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Roots Elementary
Roots Elementary was a K-2 charter school in Denver that used technology along with innovative staffing, curricular, and physical structures to provide a student-centered learning experience.
Examples From The Field
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.
Strategies
Emphasizing Assessment Readiness
Students must demonstrate readiness for formal mastery assessment by first showing readiness through informal program assessments and a mastery demonstration.
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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...
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Teacher Provides an Overview of Habits of Success at Roots
Roots teacher, Megan Miles, is a Habits of Success teacher. She shares more about her role and what she does with students throughout the day.Transcript: Megan Miles: part of our model is based on the idea that in addition to sort of the traditional...
Strategies
Habits of Success Class
Roots students develop social-emotional skills through daily curriculum, reflection, and skill-development tracking.
Strategies
Verifying Student Learning Locations through QR Codes
Roots uses QR codes to allow student to "check in" at learning locations.
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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...
Strategies
6-8 Week Learning Groups
Students are assigned to learning groups for a 6-8 week cycle in addition to shorter term small groups.
Artifacts
Roots One-on-One Conferencing Spreadsheet
Roots uses one-on-one conferencing spreadsheets so that students are able to benchmark their progress and set goals in a tangible manner. Teachers walk through the tool with students, with updates made in different colors to track change over time.
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Common Launch Planning at LPS
Common Launch Planning at LPS LPS initially built and tested their Academic Numeracy course in Google Sheets, and many of those practices have been captured as Blended and Personalized Learning Strategies. LPS has worked with Gooru to create...
