Flipped Classroom Leadership Training Course

Duration 5 days 10 modules · 33 contact hours
Level Intermediate Certificate on completion
Who attends Academic Directors, Heads of Department and others
Fee from USD 1,100 KSh 95,000 for Kenyan organisations
Where 52 cities + online See dates by city
Next start 16 Nov 2026 Course code SD-EM-102

Before you join: Participants should have experience managing, coordinating or supporting teaching and learning programmes, faculty teams or professional learning initiatives.

Dates & prices

Two start dates a month in every city, and live online on weekdays or weekends. Fees are per participant; classroom fees include tuition, materials, lunch and refreshments, and the certificate.

Suggest a date or city

Showing the next six months. Later dates, other cities and private deliveries for your team are available on request.

Course overview

Flipped classroom programmes often fail when leaders treat them as a video-production project or ask teachers to add pre-class materials without changing classroom time, assessment, workload arrangements or learner support. Education managers must make deliberate choices about instructional design, staff capability, technology access, quality assurance and evidence of impact. Done well, flipped learning reserves facilitated sessions for discussion, practice, feedback and complex decisions while learners acquire essential foundations before class.

This course equips education leaders to plan, govern and improve flipped classroom implementation. Participants examine the FLIP framework, backward design, Bloom's revised taxonomy, active-learning protocols, staff coaching and adoption planning. They learn to set programme outcomes, identify readiness risks, establish pre-class accountability, design active sessions, interpret learning data and protect accessibility. The course also addresses common implementation concerns: uneven learner preparation, faculty resistance, workload pressure, unreliable connectivity, assessment integrity and inconsistent quality between instructors.

Teaching combines short expert briefings with education-sector cases, group design work, leadership simulations and structured peer review. Participants apply the methods to a course, department or programme they know, rather than working only with generic examples. They leave with an implementation roadmap, a flipped learning quality checklist, a readiness assessment and a practical measurement plan that can be adapted for their institution.

The course suits managers and academic leaders responsible for teaching quality, faculty development, digital learning or programme delivery. It is relevant to schools, universities, technical and vocational education providers, corporate academies, professional institutes and public-sector learning units.

What you will be able to do

  • Assess organisational readiness for flipped classroom implementation using stakeholder, risk and access analyses
  • Design flipped learning architectures using backward design and Bloom's revised taxonomy
  • Specify pre-class content standards using microlearning, retrieval practice and multimedia principles
  • Plan active classroom sessions using peer instruction, team-based learning and facilitation protocols
  • Lead faculty adoption through RACI matrices, coaching conversations and change communication
  • Evaluate learner participation and attainment using dashboards, formative checks and assessment blueprints
  • Apply Universal Design for Learning and WCAG 2.2 checks to flipped learning provision
  • Produce a phased flipped classroom implementation roadmap with measures, owners and review gates

Benefits of attending

For you

  • Build a defensible plan for leading flipped learning adoption
  • Improve conversations with faculty about instructional design and workload
  • Diagnose weak flipped lessons before they affect learner outcomes
  • Use evidence to justify technology, content and staff-development decisions
  • Gain reusable leadership documents for programme implementation reviews

For your organisation

  • Increase active learning time without extending scheduled teaching hours
  • Reduce inconsistent flipped delivery through shared design and quality standards
  • Identify access and readiness barriers before programme-wide launch
  • Strengthen faculty support through defined coaching, governance and communication routines
  • Track participation, attainment and resource use with agreed implementation measures

Course modules

10 modules over 5 days

Participants can define a flipped learning model and connect it to institutional teaching priorities.

  • Flipped learning principles distinguished from homework-plus-lecture substitution models
  • Four-phase FLIP framework applied to leadership decisions
  • Backward design aligns outcomes, evidence, pre-class preparation, and active sessions
  • Bloom's revised taxonomy separates acquisition tasks from application tasks
  • Teacher workload, learner readiness, and timetable constraints mapped systematically
  • Programme success measures defined using access, participation, mastery, and transfer

Participants can assess implementation readiness and establish ownership for a flipped learning initiative.

