roosevelt innovation academy

InnovationAcademy

“We have to stop delivering the curriculum to kids.

We have to start discovering it with them.”

Larry Rosenstock founder and CEO of High Tech High

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We want your feedback as parents, as professionals in our

community, and as board members.

InnovationAcademy Why do students look forward

to university?

What happens when they have choice?

VIDEO http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eXukr57mZ8&list=FL10fFx6Xwzzx8PIN9WkNN4w&index=4

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students to have choice?Why wait until university for

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students to do real projectsWhy wait until university for

& internships?

InnovationAcademy world are not waiting.

Many schools around the

InnovationAcademy world are not waiting.

Many schools around the

InnovationAcademy world are not waiting.

Many schools around the

InnovationAcademy world are not waiting.

Many schools around the

InnovationAcademy world are not waiting.

Many schools around the

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world are not waiting.Many schools around the

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Shared Vision

world are not waiting.Many schools around the

InnovationAcademy RESEARCH

InnovationAcademy RESEARCH

The learner becomes

the leader.

What can schools learn from the business and

social sectors?

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AUTONOMY & CHOICE

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Both in choosing their classes and helping to design them.

AUTONOMY & CHOICE

COLLABORATION

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Networking with students in the class, in other countries, and with professionals in the community and the world.

WHY

AUTONOMY & CHOICE

COLLABORATION

PROBLEM SOLVING through REAL PROJECTS

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Clear purpose

AUTONOMY & CHOICE

COLLABORATION

PROBLEM SOLVING through REAL PROJECTS

VALUE FOR A REAL AUDIENCE

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Not just the teacher.

WHY

AUTONOMY & CHOICE

TRANSPARENCY

COLLABORATION

PROBLEM SOLVING through REAL PROJECTS

VALUE FOR A REAL AUDIENCE

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Student work will appear on their websites so they have a positive presence online, they will produce films, and do

all of this for an authentic audience.

WHY

How will this look?

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4 Interdisciplinary Classes

English 11 Honors

Advanced Media

Literacy

Global Business

Management

Innovative Independent

Project

Grades 11 and 12

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With the same 15 students

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

English 11 Honors

IB Math SL

Experiential Learning

English 11 Honors

IB Math SL

Advanced Media

Literacy

IB Spanish Literature

HL

Advanced Media

Literacy

IB Spanish Literature

HL

Global Business

Management

IB Biology HL

Global Business

Management

IB Biology HL

Innovative Independent

Project

Innovative Independent

Project

11th Grade - Possible Schedule

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Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

English 11 Honors

IB Math SL

Experiential Learning

English 11 Honors

IB Math SL

Advanced Media

Literacy

IB Economics

SL

Advanced Media

Literacy

IB Economics

SL

Global Business

Management

IB Art SL

Global Business

Management

IB Art SL

Innovative Independent

Project

Innovative Independent

Project

12th Grade - Possible Schedule

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Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

English 11 Honors

IB MathSL

Experiential Learning

English 11 Honors

IB MathSL

Advanced Media Literacy

IB Spanish Literature HL

Advanced Media Literacy

IB Spanish Literature HL

Global BusinessManagement IB Biology HL Global Business

Management IB Biology HL

Innovative Independent

Project

Innovative Independent

Project

Credits

POTENTIAL UNIT / PROJECTInnovation

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Purpose Learn how to market effectively for a variety of audiences and purposes.

Project

•Develop an advertising campaign for Colegio Roosevelt, focusing on our key values•Organize students into ad teams of no more than four•Read “To Sell is Human” (Dan Pink) along with a articles about culture & values•Research the most important values of our school through interviews, observation, etc.•Watch various advertisements and the techniques they use to get the audience’s attention and to persuade them.•Develop a pitch for two different ads that will be presented to the class and members of our community.•Produce the one that received the best response and presented it to our community.

Outcomes

ENGLISH• develop in students the ability to engage in close, detailed analysis of a variety of individual texts and make

relevant connections.• encourage students to think critically about the different interactions between text, audience and purpose.

MEDIA LITERACY• promote students' understanding of how the mass media use language and image to inform, persuade or

entertain.

BUSINESS• promote awareness of social, cultural and ethical factors in the actions of organizations and individuals in

those organizations.• develop an awareness in the student that human attitudes and beliefs are widely diverse and that the study

of society requires an appreciation of such diversity.

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A project-based, interdisciplinary approach to learning that inspires

students through choice, collaboration, and innovation.

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