As we look at their model, we are confident we will be able to improve the sessions we provide in our Storyline class and can also begin to find ways to provide ongoing support to teachers as they begin to implement Storyline in their own classes. As our dream takes its shape, we envision our school a part of the solution to providing teachers with the support and ongoing training needed. We would like our school to be a place where teachers could come to visit and see Storyline in action. We would like to invite teachers to come together to share ideas, successes and failures, as well as answer urgent questions that are so important to have answered when implementing a new method. It is critical for teachers to be able to get the support needed and this could be done during school hours as well as after.
Storyline is used in many countries throughout the world.
Two years ago we were able to visit a two schools in Glasgow and attend a one day workshop at the university. The purpose of this trip was to visit classrooms. When we returned to our own classes we began to implement new storylines with zeal. Although this was a valuable experience, seeing first hand a method that had successfully been in effect for over 25 years, we did not have the opportunity to experience their Storyline teacher training sessions. At the time of our visitations, we were not Storyline trainers and were looking at the method strictly from the eyes of classroom teachers.