C.E. Williams Middle School (CEW) North Campus (6th grade), and South Campus (7th and 8th grades) is helping all students develop the World Class Skills of the Profile of the South Carolina Graduate by providing high-quality instruction, academic supports, and socio-emotional learning.
CEW accomplished this by using interdisciplinary and teacher curriculum teams to provide the structures to support learning while being developmentally responsive to middle-level adolescents' needs.
Instruction focused on meeting the South Carolina state standards while also exposing students to Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math (STEAM) and foreign language opportunities through the various core and exploratory classes. Teachers delivered weekly lessons on socio-emotional learning, and school counselors reinforced those lessons in additional classes and small groups.
To mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, teachers began the year by teaching students in-person five days per week or virtually. As the year progressed, more students could return to in-person instruction, while some remained remote learners. Teachers used learning management platforms, video software, and other electronic communication in many cases to teach remote students and in-person students concurrently. Teachers worked together and participated in professional development opportunities to use tools and instructional strategies that would serve their students best.
CEW provided multiple opportunities for students to get assistance and engage in content recovery to assist students further. To the extent possible, we were able to engage students in incentives activities safely. In addition, we conducted several virtual parent workshops that included topics navigating the learning management system to budgeting and home buying.
Maite Porter, Principal, North Campus
Kevin Smith, Principal, South Campus
Miranda Burton, SIC Chair