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Foreword from John H. Lounsbury: Middle School Mentor to All by Sheila Rogers Gloer
“Excellent speaker! It all makes sense when put together like this.” This was a comment from one teacher attendee at the University of Maine Middle Level Institute in 1996 after hearing John...
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Edward Brazee
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Middle Me This! Some Backhanded Validation
While helping stimulate the economy one manicure-pedicure at a time, I was surprised at the salon cashier’s reaction to my response to the typical question, “What do you do?” The cashier,...
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Sandy Cameli
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How to Be a Legendary Teacher
Can you imagine teaching middle grades students for more than four decades? As a middle school principal, I had the opportunity to work with just such a teacher. Barry Krizan taught three generations of our...
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Roger Chamberlain
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The Middle Child of Teaching
Whenever I tell people I'm a teacher, their response is respectful but often tempered with some comment that indicates that perhaps I was not intelligent enough to get a real job. When I add that I teach seventh...
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Larry Sandomir
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Ready ... Set ... Grow!
Imagine, if you will. . . It is the first week of a new school year, and a group of about 50 middle school teachers is lingering around the library having coffee and catching up after summer vacation. The principal...
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Cecily Anderson
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The Perfect Patch
When I graduated from Slippery Rock University 25 years ago, I was eager to meet the challenges and enjoy the rewards I knew would come my way as an educator. I've not been disappointed. Over those two decades, I...
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Tom Burton
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