Culturally Relevant InspirationAt Drew Charter School

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Gladys EvansJuly 25, 2015

About DrewThree Schools One Community

• This presentation will give you a up and personal look at Atlanta’s first Charter School.

• Drew is the home of three different schools• Elementary Academy• Junior Academy• Senior academy

http://www.drewcharterschool.org

• Lower Campus ( Elementary Academy) 301 E. Lake Blvd, Atlanta, Ga. 30317• Upper Campus ( Junior and Senior Academy)

300 E. Lake Blvd, Atlanta, Ga. 30317

A Look At Drew

The Elementary School

Behind Drew

Drew has big ambition- to provide a cradle-to-college pipeline so that every student living in its Atlanta community graduates high school with college admittance in hand.

The school started with 240children in grades kindergarten through fifth and has since grown to serve more than 1200 students in Pre-K through through twelve.

The Mission and Philosophy

Their Mission- to work together as a community of teachers, staff, students, families and volunteers to provide a learning environment that emphasizes high achievement and character development.Philosophy- teaching approach that every child has gifts and talents that must be nurtured. A education at Drew supports intellectual, physical, social and emotional growth.

The Uniqueness About Drew

Academics at the Elementary Academy

• Engineering and Design

We focus on 21st century skills and Creative problem solving. Trough real World experiences and project based Learning our students solve design Problems.

We are a major part of the STEAM ( Science/Technology/Engineering/Art/Math)

Engaging

Junior AcademyAcademics

• Echo• Learning CommonsDrew is delighted to A part of the NTW org.

Discovering

Problem Solving

Senior Academy

Drew Charter School is delighted to part of the national New Tech Network. New Tech Network (NTN) is a nonprofit organization that transforms schools into innovative learning environments. NTN’s project-based learning approach engages students with dynamic, rigorous curriculum. Through extensive professional development and hands-on coaching with NTN, we are confident that Drew teachers evolve from keepers of knowledge to facilitators of rich, relevant learning.

Hands –On Learning

Tinker yard

Box City Project at Junior Academy

Senior Academy building a Remote Control Lawnmower

Culturally Relevant Inspiration

Culturally Relevant Inspiration

Drew supplements the STEAM curriculum with Project- Based Learning:Teaching and learning strategies based on Critical thinking, collaboration, creativity, innovation and problem solving.

Drew Charter School

References

Framework for 21st century learning.(n.d.). Retrieved from

http://www.p21.org/our-work/p21- frameworkRobinson, K. (1999). All our futures: Creativity, culture and education [Report].

Retrieved from http://sirkenrobinson.com/pdf/allourfutures.pdf

TeachingTolerance. (2010,June17). Introduction to culturally relevant pedagogy[Video file]. Retrieved fromhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGTVjJuRaZ8