ABSTRACT
This chapter presents a strategy that teachers can use for achieving some balance between the required curriculum and a way of infusing enrichment activities into standards driven material. The Schoolwide Enrichment Model uses an infusion-based approach to make prescribed curricular content more interesting and engaging. Few would argue that standards-driven curriculum is not important; however, research has clearly and unequivocally shown that high-engagement enrichment experiences do in fact, contribute to higher achievement scores and they also make school more meaningful and enjoyable for students. Students learn cooperative, collaborative, and other executive function skills, strategies for acquiring Just-In-Time information, and most importantly, that learning is, in and of itself, an enjoyable process. The Schoolwide Enrichment Model provides a framework to enrich the learning opportunities for students within a classroom where state standards or the Common Core State Standards are present and must be addressed and incorporated into the lessons.
