About "The WoRM"
A brief description of the Workshop Rotation Model
The Workshop Rotation Model is an ecumenical movement that
re-invents how we organize and teach Sunday School.
The WoRM got it start in the early 90's as a response to the chronic problems many Sunday Schools face. It has now spread to over 8000 churches and can be found in churches across the denominational spectrum.
While the lessons you see here in the Lesson Exchange are creative, they are NOT unlike many of the creative lessons you can find in other curriculum.
The BIG difference is that Rotation is that Rotation is a DIFFERENT MODEL for organizing our teachers, outfitting our classrooms, moving our students, and arranging our teaching schedules. Students rotate to a different creative "workshop" and teacher each week, studying the same story for 4 to 5 weeks through a variety of experiences and methods.
Kids love the creativity and anticipation of a new experience each week. Teachers love being able to specialize and repeat their lessons, Pastors love the deepening Bible memory that repetition brings, and parents love not having to wrestle their kids into Sunday School.
Read an introductory article about the Workshop Rotation Model
View a menu of Rotation.org's "foundational" articles
Rotation Resource Links
The Ideas &
Lesson Exchange
Thousands of free Rotation
Sunday School lessons, plus help forums, ideas, articles and
discussions.
Become a Supporting Member in the Rotation.org Ideas & Lesson Exchange and gain access to even more lessons, features and help.
What is the
Workshop Rotation Model?
...a brief printable article
View the Flash Presentation about the Rotation Model in your browser, or download a copy to share with others.
Learn more about Rotation.org and this website
Workshop Photos
Articles
about the Model
-how to, why to, what not to,
history of the model, and
more.
Back to Rotation.org's Home Page
...to Rotation.org and the Workshop Rotation Model
Rotation.org is a volunteer created and volunteer-led web community for teachers and churches using the Workshop Rotation Model for Sunday School.
You are welcome to use the resources here at this site whether you are "Rotating" -or just looking for some help and creative lesson ideas for your church. It's mostly all free because Rotation.org supporters believe in sharing in this amazing new way.
Who is Rotation.org?
Read on!
What is Rotation? See the brief description on the
left side of this page or go to
www.rotation.org/outlook.htm
Privacy Notes: If you become a Registered Member of the Exchange, your email address will only be used for Rotation.org purposes. Your screenname and password are visible to the administrator. However, when you become a Supporting Member of the Exchange, your financial information is secure and not viewable by the rotation.org administrator. To register or become a supporting member, go to www.rotation.org/member
There are two parts to our website:
1) The Main Part with the foundational articles: www.rotation.org
2) The Ideas & Lesson Exchange message board: www.rotation.infopop.cc/eve
The Exchange message board is an archive of thousands of free Rotation Sunday School lessons given to the site over the years by Rotation educators and pastors. The Exchange message board also contains most of our getting started resources, ongoing discussions and help forums. Most of this content is freely available to everyone coming to our site.
Browse it, highlight the text, then use your mouse to print, or copy it to a doc.
The Exchange Message Board is also home to our Rotation Writing Team --a volunteer group of Christian educators who are writing Rotation lesson sets together under the guidance of our expert paid editors, and then posting their lesson sets for all Supporting Members to freely use. Writing Team lesson sets are only available to Supporting Members. To see a full & free example of their work, go to the W.T.'s "Anointing of David" lesson set.
Supporting Members get access to all the Writing Team lesson sets, the Help forum, the Search feature, and access to our paid coordinator's expertise! To become a Supporting Member, go to www.rotation.org/member
Read an Introductory article about the Workshop Rotation Model
View the
online Flash Presentation about the Rotation Model
(or download a copy to share with others)
Go to the Main Site (the "front page" with links to the foundational articles)
Go to the Rotation Ideas & Lesson Exchange
ABOUT ROTATION.org
Rotation.org was created in 1997 to share articles, lessons and advice about the Workshop Rotation Model. It is a non-profit 501-3c volunteer led organization, run by a volunteer Board of Directors and staffed by Phyllis and Ken Wezeman, our part-time paid coordinators.
We are an independent group. We are not officially connected to any denomination or publisher. We are entirely supported by donations from individual users and churches. Learn more about the Board.
We are truly an ecumenical bunch. You'll find materials posted by church educators, pastors and volunteers from across the denominational spectrum. Because the Rotation Model began among Presbyterian churches, and quickly spread among Methodists and Lutherans, you'll notice that the bulk of materials here have a mainline flavor.