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Elementary and Middle School Specialties
21st Century Learning - Instruction focuses on teaching 21st Century skills, including creativity, global perspective, systems thinking, and more.
5 Computers per Classroom - Students have access to five or more computers in at least 80% of the classrooms.
Activities and Clubs - Students have special activities and clubs, such as chess, gardening, writing, arts, and more.
All Classes Under 28 Students - All classes have 28 or fewer students per teacher. These schools have made small class size a priority.
Balanced Literacy - Instruction provides equal emphasis to all components of reading instruction and includes guided reading at each student’s instructional level.
Before/After School - Before and/or after school programs are available to provide care for children outside regular school hours.
Capturing Kids' Hearts - 80% or more of the staff has been trained in Capturing Kids’ Hearts and uses this model, which focuses on building relationships and contracts to bring out the best in kids.
Community Preschool - Schools offer fee-based educational programs for 3-5 year olds.
Computer Lab - There is at least one computer lab with 25 or more computers available for student use.
Counselor - At least one full or part-time counselor is available to students.
Digital Learning - Teachers and students regularly use technology in teaching and learning.
Dual Language - Students have the opportunity to learn another language through a dual language immersion program.
Full-day Kindergarten - Schools offer a full day kindergarten program.
Garden/Outdoor Classroom - Schools offer a school-wide focus on gardening and outdoor learning, with a school garden and/or an outdoor classroom.
Inclusion - Schools provide instruction and accommodations to special education students in the regular classroom.
Interdisciplinary/Integrated Curriculum - Student learning connects math, science, social studies, and reading through units of study that focus on shared ideas or concepts present in two or more areas.
Interscholastics - Schools offer two or more sports to students outside the regular school day.
Investigations - Schools use the Investigations mathematics curriculum in all elementary classrooms to help children understand numbers and operations, geometry, data, measurement, and early algebra.
Laptops - These 1:1 laptop-initiative schools provide most students with access to laptop computers in most classrooms.
Librarian - Students have access to a certified librarian at least one day per week.
Line Basics - Transitions from classroom to classroom or classroom to lunch are highly structured. Students are expected to follow strict rules for walking through the elementary school hallways.
Love and Logic - At least 80% of the staff has been trained in Love and Logic, a model which allows children to grow from their mistakes and learn about consequences.
MAC-Ro Math - Schools participate in Math Achievement Club by Rodel (MAC-Ro Math), a supplementary math program offered by the Rodel Foundation, providing monthly student booklets and incentives for students to complete their work.
Magnet School - Magnet schools provide curriculum and programs based on a specific theme. Free transportation is provided to magnet schools.
Majority Instruction: Beyond Textbooks - Instruction relies on primary sources and similar materials to teach students Big Ideas or Enduring Understandings.
Majority Instruction: Exploration - Students learn concepts and skills while engaged in exploring and investigating high interest content and issues with problem-solving projects.
Majority Instruction: Inquiry-Based - Students at these schools discover concepts and skills through student-initiated questioning, research, and discovery.
Majority Instruction: Textbook-centered - Teaching at these schools values the textbook as the center of the learning environment. Most classroom activities are from the textbook or related materials.
Majority Instruction: Workbooks - Students at these schools use workbooks and worksheets frequently and usually follow whole group direct instruction.
Multi-age Classrooms - Schools with multi-age classrooms value developmental needs over chronological age. Students are grouped developmentally and teachers differentiate for students’ needs–not their age.
OMA (but not OMA Gold) - Schools offer a variation of Opening Minds through the Arts involving some program components, usually the arts integration teacher and visits by artists throughout the year.
OMA Gold - All students have access to an arts integration teacher and artists that work collaboratively with classroom teachers in designing integrated lessons using music, drama, dance, and visual arts to enhance learning.
PE (program beyond state requirements) - Schools provide health and wellness instruction and activities beyond what is required by the AZ Department of Education. Healthy bodies are valued and held to be important for healthy minds.
Peacebuilders - 80% or more of the staff has been trained in PeaceBuilders principles, and staff and students apply these principles regularly. This comprehensive program has been designed to create peaceful, productive, and safe schools.
Performing Arts - Students have the opportunity to learn with certified performing arts teachers and/or artists. Performing arts include drama, dance, instrumental music, singing, and more.
Phonics (program beyond state requirements) - Reading instruction emphasis is placed on phonics, that is, the decoding of words via sounds and patterns.
Positive Behavior Supports - Schools follow a model of student management that teaches students the rules and then provide rewards and incentives for following them.
Restorative Practices - Schools help children who make mistakes learn from them and then make better decisions in the future.
Self-Contained GATE - Schools provide self-contained classes at each grade level for students who qualify for the Gifted and Talented program.
Student Advisory - Schools provide one adult advocate for each student. Students have an opportunity to learn about themselves and the world and to proactively make plans for their futures.
Teen Court - Schools use a peer justice model in which students employ judicial practices in the context of student discipline.
Traditional - Schools employ a “Back to Basics” model that focuses on core curricular areas utilizing traditional teaching methods of whole group instruction, drill, and practice.
Understanding by Design - 80% or more of the staff has been trained in Understanding by Design, and their practice includes designing curriculum around essential questions and big ideas.
Uniforms - Schools have chosen standardized dress codes or uniforms for students.
Visual Arts - With teachers certified in two- and three-dimensional visual arts, students create art and explore media, technique, and process while understanding art in cultural and historical terms.
Wi-Fi - Wireless access to the Internet is available throughout most of the facility.