Jon Bergmann is one of the pioneers of the Flipped Classroom Movement. He is leading the worldwide adoption of flipped learning through the Flipped Learning Global Initiative (FLGI) flglobal.org. He is working with governments, schools, corporations, and education non-profits. Jon has coordinated and guided flipped learning projects around the globe. Locations include: China, Taiwan, Korea, Australia, the Middle East, Iceland, Sweden, Norway, the United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Mexico, Canada, South America, and the United States.
Jon is the author of nine books including the bestselling book: Flip Your Classroom which has been translated into 13 languages. He is the founder of the global FlipCon conferences which are dynamic engaging events which inspire educators to transform their practice through flipped learning.
He spent 24 years as a middle and high school science teacher before becoming the lead technology facilitator for a school district in the Chicago suburbs. Jon is a master storyteller, captivating audiences around the globe. He has a knack for taking complex things and simplifying them through story and humor. Jon hosts a radio show, The Flip Side, He also has a popular YouTube Channel with over three million views.
In 2002, Jon received the Presidential Award for Excellence for Math and Science Teaching; and in 2010, he was named Semi-Finalist for Colorado Teacher of the Year. He serves on the advisory board for TED-Education. In 2013, was named one of Tech & Learning's 10 Most Influential People of the Year, and was also a finalist for the Brock International Prize for Education and winner for the 2013 Bammy Award presented by the Academy of Education Arts and Sciences.
I have been running a flipped mastery class for 5 years and it works wonderfully in my advanced class but in my other 3 math classes, it has become increasingly difficult the last two years. Our students are coming to 6th grade farther and farther behind every year and the majority of my students are at a 2nd-5th-grade level and I am required to teach the 6th-grade common core. Therefore the work is difficult for the students. I have built in many modifications and help videos for nearly every step so students can be successful independently, however they really lack any motivation to do work at all whether in class or at home. Any suggestions for ways to encourage/reward students to complete their work? We are a standards-based grading school so using grades in a punitive way is strongly discouraged- our grades are solely based on mastery of concepts. I do have deadlines and if students don’t meet the deadlines they do take a poor concept grade but that does not seem to be a motivator either. Frustrated in Illinois….. Thanks for any suggestions you may have!
Lisa, what steps do you take during the flipped Mastery cycle, from introduction to the flipping content to the classroom group space? Do you have a homogenous class or students coming from diverse home cultures? I am sure you have had some successes, what were they?
I have been running a flipped mastery class for 5 years and it works wonderfully in my advanced class but in my other 3 math classes, it has become increasingly difficult the last two years. Our students are coming to 6th grade farther and farther behind every year and the majority of my students are at a 2nd-5th-grade level and I am required to teach the 6th-grade common core. Therefore the work is difficult for the students. I have built in many modifications and help videos for nearly every step so students can be successful independently, however they really lack any motivation to do work at all whether in class or at home. Any suggestions for ways to encourage/reward students to complete their work? We are a standards-based grading school so using grades in a punitive way is strongly discouraged- our grades are solely based on mastery of concepts. I do have deadlines and if students don’t meet the deadlines they do take a poor concept grade but that does not seem to be a motivator either. Frustrated in Illinois….. Thanks for any suggestions you may have!
Lisa, what steps do you take during the flipped Mastery cycle, from introduction to the flipping content to the classroom group space? Do you have a homogenous class or students coming from diverse home cultures? I am sure you have had some successes, what were they?