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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.
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Scheduled Ongoing Large Group Instruction
Roots uses large group instruction daily during Habits of Success time, as well as during direct instruction.
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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 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...
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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...
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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...
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Teacher Explains Calendar Use at Roots
Roots teacher, Samantha Gambino, how she uses Google Calendar to support daily instruction and student workflow.Transcript: Samantha Gambino: the way that we know where to be and what to do is – everything is run off of Google Calendars for us. So...
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Master Schedules for Coordination
Using a series of simple rules to make sure students' time is not double-booked.
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Roots' Flexible Use of Time
Roots' daily calendar is very flexible, which allows teachers to meet with students on a frequent and as-needed basis.
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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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Teacher Discusses Priorities for Monitoring Independent Learning Time at Roots
Roots teacher, Mackenzie Wagner, discusses the "ladder of priorities" for monitoring and supporting students during independent learning time. Transcript: Mackenzie Wagner: every flex center has a monitor for that center, and they have...
