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Don't Give Up the Ghost
We owe it to our middle school students to be caring, to be present, and to be their advocates
I like to read. Fiction and nonfiction. Mystery. Crime. Middle grades. Biography. Memoir. Political. Children's. Academic articles. Newspapers. Satire. All over the board. I read a lot because inspiration comes from...
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Matthew Moulton
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Silent Mentoring
A strategy to embrace all students
I started my teaching career in high school English for two years before I transitioned to middle school, or what I always referred to as teaching-topia. I taught seventh grade for nine years, and during that time I...
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Katie Novak
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Our SEL Journey
One school's approach to rethinking advisory
From our first days on campus, it was clear that the school had once been committed to an advisory program. There were dusty advisory binders in the corners of classrooms, and many teachers remained passionate about...
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Rachel Pregont, Roberto d'Erizans
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Social Emotional Learning
The Challenge of Advisory and Why it's Worth the Effort
Successful advisory programs can have significant positive impacts on student engagement
Does this sound familiar? Advisory programs? What a waste of time! Students just goof around. Advisory programs? Great idea, but who's going to put it together? I'm way too busy already. Advisory programs? What...
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Matt Pearsall
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Creating Connections in Our School: It was BIGGER than We Thought!
Making connections with advisory is so much fun
When we first began creating our advisory program, its purpose was to replace a 30-minute homeroom embedded in our day. One of the problems with advisory at the time was that teachers were struggling to create...
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Ellen D'Amore, Erin Tobul
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Turning Up Teaming
Teaming, at its best, is a collaborative act that rewards the faculty who engage with it socially, emotionally, and intellectually. Those fortunate enough to have a group of colleagues as a teaching team know it...
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Karynne Kleine
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Technology in Advisory Programs: The Softer Side of Hardware
Chase sat in the back of the room every day, silent and sullen, hiding behind his long bangs. I was supposed to be teaching him about ancient Mesopotamia, and everything about his body language said, "Leave me...
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Lynn Salehi
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Making a Difference through Student Advocacy
The students needed me to make a difference, and they couldn’t wait another year for me to figure it out. The disciplinary referrals were piling up in the manila folder on my desk. Their pink, yellow and white...
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Dru Tomlin
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Dropout Prevention
Looking at Executive Function
It was bright orange and boxy. I had used it repeatedly to "catch air," plowing over snow piles at high speed in school parking lots during the winter. Doing these stunts was safe, I reasoned: It was the family...
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Rick Wormeli
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Critical Thinking
Making Connections with Advisory
Relationships are among the most important elements of student success.
Middle grades students are small, medium, and big bundles of morphing cells. Just walk through the halls of a middle school during class changes and you will realize how unsure they can be about their physical...
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Ellen D'Amore
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