Renzulli Learning Newsletter: April 2018

What’s New in Renzulli Learning?

Renzulli Learning is committed to continuously developing our platform for our schools

Renzulli Learning Home Edition

The goal of Renzulli Learning is to increase a child’s engagement in learning by focusing on their strengths. Increased engagement leads directly to higher achievement. Renzulli Learning will empower your children as they direct their own learning, leading to increased self-efficacy and increased self-confidence.

The Renzulli Learning Home Edition is now available for purchase to families and applies the same research based gifted and talented teaching pedagogy to personalized instruction.

For the academic year of 2018-19, all registered teachers will receive the Renzulli Learning Home Edition free of charge to use with their children.

To learn more about Renzulli Home, click the button below

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University Courses from edX

Renzulli Learning has incorporated advanced high level courses offered through edX into our enrichment database. edX courses originate from universities including Harvard, MIT, University of California, Berkeley and The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and 25 of the top 50 universities in the world.

Course disciplines include:
computer science, engineering, business, data science, healthcare, psychology,
writing, electronics, biology, business and more!

Tip of the Month

By: Jeanne Pascon, our Director of Professional Development and Client Support

You may have noticed a change in the way your student passwords are handled in Renzulli Learning. Previously, you were able to view all student passwords, and even print out a list. To increase security for all of our users, passwords are now hidden, even from the Teacher and Manager views. Don’t despair! It is very easy for you to reset your passwords. If you are a teacher, or anyone with an email address associated with your account, you can click “Forgot your password” on the login page to get an email with reset instructions.

For students without emails, or for whom they are blocked from outside senders, the Teacher or Manager can enter a new password for the student on the Edit Registration page.

Reminder: Confratute at UConn!

Have you registered for Confratute yet? Not only can you experience all that Confratute has to offer, but this year you can meet up with other Renzulli Learning schools for best practices or join a leveled class to ramp up your classroom instruction. If you can’t be there in person, stay tuned for information on joining us virtually for the Best Practices Forum!

Global Professional Development Opportunities

Tutor English abroad and live like a local for up to 3 months when you Tutor English to a family in France, Germany, Italy, Brazil or Spain! Tutoring abroad is a rewarding experience that gives you the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of others.

The following is an excerpt from a blog post written by Luka, who participated in GeoVisions Tutor Abroad in Italy:

“Overall, my experience tutoring abroad was fantastic! The memories and the lessons learned during my time here will stay with me forever. It
has made me more determined to not just be complacent in life, but rather to seize every opportunity life has to offer!”

Click here to read more about Tutor Abroad and the experiences of some of our participants

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White Paper of the Month

In the Schoolwide Enrichment Model (SEM), students are encouraged to become responsible partners in their own education and to develop a passion and joy for learning.

The SEM provides the opportunity for students to develop their gifts and talents and to begin the process of life-long learning, culminating, we hope, in higher levels of creative and innovative work of their own selection as adults.

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