Resource Type: School model
Westwood High School Academy Teams: Spotlight on the schedule
Approximately 900 ninth grade students at Westwood High School in Mesa, Arizona are distributed across six Academy Teams. Each core team consists of at least four educators: a lead teacher and three certified teachers. Depending on students’ needs, special educators, English Language Learner educators, MLFTC residents and paraeducators may also be included on the team. In this resource, you’ll explore the school’s schedule.
Whittier Elementary: COVID addendum
Whittier Elementary in Mesa, Arizona serves 4th through 6th-graders in a single multi-grade “house.” Together, six content area teachers (two of whom serve as lead teachers for the team), one special educator and four MLFTC residents support 160 students. The team launched in Fall 2020, in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic. In this resource, you’ll find out how they have adapted their planned instructional model while still taking a Next Education Workforce approach to working as a team and supporting their students.
SPARK School: COVID addendum
At SPARK School at Kyrene de las Manitas, students in multi-aged grade bands (3rd through 5th grades) work with a core team of six educators: one teacher executive designer, two certified teachers and three teacher candidates. In this resource, you’ll find out how the team at SPARK School has adapted their instructional model as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic while still prioritizing deeper and personalized learning for the students they serve.
Stevenson Elementary: Spotlight on the schedule
Stevenson Elementary School is a Title I school located in Mesa, Arizona that takes a dynamic approach to serving about 700 students in preschool through 6th grade. The school’s Next Education Workforce model wraps teams of educators around students in grades K-6 with the goal of providing deeper and personalized learning. In this resource, you’ll explore their schedule.
Stevenson Elementary: School profile
Stevenson Elementary School is a Title I school located in Mesa, Arizona that takes a dynamic approach to serving about 700 students in preschool through 6th grade. The school’s Next Education Workforce model wraps teams of educators around students in grades K-6 with the goal of providing deeper and personalized learning. In this resource, you’ll find out how they’re implementing a Next Education Workforce model.
Teams and Distributed Expertise
Principal of Stevenson Elementary School Krista Adams shares how taking a teaming approach counters loneliness, empowers educators, and results in a better experience for both educators and students.
Hiring for Next Education Workforce models
Copper Trails principal Stacy E. Ellis shares how her criteria for hiring new educators changed as a result of teams adopting a Next Education Workforce model.
The benefits of teaming for students & educators
Mountain View School kindergarten lead teacher Danielle Ashenbrener describes why Next Education Workforce models are great for both students and educators.
The impact of teaming on the role of the school leader
Krista Adams talks about how her role as principal of Stevenson Elementary School has shifted as her school has adopted a Next Education Workforce model.
Benefits of Teaming: Support, Complementary Strengths, and Multiple Mentors
In this clip, MLFTC Resident Jordan Dick describes what she sees as the benefits of working on a team of educators with distributed expertise.
The importance of embracing vulnerability in building a healthy team culture
Here, MLFTC Resident Jordan Dick describes three benefits of teaming for Teacher Candidates placed in Next Education Workforce models.