Great Oaks Charter School of New York City - Christensen Institute : Christensen Institute

Note: The information in this profile represents SY2013-14 unless otherwise indicated.

School Overview

Name	Great Oaks Charter School of New York City
School type	Public Charter
Charter management organization	Great Oaks Carter Schools
Location	New York City, New York
Community type	Urban
Grades served	6-12
Enrollment	99
% FRL	80%
% Black or Hispanic	70%
Per-pupil funding	$16,544
Test scores	Not available

School Description

The Great Oaks Charter School of New York City (GO-NYC), a 6-12 school at full implementation, opened with its first 6th grade class in Fall 2013. The school’s model is inspired by the Match Education charter schools in Boston and employs the same successful culture of high expectations, parent engagement, and dedicated tutoring corps. GO-NYC has an at-risk preference in its lottery to ensure that at least 25% of the students admitted in the 6th grade each year are English Language Learners (ELL). Its academic model involves teacher-led lessons, sustained tutoring sessions, and customized online content.

Blended Learning Program

Focus	General
Year launched	SY2013-14
Enrollment	99
Blended grades	6-12
Blended subjects	Math, English Language Arts
Hardware	Laptops: Chrome OS
Curriculum products	Khan Academy, Apex Learning, Rosetta Stone
Student information systems	PowerSchool
Learning management systems	Moodle, Learning Portal
Grading products	PowerSchool
Assessment products	Edusoft, Measures of Academic Progress (MAP), Achievement Network
Data systems	Not available
Professional development products	Not available

Program Model

Program Model: Individual Rotation

Model Description
GO-NYC’s curriculum is based around the Kunskapsskolan USA Learning Portal. Students move through the content at their own pace. To reenforce certain concepts, an experienced teacher will lead students through rigorous and interesting lessons in a group setting. These teacher-led lessons are augmented by at least two hours of personalized tutoring every day for every student. This model allows for students to receive both personalized learning and personal attention.

Program Description

Additional links:
http://nextgenlearning.org/grantee/great-oaks-foundation

Contact Information

Name: Michael Thomas Duffy
Title: President
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.greatoakscharter.org