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Rotation Time Allocation
Limiting the amount of time spent on any learning task based on developmental research.
Extended Learning
Once they demonstrate that they've learned how to care for their devices, students at Roots are able to take their iPads home at night and on the weekends.
Roots Executive Director Discussing the Benefit of Defaulting to Playlists
Roots ED and Founder, Jonathan Hanover, discusses the benefit of a norm of defaulting to their independent learning tasks if not scheduled directly with a teacher during a learning block.Transcript: Jon Hanover: some of the early pioneers in...
Defaulting to Individual Playlists
In order to keep young students on-task and focused, scholars learn to follow their independent learning time calendar tasks when not told otherwise.
Roots Executive Director Discusses Benefits of Periodic Benchmark Assessments at Roots
Roots ED and Founder, Jonathan Hanover, discusses how the team uses leveled competency-based assessments across every content area to assess growth and learning trajectories. Transcript: Jon Hanover: roughly every six to eight weeks, we...
Roots Sample Math Benchmark Assessment
Roots uses benchmark assessments to find baselines for measuring each student's progress.
6-8 Week Learning Groups
Students are assigned to learning groups for a 6-8 week cycle in addition to shorter term small groups.
Roots Executive Director Provides Overview of Different Groupings at Roots
Roots ED and Founder, Jonathan Hanover, discusses how the team uses homogeneous and heterogeneous grouping structures to support student learning. Transcript: Jon Hanover: Throughout the day, we kind of strike a balance by having different...
Teacher Discusses Small Group Instruction at Roots
Roots teacher, Lecksy Wolk, explains the scheduling and sizing of small groups.Transcript: Lecksy Wolk: But the other part of the day, for me, is small groups. So, I – I'm scheduled groups of kids based on very specific needs, based on data that...
Teacher Discusses Flexibility in Groupings at Roots
Roots teacher, Lecksy Wolk, shares how small group composition is influenced both by academic and behavioral needs.Transcript: Lecksy Wolk: it's interesting because they're very – they're not static. We made a change yesterday based on a behavioral...
Heterogeneous and Homogeneous Groups
Students are assigned to both homogeneous and heterogeneous groups to support learning.