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ReNEW DTA Academy
ReNEW’s Dolores T. Aaron Academy (“ReNEW DTA”) is a charter school serving students in pre-K through 8th grade in New Orleans, LA that has developed a mastery-based, 8th grade math program.
Heterogeneous Student Groupings at ReNew DTA
When teaching 8th grade-level content, the teacher pairs students heterogeneously to support lower-level students and offer higher-level students the opportunity to deepen knowledge by teaching others.
Emphasis on Life Skill Development
Teacher provides instruction and opportunities for practice of time-management, self-monitoring, and productivity skills throughout the class.
ReNEW's Scheduling to Bridge Mastery-Based Needs and Time-Based Requirements
In order to accommodate individual and expected group-wide grade level pacing, the math class uses two distinct learning blocks daily.
Students Choose Learning Objectives
Students are offered choice over what learning objectives to tackle and in what order in order to build agency and engagement.
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...
ReNEW Inspires Tools Overview
ReNEW Schools has a central website to support personalized and blended learning work network-wide. This page provides an overview of key software programs that teachers can use in their classrooms.
Scheduled Ongoing Large Group Instruction
Roots uses large group instruction daily during Habits of Success time, as well as during direct instruction.
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...
Teacher Explains Benefits of ClassDojo for Behavior Monitoring at Roots
Roots teacher, Megan Miles, shares how ClassDojo is used to collect data on student behaviors in order to inform support provided to students. Transcript: Megan Miles: right now what we do, and we're trying to find a system – and most...