Success as a group

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Success as a group

  • August 26, 2026
  • Posted by: Emilie Flynn
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This year, I don’t necessarily have one student in mind, rather a group of upper school students that I have been supporting in math all year. This fall, I piloted an online Math intervention program called ALEXS. All my students were one or more grade levels behind. I set this class up as an Independent Studies Math Class and provided each student with a math notebook and a multiplication table. I set the expectations that we would always have a quiet workspace, with brain focusing music quietly playing in the background, and I was available to assist them with any questions or problems for which needed help. I then spent the class periods checking in with students to see what they were working on and assisting them when needed. Each student started out on ALEXS by taking an initial knowledge check. Then ALEXS tailored their lessons based on what they knew and what they needed to learn to be successful. Along the way, it would prompt them to do periodic progress checks and provide positive feedback when they completed a topic. This program put the students in the driver’s seat of their learning and the results were amazing! 

I am so proud of these 15 students, as every one of them has made solid progress in math. Not one student has complained about coming to math or even doing math. In fact, they all say they really like doing math this way. It is amazing to see a group of students start to have confidence in their abilities and make meaningful progress in a subject with which they struggle.