Podcasts - National Blue Ribbon Schools

Podcasts - National Blue Ribbon Schools


Audio: Supporting Highly Mobile Students at a Department of Defense School

March 17, 2020

Maxwell Air Force Base Elementary/Middle School

Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama

Supporting Highly Mobile Students at a Department of Defense School. Meeting the academic, social and emotional needs of highly mobile students is a challenge faced by many schools and districts. Teachers and school leaders at Maxwell Air Force Base Elementary/Middle School in Alabama are well acquainted with such challenges. “Most of the students that we have are here for a very short time due to the nature of the military base”, explains principal Paul Hernandez. Additionally, many Maxwell students and their families contend with the stresses of deployment abroad, including to active war zones.

By investing in direct supports to students, providing collaboration time and training for teachers, and using a little creativity, Maxwell has been able to help all learners thrive. Because collaborative planning using a common tool was such a helpful strategy for their school, Maxwell has shared their mathematics common planning tool as an example for other schools that may also find it useful.

By investing in direct supports to students, providing collaboration time and training for teachers, and using a little creativity, Maxwell has been able to help all learners thrive. Because collaborative planning using a common tool was such a helpful strategy for their school, Maxwell has shared their mathematics common planning tool as an example for other schools that may also find it useful.

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Contact InformationMaxwell Air Force Base Elementary/Middle SchoolMr. Paul D. Hernandez, Principal at time of Nomination800 Magnolia Blvd, Bldg 538Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, DD, 36112-6147
(334) 953-7804https://www.dodea.edu/MaxwellAFBEMS/

Student Demographics 2019


Number of students PreK-8
359

Students eligible for subsidized meals
11%

Students receiving special ed services
17%

ELL
31%

African American students
10%

White students
60%

Hispanic or Latino students
12%

Asian
3%

Two or more races
15%

Student mobility rate
20%