The Renzulli Learning System

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The Renzulli Learning System

• No Child LeftBored

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• 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.

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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

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Their work demonstrates that differentiating
curriculum and instructional style leads directly
to improvements in

• Student Achievement
• Creativity
• Engagement
• Attitudes towards school
• School attendance

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• 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

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• 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.

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• 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
• http//demo.renzullilearning.com/InterestQ1.aspx
• http//demo.renzullilearning.com/Grades.aspx
• http//demo.renzullilearning.com/ExpressionQ1.aspx
  
• http//demo.renzullilearning.com/LearningQ1.aspx

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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 students profile

http//demo.renzullilearning.com/QuantitativeViewR
esource.aspx
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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

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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.

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Total Talent Portfolio

• This feature records each students progress and
  can be accessed any time by teacher or parent.
• It holds a collection of the students best work
• Is easily transportable from grade to grade or
  school to school

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Key Benefits of the Renzulli Learning System

• 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, anytimein
  class, at home, even over the summer
• Independent exploration increases
• Child-friendly and safe learning environment

• 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

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What are Teachers and Students saying?

• 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 Tomlinson (Univ. of Virginia)
• The system not only makes TRUE differentiation
  possible, it makes it easy 7th Grade Teacher
• Ive been teaching for 17 yrs, and this is the
  first program I have asked to have purchasedIt
  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

• The Renzulli System is where learning and fun
  collide 2nd Grade Student
• I think this Renzulli program is really cool
  because its 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
• 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