Elevate Teaching

How to allow teachers to shine:

1

Rethink optimal student-teacher interactions in a blended environment.

Blended learning is vitally dependent on how teachers interact and work with students. Students stand to benefit if teachers' shifting roles can fill the gaps in students' lives for trusted guides and mentors. Some schools place students in small learning communities with a teacher-advisor or assign students to have the same teacher over multiple years.

2

Unbundle traditional teacher roles.

Consider how blended learning frees up teachers to specialize in activities like mentorship, curriculum development, tutoring, project design, or data analysis. Allowing teachers to find places to achieve, gain recognition, exercise responsibility, and pursue a career path stand to better motivate and retain employees.

3

Create motivating opportunities for teachers.

These might include creating new instructional roles, recognizing blended learning leadership, and so forth. Consider allowing teachers to teach in teams or awarding teachers micro-credentials for mastery of new skills.

4

Integrate to support students.

Your reimagined teacher roles should work in conjunction with the student experience you’ve designed. Teachers roles should shift not only in ways that motivate teachers but that support the ideal student experience.