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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...
Strategies
Common Behavior Management Techniques
Roots employs a variety of techniques to provide students the right type of behavioral feedback and support.
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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...
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Content Teacher Discusses Benefits of Habits of Success Teachers at Roots
Roots teacher, Samantha Gambino, is a content-area teacher. She explains the value of having Habits of Success teaching peers to support the content-area work. Transcript: Samantha Gambino: they're having one-on-one conversations about like,...
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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...
Examples From The Field
Trailblazer Elementary School
Trailblazer Elementary School serves K-5 students in Colorado Springs School District 11, infusing competency development, personalized learning and collaboration to provide real world learning opportunities for students.
Examples From The Field
Lovett Elementary School
Lovett Elementary in Chicago provides blended and personalized learning to its students in grades 2-5.
Strategies
Change Management at Trailblazer Elementary
Trailblazer has created a strategic plan to ensure successful change management with the adoption of blended learning and competency-based learning practices.
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Educator Competencies for Personalized, Learner-Centered Environments - 2020 Edition
In 2015, the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) and the Students at the Center initiative at Jobs for the Future released the first-ever set of comprehensive competencies for teaching in personalized, learner-centered settings. The...
Strategies
Guide: Bellwether Education: Policy Playbook for Personalized Learning
Bellwether Education Partners, a nonprofit consulting group, offers a key policy "playbook" that can be instrumental to aligning systems in a strategic manner on the state and local level.
