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Middle school pilot 'Pause and Progress' aims to use WIN period for targeted help, structured choices
Summary
Northern Lehigh Middle School introduced 'Pause and Progress,' a WIN-period pilot that assigns students needing academic intervention to their content teachers and offers supervised choice areas for others, administrators say. The trial began in marking period four and staff report positive early feedback.
Northern Lehigh Middle School Principal Mr. Williams presented a new WIN-period pilot called “Pause and Progress,” saying the program started as a trial in marking period four to target academic support and introduce students to a more high-school-like lunch-and-learn model.
“We wanted to come up with a model that served as a bridge for our students to get from the middle school to the high school,” Mr. Williams said, explaining the program’s primary purpose is to make content-area teachers available for small-group or one-on-one intervention during the 40-minute WIN period.
Students who are failing a course, missing assignments or requesting help are scheduled with…
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