ROTATION MODEL *

Station Rotation:

Students rotate on a fixed schedule, or at the teacher’s discretion, between learning modalities, at least one of which is online learning. Other modalities might include activities such as small-group or full-class instruction, group projects, individual tutoring, and pencil-and-paper assignments. Students experience the rotation within a contained classroom or group of classrooms.

Lab Rotation:

This model is the same as the Station Rotation, except that students rotate to a computer lab for the online-learning station.

Flipped Classroom Rotation:

Students participate in online learning off-site in place of traditional homework and then attend the brick-and-mortar school for face-to-face, teacher-guided practice or projects. The primary delivery of content and instruction is online, which differentiates a Flipped Classroom from students who are merely doing homework practice online at night.

Individual Rotation:

A course or subject in which each student has an individualized playlist and does not necessarily rotate to each available station or modality. An algorithm or teacher(s) sets individual student schedules.

FLEX MODEL

A course or subject in which online learning is the backbone of student learning, even if it directs students to offline activities at times. Students move on an individually customized, fluid schedule among learning modalities. The teacher of record is on-site, and students learn mostly on the brick-and-mortar campus, except for any homework assignments. The teacher of record or other adults provide face-to-face support on a flexible and adaptive as-needed basis through activities such as small-group instruction, group projects, and individual tutoring. Some implementations have substantial face-to-face support, whereas others have minimal support. For example, some Flex models may have face-to-face certified teachers who supplement the online learning on a daily basis, whereas others may provide little face-to-face enrichment.

*Northlake K-8 will utilize the rotation model.  

Getting Started with Blended Learning Toolkit by Catlin Tucker.  (Scroll through the document below or expand the pop out to view the pdf document.)