On Day 17, Dr. Fisher introduces Station Teaching and shares some strategies for getting started with this way of teaching. For example, he points out that you should consider using familiar tasks.
Students need to know the expectations of the station before they are asked to complete a task at that station. Join Dr. Fisher and learn how to implement Station Teaching with your students!
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CLASSROOM TASK: PLAN THE STATIONS
Plan the stations to use with your students. What are familiar tasks and activities that your students can engage in? You can plan some stations where the activities are independent tasks, and others that include collaborative tasks.
Reflect on your thoughts about implementing Station Teaching in your classroom. Do you have any concerns?
This journal can be used to reflect on what you have learned as you develop strategies for engaging your students in collaborative conversations.
This overview presents a model for implementing the Rotation Model and instructional guidelines.
Use this planning tool to help your implementation of the Rotation Model.
The idea of station teaching is to get students engaged in productive conversations with their peers and give the teacher time to do some small group, needs-based instruction.