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Roots Community Violation Reflection Form
Roots uses this form when students have violated a community expectation.
Master Schedules for Coordination
Using a series of simple rules to make sure students' time is not double-booked.
Teacher Discusses Priorities for Monitoring Independent Learning Time at Roots
Roots teacher, Mackenzie Wagner, discusses the "ladder of priorities" for monitoring and supporting students during independent learning time. Transcript: Mackenzie Wagner: every flex center has a monitor for that center, and they have...
Roots Executive Director Discussing How Much Time Students Spend on Online Programs
Roots ED and Founder, Jonathan Hanover, discusses how the school thinks about time spent online for learning (currently roughly 25% of the day).Transcript: Jon Hanover: the 25-percent is by no means a magic number; it's kind of a – that's really...
Teacher Discusses Personalized Learning Experiences at Roots
Roots teacher, Megan Miles, explains how rotations through different activities are personalized to student need and choice. Transcript: Megan Miles: when they're in the grove, each kid has a different grove schedule. So they're the same...
Visual Dashboards for Class Competitions at LPS Richmond
Sophia Thomas, teacher, explains how the class developed visual dashboards to show individual and team progress against goals in order to engage students, celebrate growth, and stay on pace.Transcript: Sophia Thomas: Purple is in the moment on that...
Teammates as a Source of Motivation at LPS Richmond
Sophia Thomas, teacher, explains how peers can be a source of support and motivation for students in setting and attaining goals.Transcript: Sophia Thomas: One cool thing I saw happening really early was that there was this really nice peer pressure...
Student Perspective on Peer Grading at LPS Richmond
A student shares how peer grading through "team checks" works to help her get better grades. Transcript: Student: There are team checks. Team checks are when a partner needs to grade you. A partner needs to grade you in order for Miss Thomas to...
Creating Student Groups at LPS Richmond
Sophia Thomas, teacher, explains her strategy for creating learning groups.Transcript: Sophia Thomas: When I do the group, I'm looking at a couple of things. I'm looking at the data on my teacher dashboard. I'm looking at the planner. I'm also...
Teacher Discusses How She Uses Data to Monitor Progress at LPS Richmond
Navigate Math provides teachers with dashboards where they can see student progress. Sophia Thomas, teacher, shares how she uses this dashboard during class to monitor where each student is in their progress against objectives and units.Transcript:...