What is the Workshop Rotation Model?

Workshop Rotation Model Basics

The Workshop Rotation Model is an exciting, innovative method of teaching Sunday School. The story or theme is taught in more than one way over a period of several weeks. Children move or “rotate” each week to a different “workshop” with a different leader.

For example, the first week the children might experience the story through drama. The second week they might be doing science experiments. The third week the class could be working on a mission project. The fourth week they might make a video. For other examples, see workshop definitions.

The students participate in a different type of workshop each Sunday but all of the activities are related to one story or theme. By studying the same story in various ways, the participants, be they children or youth, develop a deeper understanding of the story. A key feature of the Workshop Rotation Model is that it incorporates the theory of multiple intelligences.

Teachers are easier to recruit because each leader prepares for only one workshop activity. Each week a different age-level group comes to the leader’s area. Leaders can teach in a mode that is comfortable for them.

To enhance the experience even more, the classroom or designated space can be transformed into an environment that focuses on a specific approach to learning. For example, a room with a wall mural depicting ancient Jerusalem could be the setting of a story telling workshop each week. For more classroom ideas, please see the article “Advantages of the Workshop Rotation Model.”

The Workshop Rotation Model works so well because it is based on the way children love to learn: through games, movement, drama, art, computers. music and more.

For more information see Frequently Asked Questions. Also see the worksheet of how Cornerstones works with the rotation model.

 

 

 

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