I attended a session on how to create time in MS schedule for Reading and Math intervention. While other sessions I attended celebrated the whole child, and what we can do to enrich the middle school experience, this one was focused on the basic blocking and tackling of core subject remediation. The school that presented experienced an achievement gap that was most pronounced in its special education population. The administrator invoked a 'moral imperative' to support these kids, which really resonated with me.
A few things I really liked: The intervention happens in 3-week rotations, in 20 minute periods at start of school day. Each 3-week intervention period covers a specific standard in either ELA or Math, so only students who were not proficient in that standard would be invited to participate. This makes it seem more fluid; students may be in one intervention period, but not the next.
Students who are not in an assigned Intervention period attend a 'Specialty STAR' period, which could be anything from Student government and yearbook, to Percussion, Art History, Harry Potter or Song-writing.
I think some of the ideas presented here were very promising.
https://padlet.com/MsSanderson/Intervention
A few things I really liked: The intervention happens in 3-week rotations, in 20 minute periods at start of school day. Each 3-week intervention period covers a specific standard in either ELA or Math, so only students who were not proficient in that standard would be invited to participate. This makes it seem more fluid; students may be in one intervention period, but not the next.
Students who are not in an assigned Intervention period attend a 'Specialty STAR' period, which could be anything from Student government and yearbook, to Percussion, Art History, Harry Potter or Song-writing.
I think some of the ideas presented here were very promising.
https://padlet.com/MsSanderson/Intervention
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