Smith Junior High is located in Mesa, Arizona, and serves about 900 students in grades 7-8. Each core educator team serves about 150 students and includes certified teachers with expertise in a specific content area (i.e., Math, English Language Arts, Science and Social Studies), one of whom serves as the lead teacher for the team. Core educator teams are joined by special education teachers, electives teachers, specialists, educational leaders and others.

In this resource, you’ll find out how they’re implementing a Next Education Workforce model.