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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' Supplements to Google Apps for Education
Roots built multiple simple tools to integrate with Google Apps to support scheduling, activity assignment, and data analysis.
Teacher Explains Calendar Use at Roots
Roots teacher, Samantha Gambino, how she uses Google Calendar to support daily instruction and student workflow.Transcript: Samantha Gambino: the way that we know where to be and what to do is – everything is run off of Google Calendars for us. So...
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 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...
Structured Data Analysis Reflection
Roots teachers make use of a data analysis reflection template to help them dissect the data they get from their mastery assessments.
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...
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...
Large Group Instruction at LPS Richmond
Sophia Thomas, teacher, explains how and when she uses large group instruction to support students.Transcript: Sophia Thomas: you're going to have to figure out ways to be really effective. When can I do a whole group thing? Something I want the...
Benefit of Real-Time Data at LPS Richmond
Sophia Thomas, teacher, shares how data from online assessments helps her make faster and efficient decisions about supporting students.Transcript: Sophia Thomas: the fact that there is this immediate feedback that kids get. Without this model I...
Example: Helping Teammates at LPS Richmond
In this audio clip, you'll hear students discuss how they support each other in class.Transcript: Student: Try it. Yeah. But like the factor that are numbers you multiply to get the answer. Teacher: I ask what was – what interest… Student: Yes. Oh,...