The model assumes that students benefit most from powerful initial instruction rather than remedial approaches. The mathematics curriculum at Montview is based on state standards and on those developed by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Teachers assess students' skills using everyday work to decide where on a continuum of activities students should be learning. Montview closely monitors students who are educationally at risk and provides intensive, individualized support when it is needed. ESL tutors work with the neediest students each day in 45-minute sessions, dividing students into small groups and tailoring instruction to parallel activities taking place in classrooms.
Teacher also supplement academic activities with multicultural activities developed by the district.
Montview serves approximately 12 students with severe disabilities separately, but mainstreams them during the language arts blocks. Computer technology is a powerful tool for supporting classroom instruction at Montview. Computers are located in every classroom and in the school's media center, so they are readily available for students to use when conducting research or when editing and publishing their original writing. Technology is also available to all students as an elective, along with art, music, physical education, and communications. With the support of the families, the staff strives to buoy students' capacity to function successfully in the classroom.