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Open School Development and Operations Resources
Washington Leadership Academy focuses on the importance of always growing, staying open to feedback, and trying to improve the world. It has committed to sharing its operation resources openly. In this guide, you will find resources around: School...
Roots Director of Operations and Innovation Explains Her Role
Roots Director of Operations and Innovation, Jill Tew, shares how her role supports teachers. Transcript: Jill Tew: ...my job is to make sure that teachers can focus as much of their mental energy and their time and focus on how to be the best...
Roots Director of Operations and Innovation Discusses Use of Google Apps
Roots Director of Operations and Innovation, Jill Tew, shares the importance of Google Apps to Root's instructional and operational model. Transcript: Jill Tew: I think Google and its kind of skeleton will always make sense for us as kind of the...
Roots Director of Operations and Innovation Provides an Overview of the Physical Space
Roots Director of Operations and Innovation, Jill Tew, shares how physical space is used differently at the school to accommodate and enable personalized learning. Transcript: Jill Tew: the space at Roots looks a little bit different from a...
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 Director of Operations and Innovation Explains Modifying Tech Tools for Students
Roots Director of Operations and Innovation, Jill Tew, discussed early modification needs and how those needs will change as students develop more skills and grow.Transcript: Jill Tew: A lot of what we did this year was to make it easy for...
Roots Director of Operations and Innovation On Needing an Instructional Purpose in Selecting Software
Roots Director of Operations and Innovation, Jill Tew, shares how understanding of instructional needs drive technology adoption. Transcript: Jill Tew: What we try to do and what I’m very kind of vocal about is never just adopting an app because...
Roots Director of Operations and Innovation Discusses the "Why" and the "How" of Tech Tool Development
Roots Director of Operations and Innovation, Jill Tew, shares the team's philosophy for understanding technology needs, doing diligence on existing products, and developing tools to fill gaps. Transcript: Jill Tew: Whole process, we were thinking...
Roots Director of Operations and Innovation Providing an Overview of Software Decision-Making at Roots
Roots Director of Operations and Innovation, Jill Tew, shares how the leadership team structures and approaches software decision-making. Transcript: Jill Tew: the leadership team – so Eve, John, and myself – sat down late last week, actually,...
Grade-Level and Personalized Supports with OER
Learn about WLA’s innovative OER model, where students take two math and ELA courses, alternating daily, to better support all students' needs.