  • Stakeholder mapping identifies sponsors, sceptics, champions, and affected learner groups
  • Force-field analysis diagnoses drivers and barriers to instructional change
  • Readiness interviews surface policy, workload, capability, and technology assumptions
  • RACI matrix assigns implementation decisions, accountabilities, consultations, and communications
  • Risk register scores adoption risks by likelihood, impact, owner, response
  • Leadership narrative connects flipped learning to institutional priorities and learner outcomes

Participants can structure a flipped course around aligned preparation, active sessions and follow-up learning.

  • Constructive alignment links programme outcomes, assessments, activities, and learner preparation
  • Weekly learning architecture sequences pre-class, synchronous, and follow-up learning
  • Threshold concepts identify material requiring guided application rather than passive viewing
  • Retrieval practice and spacing shape preparation schedules and knowledge retention
  • Case-based learning converts classroom time into disciplined decision making
  • Facilitation plans specify prompts, timing, group roles, and evidence checks

Participants can set standards for effective, accountable and accessible pre-class learning materials.

  • Microlearning scripts limit videos to one outcome and essential demonstration
  • Mayer's multimedia principles reduce extraneous load in instructional media
  • Worked examples expose expert reasoning before learners attempt complex tasks
  • Pre-class accountability uses low-stakes quizzes, notes, and readiness checks
  • Content production standards cover captions, transcripts, file naming, and version control
  • Copyright and licensing checks govern third-party media and open educational resources

Participants can plan facilitated sessions that convert prior preparation into visible learner performance.

  • Active-learning protocols match problems, peer explanation, practice, and feedback cycles
  • Peer instruction uses concept questions, voting, discussion, and revoting
  • Team-based learning structures readiness assurance and application-focused team decisions
  • Problem-based learning frames authentic cases with evidence and facilitator questioning
  • Facilitation moves manage silence, misconception, dominance, and uneven preparation
  • Session run sheets protect active time, transitions, and contingency responses

Participants can lead faculty through the behavioural and operational changes required for flipped teaching.

  • Instructional leadership sets non-negotiables while preserving teacher design autonomy
  • Professional learning communities use lesson study to refine flipped lessons
  • Coaching conversations use GROW questions and observable instructional evidence
  • Change communication differentiates messages for faculty, learners, families, and governors
  • Resistance patterns receive listening, diagnosis, response options, and follow-through
  • Governance cadence establishes steering reviews, faculty forums, and escalation routes

Participants can establish technology workflows and data controls that support reliable delivery.

  • Learning management system workflows organise release conditions, deadlines, and reminders
  • Dashboard metrics distinguish access, completion, preparation, participation, and attainment
  • Early-alert rules identify learners needing preparation support before live sessions
  • Data privacy controls address consent, retention, access rights, and vendors
  • Accessibility checks apply WCAG 2.2 captions, contrast, keyboard access, and documents
  • Technology failure protocols preserve learning during platform, bandwidth, or device disruption

Participants can align assessment and feedback systems with flipped learning activities and evidence requirements.

  • Assessment blueprints align outcomes, cognitive demand, evidence, and scoring criteria
  • Formative checks use retrieval, polling, exit tickets, and misconception analysis
  • Rubrics communicate performance criteria for collaborative application and individual accountability
  • Feedback loops combine automated signals, peer review, and facilitator coaching
  • Assessment security addresses authorship, question banks, timing, and permitted resources
  • Equity audits test whether preparation requirements distort assessment results

Participants can design learner support arrangements that reduce barriers to participation and attainment.

  • Universal Design for Learning provides multiple engagement, representation, and action pathways
  • Digital-access audit identifies device, connectivity, language, and study-space barriers
  • Flexible preparation windows accommodate shift work, caregiving, travel, and disability
  • Trauma-informed facilitation builds predictability, choice, psychological safety, and respectful participation
  • Participation norms prevent prepared learners dominating peers with limited access
  • Support pathways connect learners with tutoring, technology help, and accommodations

Participants can produce a staged implementation plan with review cycles and measurable improvement actions.

