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Health, Wellness, Guidance
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Establishing supportive relationships helps students truly thrive.
How effectively are we communicating with our middle school students?
As a middle school counselor, I often step back and think: Am I speaking to fill the space? Is what I am saying applicable.
Most important, do I...
Author: Andrea M. Salvo
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As educators, we are constantly battling the pressures to bolster test scores, give more time and resources, and stay up to speed with new technologies and teaching methods, all while providing a comprehensive...
Author: Pam Powers
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According to the National Association of Health Education Centers, the chief stressor for students ages 9-13 is school. No middle grades educator is surprised by this, given the factors involved in a student's school...
Author: Judith Baenen
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Working together, teachers and school counselors can address barriers to learning.
“If you spend 10 minutes with a room full of students between the ages of 11 and 15, they will reveal the hundreds of different people they can be in a matter of moments.”
Thus, in their book Fires in the...
Author: Joshua D. Desantis & Danielle G. Desantis
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Transition and Change
It is difficult for me to look at an autumn leaf and not think about Greek mythology. There is an undeniable connection between the rich reds, auburns, ambers, and crimsons of fall and the ancient gods and goddesses....
Author: Dru Tomlin
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Society faces pressing problems on many fronts today. Economic crises mean more families require assistance to meet basic needs, environmental degradation contributes to natural disasters, and disparities in...
Author: Jim Kielsmeier
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A position paper of the Association for Middle Level Education
The Association for Middle Level Education (AMLE) strongly supports efforts to prevent future acts of violence in our nation’s public schools. As an organization we especially know first-hand what is needed to...
Author: AMLE Board of Trustees
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Creating a unique climate and culture in which all students
feel welcome, safe, and secure is the responsibility of the
school community. This is especially important in a middle
school where students are trying to...
Author: Jill Dreer, Jennifer Moyer, Nancy Schneider, Meredith Weiss, Susan Lloyd
Number of views (99950)/Comments (1)/
When you think about guidance counselors, do these
words come to mind: isolated, unaccountable, uninvolved,
inaccessible, or out of touch? Counselors can have the
reputation of being reactive crisis workers who...
Author: Rebecca Bloom, Jennifer Goodstein, and Erika Huck
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I was sitting in my office when I heard the distant sounds of crying. I found the source in the girls' bathroom. Kesha, the president of the student council, was collapsed on the ground, sobbing. I got her to her feet...
Author: Ann Mary Roberts
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