International Faculty

About the Program

If you are interested in helping education systems around the world move from passive to active learning you’re in the right place. The FLGI International Faculty has a simple but powerful vision that we state in two pictures. Below is an overview of the program:

One simple objective:

Fewer classrooms that look like this

More classrooms that look like this

Three simple goals

Establish the “gold standard” for Flipped Learning worldwide based on the best global insights and classroom innovations

Make the best Flipped Learning training available to every educator in every country in the world

Build an international team of world-class master trainers who can go into any country and develop world-class Flipped Learning, that produces world-class Flipped Learning teachers and students who are world-class, self-directed learners.

Five primary commitments

Faculty members will:

Help FLGI Research Fellows, Master Teachers and the FLGI management team continue to define and refine the “gold standard” for Flipped Learning training worldwide
Deliver keynotes, webinars, and media interviews about Flipped Learning based on the Flipped 3.0 framework on an independent contractor basis.
Conduct onsite Flipped Learning 3.0 workshops and provide support services that meet the FLGI standard for world-class Flipped Learning professional development
Actively lead, and participate in online group collaboration
Model the principles and culture of world-class Flipped learning

The International Faculty will become the heart of FLGI. Building a core of world-class master trainers will require a significant commitment from all of us. So we acknowledge that joining the International Faculty is not for everyone. However, there are opportunities for anyone who wants to participate at some level.

That said, the first cohort of the International Faculty is pivotal. Why? Because the first group will set the standard, define the culture, and establish the public’s perception of the program.

So we are looking for a dedicated core group of doers who are committed to taking the steps to make the International Faculty a reality.

Where do we start?

The selection process will begin by forming five online groups. Candidates will move through the five groups as they complete each stage of the faculty selection process. Information will be shared in each group that is relevant to each candidate’s stage.

Group 101

Group 102 will be a post-application closed group focused on supporting your meeting the basic requirements to become a member of the faculty.

Groups 103, 104 and 105 will coincide with the advanced stages of the faculty selection process.

Three simple next steps

If you’re interested in moving forward, follow these three steps:

ONE – Click on the link below to create a FLGI member profile. You will need to include your professional bio and click the blue button to upload a profile picture. NOTE: Submissions without profile pictures and bios will be automatically deleted. http://flglobal.org/registration/

If you already have a FLGI community profile, you’ll want to ensure that your bio is complete and you have a profile picture.

TWO – Once your profile is set up, request access to Group 101 by sending an email to esmith@flglobal.org

THREE – Whatever questions you have about the International Faculty will be answered in the Group 101. Replying to hundreds of individual emails would consume all of our available bandwidth. So please post your questions, participate, and follow the discussion, to determine if joining the International Faculty is right for you.

It’s been invigorating to shift our focus from flipping lessons and classrooms to flipping the education systems of the world. It’s also inspiring to imagine what educators and students around the globe could quickly achieve if we execute this International Faculty program well.

Perhaps FLGI’s newest master teacher said it best:

Flipped Learning is not just an educational method, behind it, there is a deep, human approach to human development, that enables everyone to grow to their full capacity.

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Reza Najjar

Let’s get started!

Errol

Errol St.Clair Smith
Director of Global Development
Flipped Learning Global Initiative
FLglobal.org

"We are seeing in so many classrooms the same delivery that we were accustomed to as kids, and wondering why students are not learning the new curriculum as fast as we would like to see."
-- Chuck Rieger, Pittsburgh, USA

"The particular stand out for me was the rejection of poor pedagogy under the guise of being collegial. Once you understand a much better way of doing something it is negligent to not do it."
-- Matt Burns, Sydney, Australia

"If we really want to develop 21st-century learners, then we must challenge the status quo and take action to provide our students with the opportunity to take ownership of their learning and explore education in non-traditional methods. Flipped learning can do that for us."
-- Carl Condliffe, Wellington, New Zealand

"Helping students to be active learners is the most important thing in schools around the world, and Flipped Learning is a helpful tool to make that happen. The challenge is for every teacher to learn their new role in class, give the classroom back to the students and the be supportive coach on the sideline."
-- Sigrún Ólafsdóttir. Keflavík, Iceland