Time for accelerated academic interventions
Flexible middle grade schedules provide time for students to receive accelerated remediation or instruction in an intensive intervention program if they were not able to master a concept on pace with grade-level standards. Special populations such as English learners and special education students typically need additional time. EPC #8 calls for flexibility in lesson and course pacing schedule to allow sufficient interventions.
By definition, accelerated interventions mean that the students need to make up more than one year of learning in one academic year. The implications for scheduling are that students need extra periods each day if they are to accelerate learning and have time for electives and the courses needed for high school and college.
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McKinleyville Middle School, McKinleyville Union School District, a 2006 Schools to Watch™-Taking Center Stage Model School and CalSTAT Leadership site
It has an exemplary special education inclusion program despite scheduling challenges. The school’s master schedule clusters RSP (Resource Specialist Program) students so that RSP teachers and paraprofessionals can support them in regular classrooms. Because of this program and its success, the number of special education students have decreased significantly. The district has made a commitment to maintain RSP staffing.
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