Medical Innovations

Medical Innovations

To gain an understanding of a variety of medical conditions and how they affect the people who face them, the 4–6 grade teaching team assembled ten community educators to participate in interviews with their students.

Kyrene de las Manitas Innovation Academy: Spotlight on the schedule

Kyrene de las Manitas Innovation Academy: Spotlight on the schedule

Kyrene de las Manitas Innovation Academy in Tempe, Arizona serves about 400 students in Grades K–7. Each student is a member of a learning studio, which is a multi-age group of 70–120 students. Students in most learning studios are supported by core teams of up to six...
Kyrene de las Manitas Innovation Academy: Spotlight on the schedule

Kyrene de las Manitas Innovation Academy: School spotlight

Kyrene de las Manitas Innovation Academy is committed to engaging students in a dynamic learning environment that promotes academic excellence and prepares them to be innovators and leaders of tomorrow. They deploy educators in non-traditional ways by creating new...
Kyrene de las Manitas Innovation Academy: Spotlight on the schedule

Kyrene de las Manitas Innovation Academy: Learning space layout

At Kyrene de las Manitas Innovation Academy, about 400 students in Grades K–7 in multi-aged grade bands work with core teams of up to six educators: one teacher executive designer, two team teachers and one to three teacher candidates. Additionally, special education...
Medical Innovations

Mock Trial

Activating a lawyer for unit planning support is a great example of a community educator contributing to the distributed expertise of a team. Learn how.

Dynamic student groupings at Kyrene de las Manitas

10 Tips for planning team-based deeper learning

The educator team at Kyrene de las Manitas Innovation Academy co-plans project-based units that support deeper learning. The 10 tips appearing in this document are drawn from their approach to planning. To get started, consider how your team might implement these...