{"id":19391,"date":"2023-10-31T07:48:36","date_gmt":"2023-10-31T07:48:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mysourcefunding.com\/leadership\/teacher-shortages-bring-to-mind-the-saying-necessity-is-the-mother-of-invention\/"},"modified":"2023-10-31T07:48:37","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T07:48:37","slug":"teacher-shortages-bring-to-mind-the-saying-necessity-is-the-mother-of-invention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mysourcefunding.com\/?p=19391","title":{"rendered":"Teacher Shortages Bring To Mind The Saying \u2018Necessity Is The Mother Of Invention\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\u201cFueled by teacher shortages,\u201d we\u2019re told in a recent article in The74, \u201cZoom-in-a-Room\u201d is making a comeback.<\/p>\n<p>If this is the case, although it\u2019s better than the alternative\u2014no teacher at all\u2014it\u2019s also a missed opportunity for deeper innovation.<\/p>\n<p>As reporter Linda Jacobson noted in the article, online learning has long been used in schools for subjects they couldn\u2019t otherwise offer. She cited A.P. Calculus and Latin as examples. But even courses we think of as fundamental\u2014physics, for example\u2014have long been glaring areas where schools haven\u2019t had qualified teachers. As I wrote nearly a decade ago, \u201cless than two-thirds of high schools\u201363%\u2013offer physics. Only about half of high schools offer calculus. Among high schools that serve large percentages of African-American and Latino students, one in four don\u2019t offer Algebra II, and one in three don\u2019t offer chemistry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Jacobsen, \u201cas districts struggle to fill teaching vacancies, they are increasingly turning to companies like Proximity to teach core subjects.\u201d The practice is one in which the teacher of record delivers whole-class learning virtually, and an in-person monitor\u2014often a substitute teacher\u2014tracks behavior and ensures students do their work.<\/p>\n<p>In some ways, this use of online learning could be a classic case of a disruptive innovation, which begins as a primitive innovation. As a result, disruptive innovations typically start by serving areas of nonconsumption\u2014where the alternative is nothing at all. By outperforming this alternative, disruptive innovations can take root and improve over time until they take over.<\/p>\n<p><fbs-ad position=\"inread\" progressive=\"\" ad-id=\"article-0-inread\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\"><\/fbs-ad><\/p>\n<p>Back in 2008 when we published <em data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Disrupting-Class-Expanded-Disruptive-Innovation\/dp\/1259860884\">Disrupting Class<\/em>, we suggested that teacher shortages could represent a significant area of nonconsumption into which online learning could make its mark and begin to transform classrooms from monolithic, one-size-fits-none environments to student-centered ones that customized for the individual needs of each and every learner.<\/p>\n<p>But for this to occur, the use of online learning shouldn\u2019t just be to pipe in a virtual teacher that delivers more one-size-fits-none, whole-group instruction. It would seem that there\u2019s not a lot of room for improvement in that model.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, schools ought to be taking these opportunities to do what Heather Staker and I described in <em data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Blended-Disruptive-Innovation-Improve-Schools\/dp\/1118955153\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2HXNTLO3DQU5O&amp;keywords=blended+using+disruptive+innovation+to+improve+schools&amp;qid=1695326927&amp;s=books&amp;sprefix=blended+using+dis%2Cstripbooks%2C74&amp;sr=1-1\">Blended<\/em>\u2014offering a la carte online courses with great digital curriculum mixed with elements of the Flex or Individual Rotation models of blended learning that match the path and pace of each individual\u2019s students\u2019 learning needs.<\/p>\n<p>Just as Teach to One uses a mix of in-person and online teachers to deliver a personalized-learning pathway for every student in middle-school math, so, too, could schools begin to assemble blended-learning options that leverage virtual teachers but do so in formats that move beyond standardized instruction and incorporate a variety of engaging learning modalities\u2014from direct instruction tailored to a novice learner\u2019s level to rich, real-world projects that allow a student to apply their learning of knowledge and skills in real performances, and from heads-down, solo learning experiences with software, offline work, or virtual tutors to small-group conversations and explorations.<\/p>\n<p>These sorts of models would take advantage of the online format by delivering a tailored learning experience for each student rather than beaming a remote teacher into classes to do the same old, same old that hasn\u2019t been working\u2014and, as we saw with \u201cZoom-in-a-room\u201d during COVID, was likely even less effective.<\/p>\n<p>As Mallory Dwinal wrote in 2015 when she explored the opportunity for innovating where there are teacher shortages, states could also help by allowing these experiences to move away from seat-time requirements to mastery- or competency-based learning and giving districts some resources to evaluate and select the appropriate learning models.<\/p>\n<p>So here\u2019s my challenge to districts: Next time you see a teacher shortage, don\u2019t just sub in a virtual teacher and fill the seat. Instead, get creative with a clear and SMART goal of boosting every child\u2019s learning. Spend a bit of time thinking about how this could be an opportunity, not a threat. And use virtual talent to design a much more robust learning experience for all. That would be something worth talking about.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/michaelhorn\/2023\/10\/31\/teacher-shortages-bring-to-mind-the-saying-necessity-is-the-mother-of-invention\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cFueled by teacher shortages,\u201d we\u2019re told in a recent article in The74, \u201cZoom-in-a-Room\u201d is making a comeback. If this is the case, although it\u2019s better than the alternative\u2014no teacher at all\u2014it\u2019s also a missed opportunity for deeper innovation. 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