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Strategies: Valley View Middle School

Valley View has many strategies in place which support the goals of the school.

Referral and Assessment
The referral and assessment process at Valley View Middle School reflects strong collaborative efforts between teachers, students, and parents. The assessment team works to problem solve issues and address the needs of students efficiently and quickly. The culture of the team is one of support and understanding. Members constructively work to arrive at a decision that will best meet the need of the student. The Student Study Teams and collaborative grade level meetings allow each staff member's expertise and knowledge to be shared and discussed.

Academic Intervention
Data-informed decision making is what drives the program changes and interventions. At Valley View, we have several academic intervention classes imbedded into our core curriculum. In addition to these classes, after school interventions are provided by teachers to review standards-based curriculum. The collaborative teaching model that has been put in place at Valley View engages special education students in the general education curriculum. Our STAR scores contiue to rise, and we contiue to meet our AYP.

photo: students at work

Behavior Intervention
BEST, Building Positive Behavior Support in Schools, is the behavior program in place at Valley View. This behavior program increases effective academic support. It teaches students social skills techniques and allows them to monitor and learn schoolwide behavior expectations. At Valley View, there is a collaboration of teachers and administrators who work diligently to continue to develop the program and its implementation. The BEST team continues to talk, share, brainstorm, and evaluate the program on continuous bases. The team’s efforts aid in setting reasonable goals and work together to make the program strong and efficient.

Core Curriculum
Collaborative grade-level and department time allows for the teachers to meet and support one another. Together they can support innovation and provide the resources necessary to integrate standards-based curriculum into daily practice. Teachers work together to provide early interventions, review data, and make informed decisions.