Comments on: Edcamp Leadership: Flipping the Faculty Meeting

By: Not Your Average Admin In-Service Day – EdCamp Leadership | Edcamp Leadership

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 07:57:27 +0000

[...] I learned ways to flip my faculty meeting, spending less time on announcements and more time on PD, relationship building and modeling a maximization of time with my staff. (Link: Notes from Flipped Faculty Meetings) [...]

By: damian

damian — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 23:45:58 +0000

Hi Melinda,

Thanks for commenting! I actually used this blog post of yours as an example during a workshop I ran on flipped faculty meetings.

We actually started implementing this model midway through this school year; you can read my reflections on how it’s gone so far here: http://www.apaceofchange.com/2013/02/01/how-we-flipped-our-faculty-meeting/ and here: http://www.apaceofchange.com/2013/03/12/further-flipping/

For what it’s worth, I think email reading/video watching, etc., falls under “other relevant duties” as far as contract language goes. I am a proponent of unions, and am active in my local, but I think anyone would have a very difficult time pursuing a grievance against a practice designed to respect teachers’ time and help facilitate their workflow. I recall discussing this very issue with a higher-up in a state teachers’ union, and this person told me that any local would have to be “insane” to fight something like this (at least as I described it), precisely because it’s designed to improve their working situations.

Looking forward to reading more about how it goes in your building!

By: Melinda

Melinda — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 23:26:55 +0000

Below is a link to my beginning of the year “flipped faculty meeting.” You can see my example of how I recorded participation with the form at the end.
As far as union contracts, do you count the time it takes to read an email as part of contract time? Can they read or watch tutorials during thief planning period? My experience is the flipped version is shorter. I an not experienced in contract like that either.
I will balance flipping with face to face but both I think using both is good for me.

http://weprincipal.blogspot.com/2012/08/flipped-faculty-meeting-2012.html

By: EdcampNJ Two Weeks Later | Apace of Change

EdcampNJ Two Weeks Later | Apace of Change — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 05:05:47 +0000

[...] had much time to sit and collect my thoughts on it until now. Much of what I’ve said before about Edcamps still applies; it was great to flatten the hierarchy of teachers – building [...]

By: damian

damian — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 12:51:36 +0000

@Sandra – I wasn’t sure if I was going to run this particular discussion at EdcampNJ, but maybe I will now! Looking forward to speaking with you then.

@Bill – Thanks for dropping in – looking forward to reading your post once it’s up! I was really gratified to see that a) so many leaders were interested enough in the idea to show up, and b) so many of them are planning to rock the concept in September. Hopefully those folks will take the idea to their peers, who will take it outside their own districts, and the idea will spread. I’ve always felt that as professionals, we deserve better than to be talked at for an hour after we finish work. It comes down to respect for time.

By: Bill Ferriter

Bill Ferriter — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 12:29:01 +0000

Hey Pal,

First, I want you to know that I’m incredibly thankful to you for extending this conversation for me at Edcamp Leadership!

I REALLY want to see faculty meetings change — and by introducing the idea to so many leaders, you’re helping to make that happen.

Inevitably, there will be a handful of people in your session who will make Flipped Faculty meetings happen — and they will write about the process while figuring out ways over the kinds of barriers you discuss here.

#thatscool

#usteachersoweyouone

I’m about to write another post about Flipping Faculty Meetings with an idea that I picked up in your post. I’ll share it with you in Twitter.

Rock right on,
Bill

By: Sandra Wozniak

Sandra Wozniak — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 13:01:15 +0000

Thank you so much for sharing this discussion. It gave me a true picture of an edcamp session. I love that administrators are looking for ways to improve their meetings (flip or otherwise). Perhaps I will attend your NJcamp session to lend a little expertise on the teacher contract issue (as a former association president for way too many years) and share some leadership strategies that we have found to work well.

By: Edcamp Leadership: Nuts & Bolts | Apace of Change

Edcamp Leadership: Nuts & Bolts | Apace of Change — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 04:06:06 +0000

[...] I wrote about my my first experience running a session at Edcamp Leadership. I wasn’t just a participant, however; I was also on the [...]