Culturally Relevant InspirationAt Drew Charter School
Miltina SullivanEDU692
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
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.
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)
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.
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.
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