10 Signs That Your Blended Journey is on The Right Track

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10 Signs That Your #BlendedJourneyis on the Right Track

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Tom Vander ArkCEO

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Tom Vander ArkCEO

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Agenda• Introduction

• The Blended Learning Journey

– 10 Signs of Success

– Blended Learning Initiative Metrics

– The Blended Learning Teacher

– The Shift to New Ways of Teaching and Learning

• Q&A

The Blended Learning Journey

#BLENDEDJOURNEY@DocHudsonMath@tvanderark@DreamBox_Learn@Getting_Smart

10 Signs of Success Along the #BlendedJourney

Sign #1: All stakeholders are engaged.


Sign #2: All stakeholders understand the importance of data.


Sign #3: Teachers have clear expectations and a personalized PD plan.


Sign #4: Teachers and students are empowered to handle common technology issues


Sign #5: Students are able to articulate why they’re using technology and the benefits it

brings.


Sign #6: Students receive immediate feedback and are able to make more realistic

evaluations of their learning.


Sign #7: Student progress is based on content mastery (competency-based)


Sign #8: Students are learning in a fully immersive digital environment


Sign #9: Data is used to enhance parent/teacher communication.


Sign #10: A continuous improvement model is in place

Blended Initiative MetricsSupplemental Blend Data-Informed Blend Integrated, Mastery-based

Core Traditional basal; whole group

cycles of concept-practice-

assess

Combination of traditional

and blended intervention

Modular, personalized

learning progressions

Tech Limited access; lab rotation or

occasional class rotation

Partial use Fully integrated

Adaptive Occasional use as supplement;

provides some personalized

learning

Regular use informs

grouping and intervention

instruction

Fully integrated (3-5x/wk),

complemented by

performance assessment

Progress Grade level cohort, occasional

retention

Blocked intervention Individual mastery based

Data Limited use of adaptive

assessment data in core

instruction

Some of use of data to

form performance groups

Multiple sources of formative

data informs individual

learning progressions

Engagem

ent

Students passively listen to the

teacher with spurts of high

engagement

Mixture of high and low

engagement instruction

Vast majority engaged in

cognitive work and persist

through challenges

The Blended Learning Teacher

• High expectations and commitment to achieving equitable outcomes

• Desire to move towards competency-based learning

• Values all learners

• Teachers for student-driven learning

• Math teachers-- driving blended and adaptive learning

Shifting to New Ways of Teaching and Learning

• Student learning

– Personalized

– Competency-based

• Teacher PD

– Personalized

– Competency-based

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