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Maricopa Wells Middle showcases small-group interventions and life-skills program
Summary
Principal Miller described a data-driven small-group math and ELA intervention program and five levels of life-skills classes, including a district-purchased mobile kitchen used for real-world instruction.
Principal Miller presented a classroom spotlight on Maricopa Wells Middle School on Feb. 26, describing a two-part initiative that pairs a district-funded small-group intervention program with expanded life-skills instruction intended to improve student achievement and postsecondary readiness.
Miller told the Maricopa Unified School District governing board that the math and English-language-arts intervention program targets students based on state assessment results and places them in two 20-minute small-group sessions each week, pulled from electives rather than core classes. "We have 220 kids going through our intervention program now," Miller said, and he described…
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