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- Small class sizes (with 18:1 or 30:2 classroom ratios)<\/li>\n
- One-on-one tutoring provided by a licensed teacher<\/li>\n
- Instructional coaching for teachers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Danceworks Mad Hot Rhythm (MHR)<\/h2>\n
Danceworks Mad Hot Rhythm inspires our students to move their bodies and work together to create performing art. Participation in Mad Hot Rhythm helps our students boost their self-confidence and creativity, respect and work well with others, and learn that creative movement feels great!<\/p>\n
Learning Journeys<\/h2>\n
Learning Journeys<\/a> are educational field trips for all MPS students that are designed to take what students are learning in the classroom out into the real world. These annual opportunities aim to expand students\u2019 career awareness (K4\u2013grade 3) and help them explore potential careers (grades 4, 5, and 8).<\/p>\n
Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS)<\/h2>\n
To promote positive student behavior and improve learning, MPS uses a system of Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS)<\/a>.<\/p>\n
PBIS is a three-tiered approach that begins by teaching expectations and encouraging collaboration and consistency in classrooms. Teachers and students co-design agreements and routines that align with three districtwide expectations: \u201cBe Safe, Be Respectful, and Be Responsible.\u201d For students who need more support, higher tiers offer structure, interventions, and follow-up to address specific concerns.<\/p>\n
After years of use, MPS and other districts across the country are reporting higher student achievement, improved school environments, and fewer classroom disruptions and student suspensions.<\/p>\n
Project Lead The Way (PLTW)<\/h2>\n
Project Lead The Way supports our teachers in incorporating project-based math, science and technology learning, and encourages every child to explore \u2014 and believe they can succeed in \u2014 jobs in technology and engineering fields. Learn more at mpsmke.com\/pltw<\/a>.<\/p>\n
Junior Achievement of Wisconsin<\/h2>\n
We have a strong partnership with the \u202fJunior Achievement of Wisconsin\u202fprogram, which inspires and prepares young people to succeed in a global economy. Junior Achievement of Wisconsin provides activities, guides, thought leadership and other resources to support age-appropriate learning about leadership, jobs, money and more. Lessons are organized according to the Milwaukee Public Schools Social Studies curriculum and are implemented in K5 classrooms, continuing through eighth grade.<\/p>\n
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Supporting students\u2019 academic performance, classroom engagement, college and career goals, and overall well-being are the focus of these evidence-based programs in place at Gaenslen School:Achievement Gap Reduction (AGR) Program The Achievement Gap Reduction (AGR) Program supports Wisconsin schools working to close the achievement gap for kindergarten through third-grade students from low-income backgrounds. Schools that receive […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"parent":60,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"
Achievement Gap Reduction (AGR) Program<\/h2>\r\nThe AGR Program<\/a>\u00a0replaced the Student Achievement Guarantee in Education program (SAGE) at the end of the 2017-18 school year. The AGR program requires a participating school to create performance objectives, including reducing the achievement gap between low\u2212income students in that school and students in the same grade and subject statewide.\r\n
Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS)<\/h2>\r\nPBIS<\/a>
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<\/a>\u00a0is a joint effort between Milwaukee Public Schools\u00a0Office of Family Services and the Milwaukee Teachers\u2019 Education Association to effectively reduce classroom disruptions and student suspensions through a school-wide systematic tiered-intervention approach. Data shows that schools that implement PBIS with fidelity see decreases in disruptions and suspensions and increases in student achievement.\r\nProject Lead the Way (PLTW)<\/h2>\r\nPLTW<\/a> is the leading provider of rigorous and innovative Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM) education curricular programs used in middle and high schools across the U.S.\u00a0STEM education is at the heart of today\u2019s high-tech, high-skill global economy. For America to remain economically competitive, our next generation of leaders \u2014 the students of today \u2014 must develop the critical-reasoning and problem-solving skills that will help make them the most productive in the world.\u00a0The PLTW curriculum is founded in the fundamental problem-solving and critical-thinking skills taught in traditional career and technical education (CTE), but at the same time integrates national academic and technical learning standards and STEM principles, creating what U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan calls one of the \u201cgreat models of the new CTE succeeding all across the country.\u201d PLTW was recently cited by the Harvard Graduate School of Education as a \u201cmodel for 21st century career and technical education.\r\n
Junior Achievement of Wisconsin<\/h2>\r\nWe have a strong partnership with the\u00a0Junior Achievement of Wisconsin<\/a>\u00a0program, which inspires and prepares young people to succeed in a global economy. The mission of this program is to ensure that every child in the state has an opportunity to obtain an understanding of the free enterprise system. Lessons are organized according to the MPS Social Studies curriculum. The Junior Achievement curriculum is first implemented in K5 classrooms and\u00a0continues through eighth grade.\r\n
Danceworks Mad Hot Rhythm (MHR)<\/h2>\r\nDanceworks Mad Hot Rhythm (formerly Mad Hot Ballroom and Tap)<\/a>\u00a0is an educational dance program for schoolchildren in the Greater Milwaukee area targeting primarily very low-income schools in Milwaukee\u2019s central city. MHR provides desperately needed arts programming directly in the schools, while building artistic, academic and social skills among students. MHR strives to empower youth to stay in school, gain self-confidence and reach their full potential through the transformative power of dance.","_et_gb_content_width":"","_mc_calendar":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-58","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mps.school\/gaenslen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/58","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mps.school\/gaenslen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mps.school\/gaenslen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mps.school\/gaenslen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mps.school\/gaenslen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mps.school\/gaenslen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/58\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mps.school\/gaenslen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/60"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mps.school\/gaenslen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}