  • Pilot scope defines target courses, cohorts, success measures, and decision gates
  • Implementation roadmap sequences design, production, staff preparation, launch, and review
  • Kirkpatrick evaluation distinguishes reaction, learning, behaviour, and organisational results
  • PDCA cycles convert evidence into controlled improvements and documented decisions
  • Benefits realisation tracks learner outcomes, faculty workload, and resource use
  • Personal action plans commit owners, milestones, risks, and first-week actions

Exercises and examples are adapted to each cohort's sectors and roles.

What you take back to work

  1. Flipped learning readiness assessment template
  2. Course learning architecture model
  3. Pre-class content quality checklist
  4. Active session facilitation plan
  5. Faculty adoption RACI matrix
  6. Phased implementation roadmap and measurement plan

Who should attend

  • Academic Directors — responsible for teaching quality and programme performance
  • Heads of Department — coordinate faculty adoption across subjects or disciplines
  • School Principals — set instructional priorities, resources and staff expectations
  • Learning and Development Managers — redesign professional learning for active application
  • Digital Learning Managers — govern platforms, content standards and learner access
  • Faculty Development Leads — build instructor capability for flipped teaching methods

Skills and tools covered

Flipped learning strategyInstructional design leadershipFaculty change managementActive learning facilitationLearning analyticsAccessibility assurance

Tools and standards

FLIP framework, Universal Design for Learning, WCAG 2.2, Kirkpatrick Model

How the course runs

Training methodology

The course uses short instructor briefings to introduce models, followed by case analysis, small-group design tasks and leadership simulations. Participants examine realistic scenarios involving faculty resistance, poor learner preparation, access barriers and weak assessment alignment. They build and critique implementation documents for their own setting, using structured templates and peer feedback. Facilitated discussions compare choices made by schools, universities, technical institutes and corporate academies. The final sessions focus on application planning, governance decisions and measures for reviewing early results.

Requirements and prerequisites

Participants should have experience managing, coordinating or supporting teaching and learning programmes, faculty teams or professional learning initiatives. Familiarity with lesson planning, curriculum outcomes, learning management systems or assessment processes is useful. Participants should be able to discuss a current or planned course, department or training programme from their workplace. No prior experience of flipped classrooms, formal instructional design qualification, video-production skill, coding knowledge or specialist learning analytics expertise is required. The course focuses on leadership decisions and implementation methods rather than advanced media production.

A typical training day

08:30 – 10:30First session
10:30 – 10:45Refreshment break
10:45 – 12:30Second session
12:30 – 13:30Lunch and networking
13:30 – 15:00Third session
15:00 – 15:15Refreshment break
15:15 – 16:30Workshop and daily review

Live online deliveries follow the same structure in East Africa Time, with shorter screen blocks and longer breaks.

What the fee includes

  • Instruction by a practitioner facilitator
  • Full course workbook and materials
  • Exercise files, templates and case studies
  • Refreshments and lunch on classroom deliveries
  • Certificate of completion
  • Post-course application plan

Frequently asked questions

Participants should have experience in education management, programme coordination, faculty development or learning and development. Prior flipped classroom experience is not required, and the course does not assume technical video-production skills.

Bring details of a course, subject area, training programme or department that could use flipped learning. A laptop is useful for reviewing templates and drafting implementation materials, particularly for live online delivery.

It is designed for leaders who influence instructional quality, faculty practice, learning technology or programme delivery. It suits education providers and corporate learning functions rather than individual instructors seeking only classroom activity ideas.

This course focuses on leading and governing the change to a flipped model, not solely designing an individual online lesson. It addresses faculty adoption, learner readiness, quality controls, implementation risk, data and institutional decision-making.

Participants can use the readiness assessment to select an appropriate pilot, then apply the roadmap, RACI matrix and quality checklist with their team. The measurement plan supports early review of access, preparation, participation and attainment.

The programme provides approximately 32.5 contact hours across five instructor-led days, from 08:30 to 16:30. Time is divided between core methods, realistic cases, group application, simulations, peer review and implementation planning.

Questions about this course?

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