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Teacher-Led Large Group Instruction
ReNEW DTA addresses grade-level scope and sequence through ongoing whole-group instruction. The teachers create heterogeneous groupings to help all students access grade-level content, regardless of individual skill level.
Student Support Structures
Students have several tiers of support to draw upon when stuck.
Emphasizing Assessment Readiness
Students must demonstrate readiness for formal mastery assessment by first showing readiness through informal program assessments and a mastery demonstration.
Roots Director of Operations and Innovation Provides an Overview of the Physical Space
Roots Director of Operations and Innovation, Jill Tew, shares how physical space is used differently at the school to accommodate and enable personalized learning. Transcript: Jill Tew: the space at Roots looks a little bit different from a...
Roots Executive Director Discussing QR Code Use
Roots ED and Founder, Jonathan Hanover, discusses how QR codes are used to help students move from one learning activity to another. Transcript: Jon Hanover: Then, we have a third little web app that we built for teachers on the backend that...
Roots Director of Operations and Innovation Provides an Overview of Creating Tech Tools
Roots Director of Operations and Innovation, Jill Tew, shares how the school has worked to create and develop custom applications to support integrations and student and teacher workflow. Transcript: Jill Tew: the first thing that we did this...
Roots Director of Operations and Innovation Discusses the "Why" and the "How" of Tech Tool Development
Roots Director of Operations and Innovation, Jill Tew, shares the team's philosophy for understanding technology needs, doing diligence on existing products, and developing tools to fill gaps. Transcript: Jill Tew: Whole process, we were thinking...
Roots Director of Operations and Innovation Discusses Use of Google Apps
Roots Director of Operations and Innovation, Jill Tew, shares the importance of Google Apps to Root's instructional and operational model. Transcript: Jill Tew: I think Google and its kind of skeleton will always make sense for us as kind of the...
Roots Director of Operations and Innovation On Needing an Instructional Purpose in Selecting Software
Roots Director of Operations and Innovation, Jill Tew, shares how understanding of instructional needs drive technology adoption. Transcript: Jill Tew: What we try to do and what I’m very kind of vocal about is never just adopting an app because...
Roots Director of Operations and Innovation Providing an Overview of Software Decision-Making at Roots
Roots Director of Operations and Innovation, Jill Tew, shares how the leadership team structures and approaches software decision-making. Transcript: Jill Tew: the leadership team – so Eve, John, and myself – sat down late last week, actually,...
Student-Friendly Schedules
Roots created a simple app to modify student calendars so they are easy to read.