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Organizational Structures

Is Your School Schedule Flexible?

Is Your School Schedule Flexible?

Flexible organizational structures place the locus of control in the hands of teachers

Early leaders of the middle school concept established the goal of flexible organizational structures. But what is flexibility? The answer might include The utilization of opportunities to make change The...
Author: Elliott Merenbloom
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Topics: LeadershipOrganizational Structures
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Becoming a Restorative Practices School

Becoming a Restorative Practices School

How one school created a culture focused on improving student behavior

Background For many years educators have used punishment, or fear of punishment, as the primary deterrent to student misconduct. We have tried zero tolerance, excessive use of in-school suspension (ISS) and out of...
Author: Kenneth Cummings
Number of views (2282)/Comments (0)/
Topics: LeadershipOrganizational StructuresSchool Culture/Climate
Tags: Discipline
Diagonal Alignment

Diagonal Alignment

A tool to integrate basic skills across the curriculum

In working with teachers on integration and differentiation, there are a few obstacles that are prevalent in almost every group. Logistics in implementing this approach in a system that is currently used is a common...
Author: Norm Potter
Number of views (1157)/Comments (0)/
Topics: LeadershipOrganizational StructuresTeaching
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The Role of Learning Management Systems in Middle Schools

The Role of Learning Management Systems in Middle Schools

How an LMS supports learning, communication, and collaboration

Schools are incessantly faced with implementing new initiatives and programs. Clickers in the classroom! Use cell phones! One-to-one laptops! Online textbooks! Communicate with parents digitally! The list is...
Author: Kelly Backenstoe, Kimberley Krempasky
Number of views (4608)/Comments (0)/
Topics: Organizational StructuresTeachingTechnology
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Cheating and Plagiarizing

Cheating and Plagiarizing

Ben reads below grade level, and knows that if he whines about how unfair school is, his dad will cave in and do most of the work for him. Jacqueline knows how to do the math, but she doesn't think she should...
Author: Rick Wormeli
Number of views (29450)/Comments (1)/
Topics: Classroom ManagementOrganizational StructuresTeaching
Tags: Rick WormeliDiscipline

Changing Our World

How a daily rotating schedule positively impacted the culture of our school

"If you want something you've never had, you've got to do something you've never done." —Anonymous How many of us remember that last class of the day? As students, we all zoned out by that time, and it always...
Author: Liz James
Number of views (7417)/Comments (0)/
Topics: Middle School ConceptOrganizational Structures
Tags: Scheduling
Mathematics and Science in Middle Level Classrooms

Mathematics and Science in Middle Level Classrooms

Integrating disciplines to encourage exploration and discovery.

AMLE's This We Believe calls for teachers to be engaged in active, purposeful learning in which students have the opportunity to engage in meaningful questions, formulate conjectures and hypotheses, and explore...
Author: Devin M. Levin, Elizabeth Fleming, Carolina Napp-Avelli, Amber Storer
Number of views (15844)/Comments (0)/
Topics: CurriculumOrganizational StructuresSTEM
Tags: Curriculum IntegrationScienceMathInterdisciplinary Teaching
Turning Apathy into Aspirations

Turning Apathy into Aspirations

Using project-based learning to develop relationships and establish relevance.

Project-Based Learning (PBL) has changed my life, but the changes I have seen in young people is the reason I am spreading the love. Skyler was the student that you knew was able to succeed academically and pass...
Author: Ryan Steuer
Number of views (10120)/Comments (0)/
Topics: Organizational StructuresTeaching
Tags: Project Based Learning
Building Teacher Collaboration School-wide

Building Teacher Collaboration School-wide

Models for teacher collaboration are ineffective without true participation.

Teacher collaboration has been a common element of middle grades initiatives for years, typically one or more of these three organizational models: common planning time, professional learning communities, and critical...
Author: Micki M. Caskey, Jan Carpenter
Number of views (59581)/Comments (1)/
Topics: Professional DevelopmentOrganizational StructuresTeaching
Tags: Common Planning TimePLCs
Looping—Making a Case for a Best Practice

Looping—Making a Case for a Best Practice

Schools that don't loop should consider the benefits of this proven practice.

Sensible, supported by research and practice, and doable. Looping is one practice that all middle schools should consider given its many benefits, including long-term student-teacher relationships that have proven...
Author: John H. Lounsbury & Gayle Andrews
Number of views (24211)/Comments (2)/
Topics: Middle School ConceptOrganizational Structures
Tags: Looping
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