About our Program

K-3: Critical Thinking and Problem Solving Skills

• TDRT Push-In to general classroom: “Genius Hour” - lessons developing critical thinking skills (biweekly)

• Homeroom teachers collaborate, participate, and observe students for evidence of peaked interest and/or potential in order to better meet students' academic needs.

K-5: Interest Groups, Project Based Learning, and Content Enrichment

• Curiosity Clubs: Exploration of student interests that are outside of the general curriculum, i.e. cooking, gardening, photography (monthly)

• Differentiation support: TDRT collaborates with homeroom teachers to provide strategies, tools, and resources for tailoring instruction to meet the diverse learning needs, readiness levels, interests, and strengths of all students

• TDRT Push-In: Incorporating project-based learning in the general classroom curriculum that supports domain excellence and innovation, modeling after authentic professions and creativity

• TDRT Pull-Out: Working with groups of students focusing on avid interest and potential in specific domains - Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies - through clubs and activities, both in and outside of school, such as Book Club, Creative Writing, STEM, 24 and GEM