Transcript The Renzulli Learning System - Williamsport Area School

The Renzulli Learning
System
No Child Left…Bored
• The Renzulli Learning System is a
breakthrough teaching tool that helps
teachers assess their students’ strengths,
interests and learning styles.
• The system guides students through
learning activities matched to their
personal profile.
Backed by research. Built
for achievement.
• Based on 30 years of research at the
University of Connecticut
• Dr. Joseph Renzulli and Dr. Sally Reis
have been at the forefront of
researching, studying and developing
teaching methods that unlock the
gifts and talents of all students
Their work demonstrates that differentiating
curriculum and instructional style leads
directly to improvements in:
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Student Achievement
Creativity
Engagement
Attitudes towards school
School attendance
• Based on the Enrichment Triad Model
developed by Joseph Renzulli in 1977
• The Enrichment Triad Model was designed
to encourage advanced student learning
and creative productivity in three key
areas by:
• exposing students to various topics
• areas of interest
• fields of study in which they have an
interest
• The Renzulli Learning system utilizes
the model to make thousands of
resources and enrichment materials
available for teachers and students
with the click of a mouse
• Resources are tailored to students’
abilities, interests, and learning
styles.
• The system is web based and
comprised of 4 core components
• The Renzulli Profiler: In less than 45
minutes, a teacher can gain an
accurate understanding of each
students academic strengths,
interests and learning/expression
styles
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http://demo.renzullilearning.com/InterestQ1.aspx
http://demo.renzullilearning.com/Grades.aspx
http://demo.renzullilearning.com/ExpressionQ1.aspx
http://demo.renzullilearning.com/LearningQ1.aspx
http://demo.renzullilearn
ing.com/openended.aspx
http://demo.renzullilearn
ing.com/MyProfile.aspx
Renzulli Differentiation
Search Engine
• This powerful tool instantly searches
the Renzulli Enrichment Database of
over 13,000 pre-screened activities
and selects those that match the
student’s profile
http://demo.renzullilearning.com/QuantitativeViewResource.aspx
Renzulli Learning is safe
and secure.
• Built-in monitoring tools for teachers and
parents
• All sites are consistently safety tested by
Renzulli Learning Specialists
• Access is restricted to authorized
students, parents and educators
• All student data is completely confidential
Wizard Project Maker
• This unique feature enables students
and teachers to design, track and
complete challenging problem-based
learning projects built around regular
curricular topics, teacher
assignments, and individual/small
group interests.
Total Talent Portfolio
• This feature records each student’s
progress and can be accessed any
time by teacher or parent.
• It holds a collection of the student’s
best work
• Is easily transportable from grade to
grade or school to school
Key Benefits of the
Renzulli Learning System
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Enhanced Student Achievement
Teachers can deliver TRULY
differentiated instruction
Students are engaged in personalized
learning built around their strengths
and interests
Kids inspire each other to learn and
explore
Students pursue interests anywhere,
anytime…in class, at home, even over
the summer
Independent exploration increases
Child-friendly and safe learning
environment
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A Teacher Time Saver
Accurately identify student interests
and learning styles in 45 min. not 45
days
Easily incorporated into regular lesson
plans
Eliminates hours of searching for
appropriate learning resources
Students are up and running within
minutes of completing the Profiler
Advanced, at-risk, and even disruptive
students are engaged in and out of
class
Built-in management tools make
planning and tracking a breeze
What are Teachers and
Students saying?
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“Renzulli Learning provides teachers a rich
and ready-made bank of interest-based
resources that can be integrated into
curriculum in all grades and subjects” Carol
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Tomlinson
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(Univ. of Virginia)
“The system not only makes TRUE
differentiation possible, it makes it easy”
Grade Teacher
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7th
“I’ve been teaching for 17 yrs, and this is the
first program I have asked to have
purchased…It opens so many doors for the
students” 3rd Grade Teacher
“The students are excited to see that ‘the
computer’ knows what they like. Parents are
commenting about the quality of the sites
and the fact that their children would rather
be on Renzulli than play video games”
Elementary Curriculum Coordinator
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“The Renzulli System is where learning and
fun collide” 2nd Grade Student
“I think this Renzulli program is really cool
because it’s all about you” 4th Grade Student
“I really enjoyed using Renzulli. It was really
fun to be able to design our own projects on
things we were interested in. Renzulli always
had information and websites for any topic I
wanted to learn more about” 6th Grade Student
“When our school got to test drive Renzulli, I
went to the enrichment activities every night
for an hour or 2, just looking at websites
that sounded interesting to me” 3rd Grade
Student
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“Renzulli is a great idea. It was so much fun
to be able to design a project based on topics
I was interested in! It is an amazing
experience” 10th Grade Student