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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...
Roots Can Solve it Worksheet
This worksheet from Roots gives an example of how they integrate Habits of Success into their classroom practices.
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 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 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...
Peer Grading at LPS Richmond
Sophia Thomas, teacher, explains how peer grading is used as a strategy to deepen learning. Students use a rubric to grade their own and others' work. Transcript: Interviewer: Can you talk about grading? I noticed that students can grade their own,...
Team Work Tables
LPS Navigate uses tables rather than desks to allow better teaming, collaboration, and conferencing.
Daily and Weekly Goal-Setting
Students start their week by determining how many and which learning goals they would like to pursue.
Tiered Student Supports
Students can access additional learning resources and teammates for help.
Anytime/Anywhere Learning Using Empower at Lindsay
Students and teachers can use Empower 24/7/365 enabling anytime/anywhere learning.
Student Partner Choice at Pleasant View
Students can work independently or with others during independent learning time. If working with others, and not assigned to a small group for instruction, students may choose their learning partner.