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Targeted Large Group Instruction
While most instruction is delivered in small groups or one-to-one, West Belden employs large group instruction strategically when content or skills need broad introduction.
Roots Executive Director Discusses His Role
Roots ED and Founder, Jonathan Hanover, discussed his role and how he works with his co-leader to support the school model. Transcript: Jon Hanover: So, it's definitely us working together. Jill's taken the lead on all of the tech stuff, and I've...
Roots Executive Director Discussing Benefits of Heterogeneous Groups
Roots ED and Founder, Jonathan Hanover, discusses why the teaching team uses heterogeneous grouping approaches. Transcript: Jon Hanover: I think of the benefits in two ways. First, it's just an efficiency game. Like every public school in the...
Teacher Discusses Prep Time and Collaborative Planning at Roots
Roots teacher, Mackenzie Wagner, shares how structured protocols and tools support planning. Transcript: Mackenzie Wagner: the form that we use right now is effective in guiding next steps for instruction. I'm hoping to make it even more detailed...
Roots' Supplements to Google Apps for Education
Roots built multiple simple tools to integrate with Google Apps to support scheduling, activity assignment, and data analysis.
Heterogeneous Teams at LPS Richmond
Sophia Thomas, teacher, uses a heterogeneous teaming strategy to support student learning. Transcript: Sophia Thomas: I decided to switch after my first team competition to heterogeneous groupings. How did I make that choice? In the first...
Self-Grading and Peer-Grading
Students must grade their own work and have a partner grade their work before submitting it to the teacher for final review.
Example: Small Group Instruction at LPS Richmond
In this audio clip, you will hear how an LPS teacher works with a small group of students on annotating fractions.Transcript: Teacher (Sophia Thomas): Hi, ladies. Student: Hi. Student: Hello. Teacher: You know whenever you get back here, we do many...
Student Choice of Assignments at LPS Richmond
Sophia Thomas, teacher, shares how she supports students in their self-paced learning by monitoring progress against goals in the dashboard and checking in on assignments as they work.Transcript: Sophia Thomas: After our warm up, kids use their...
Using a Capacity Matrix as a Pacing Guide at Lindsay
Brandy Quintero, a teacher at Lindsay, explains why and how teachers decided to integrate a pacing guide into the district's capacity matrix.Transcript: Brandy Quintero: When we started out with the capacity nature, just it was more like a checklist...
Creating Culture that Drives Personalization
Creating a classroom culture that personalizes learning for students is facilitated by teaching key skills and mindsets that students need to navigate their education.