much connected to that teacher side. How many of us spent time in a staff meeting? As an administrator how many times have your teachers tell you that need more time for PD?

So when my principal mentioned the opportunity to flip our staff meetings in an email a few weeks, I was ecstatic! As we embark on the Blended Learning journey, we can model for our staff how to use the flip model. Flipping our staff meetings will show our staff we can be innovative too. I began to think of the process, so we can have something in place when we are ready.

Our district purchased Schoology, so it is a great Learning Management System (LMS) even for teachers. My new school has already created several groups for the staff, so utilizing one of the already existing groups worked out well.

Ideas

1. Use Screencast-o-matic, Quicktime or some other screen recording to share. I created a video to teach our staff how to use Google Form for Formative Assessments. I first captured my screen with Quicktime and then used iMovie to narrate! Screencast-o-matic limits your time to 15 minutes which is more than enough time. Both are easy to use. Screenr is also a great screen recording tool.

2. PowerPoints and Keynotes are great when you have a lot of content to put out. Once you have created your PowerPoint or Keynote, you can use  screen recording tool to narrate the presentation.

3. Google Docs can be used to share information such as the agenda and meeting notes. Teachers can be invited to share resources and tips.

4. Who doesn't love Pinterest, create a Pinterest board on resources or a certain topic and have teachers to add to it. This is create for a Professional Development!

5. Twitter chats can also be a great tool to flip a staff meeting. Creating a unique hashtag for your school and setting up a time is all you need begin!

3. Just like students, we must hold all staff accountable. Be sure to create some form of assessment or survey to allow the staff to show they participated in the flipped learning experience. These forms can be Google, Polls Everywhere, Padlet, Today's Meet, Twitter, or even Schoology.

Things To Remember:

• Flipping the Staff Meetings will not prevent them from happening. It allows more time on other topics that must be discussed.
• Flipping makes more time for Professional Development! 

I will repost the experience of Flipping our Staff Meetings once school begins. If you have suggestions, comments, or advice, please leave a comment below! 

Resources:

Principal Principles

Tech Learning

Mastering the Flip Classroom