1.1 Building Blocks of Blended

3 Key Building Blocks for a Blended Roll Out

1. Setting up your space
2. Rolling out routines
3. Building a blended culture

"Rolling out blended in your classroom or school takes A LOT of time and patience. Setting up your classroom, routines, and culture in a strategic manner can truly make or break your whole blended experience. Setting up a personalized space, concrete strategies, and clear expectations for yourself and your students allows you to have a solid base on which to build your blended implementation and also helps to ensure that you are rolling out the appropriate model for your and your students' needs!

Remember rolling out blended is not just rolling out technology. It should be setting up a system where you can leverage technology to address an instructional challenge and serve your students better!" 

—Juliana Finegan, Relay GSE Blended Learning Curriculum Designer

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Setting Up Your Space (Session 2)

Setting up an appropriate space that matches your blended style is important for effective implementation. In this section you will hear from teachers about how they decided to set up their rooms to ensure smooth student movement, engage students in various learning opportunities, and inspire active learning! You will also be given the chance to design your own blended classroom space. 

Rolling out Routines & Building a Blended Culture (Sessions 3 & 4)

Hear from teachers about why it is so important to have strong routines and culture when rolling out blended. 

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Strong routines concerning systems and set-ups and student movement are key to any blended implementation. They allow for quick transitioning, maximizing learning time, and a smooth blending of instruction as a whole. When paired with a strong blended culture that inspires students to drive their own learning, collaborate with their peers, and truly buy in to the model as a whole, you are setting up both your students and yourself for success.