New Middle School Teacher Guide student success, meaningful school and middle school teacher and child. And other teachers chime in, with ideas about assessing your new students, Yes, I teach Developed by http://www.middleweb.com/1stDResources.html
Extractions: First-Year Teaching / Part One: A MiddleWeb Listserv conversation If anyone doubts the power of listserv conversation to support teachers and good teaching practice, they only need to read this string. This chat began when Phyllis wrote about her struggles as a first-year teacher. As the conversation progressed, the discussion turned to talk of self-videotaping as a method of improving one's practice. And a spinoff conversation took up the topic of teacher induction and mentoring programs. New teachers are always welcome at the listserv to ask for advice and share experiences.
Teach disadvantaged middle school students with a challenging and supportive educationalexperience which fosters curiosity, competence and confidence for success in http://www.aimhigh.org/faculty/
Extractions: Summer 2003 Program Dates: June 16th - July 26th Aim High, an academic summer school program for middle school students, is currently accepting applications for summer teaching positions. The summer 2003 dates are: June 16th - July 26th (a six-week program for teachers, five weeks for students). Aim High is located at five campuses in San Francisco and one site in Oakland. Courses include: Humanities, Science, Math, Computer Science and a variety of co-curricular activities. The staff at each of the Aim High sites consists of experienced master teachers as well as interns. Classes are team taught. Classes are small, salaries are competitive and Aim High is also a terrific opportunity for experienced teachers to mentor interns.
COLLEGE STUDENTS TEACH CHILDREN HOW BUSINESS WORKS And in Georgia, SIFE students from Georgia Southwestern State their own board game,Building Business success, with middle school students, teaching them http://www.sife.org/news/teach_a_child_2001_release.html
Extractions: "Click image to download high resolution version." SIFE National Teach A Child About Business Week February 4 - 10 Active on more than 900 college campuses in 20 countries, SIFE is a non-profit organization that works in partnership with business and higher education to help students take what they are learning in the classroom and apply it in real working situations to better themselves, their communities and their countries. SIFE and Discover Financial Services, Inc. will award $13,500 to SIFE Teams with exceptional National Teach A Child About Business Week projects. How economically literate are people? Results of a 1998 national telephone poll conducted by the Minnesota Center for Survey Research at the University of Minnesota indicate a lack of understanding of general economic principles. Four hundred and four randomly selected adults throughout the US were asked 13 questions designed to test their understanding of key economic concepts, resulting in an average score of only 45% correct. In other recent surveys, fewer than 40% of high school students gave correct answers to similar questions. Founded in 1975, SIFE provides college students the opportunity to make a difference and to develop leadership, teamwork and communication skills through learning, practicing and teaching the principles of free enterprise. For more information, contact SIFE World Headquarters in Springfield, Missouri at 1-800-677-SIFE or visit
TI Success Story The TI-73 Explorer And Middle School Math In This is especially true with energetic middle school students. calculators supportwhat I teach and make Plus, the technology allows students to investigate http://education.ti.com/story/successstory.jsp?storyId=104
Breakthrough Collaborative age students work with underserved middle school students to teach or afterschool,at the host school or in and start on pathways to success, these students http://www.summerbridge.org/program.html
Extractions: High school and college-age students work with underserved middle school students to teach them the academic skills they will need to enter into and succeed in college-preparatory high schools. Our tuition-free program supports the students throughout high school, helping them to set and reach high educational goals. Each year approximately 1,000 high school and college-age teachers are drawn from a pool of 250 colleges and universities nationwide to teach the summer sessions. There is no prerequisite - Summerbridge/Breakthrough directors look for a love of learning, an enthusiastic and adventurous spirit, and a willingness to work hard and bring their best to the program. Professional teachers, often from the host school, serve as "Mentor Teachers" to coach the young teachers, answer questions and help solve problems.
Extractions: American Association for the Advancement of Science not Science-education research has been far more voluminous than technology-education research, but is not necessarily a good model. The mass of the research before 1970 was of very little value, because educators just had not recognized the most powerful tool for understanding teaching and learning: What and how students think and learn. The vigorous "quantitative optimism" of researchers was premature, for they had not yet identified the important variables to study. Method-A-vs.-method-B studies had little hope of shedding light on learning (and usually resulted in "no significant difference"). Just finding out what students already think is difficult.
Achieving Success With SuccessMaker Fairview Elementary School in class and are able to teach other students. on quadratic equations, and those studentswere eventually seventhgrade math at the middle school, which houses http://www.pearsonedtech.com/successes/successmaker/fairview.htm
Gifted Learners And Middle School communities of learning within larger school settings,; teach a ensure success forall students,; enable educators staff middle schools with teachers trained to http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content/giftedlearners.html
Extractions: Historically, tension has existed between gifted education and middle school education (Tomlinson, 1992), leaving some advocates of each educational practice suspicious of the other, and leaving middle school students who are advanced in one or more dimensions of learning in a sort of educational no-man's-land. While some legitimate areas of disagreement are likely to persist, there are enough areas of shared belief to bridge the practice between gifted education and middle school education. This digest provides an overview of some areas of agreement between the fields
PTC And UMass Lowell Teach Engineering Design To Middle School Students PTC And UMass Lowell teach Engineering Design To middle school students technology, is committed to educating students for lifelong success and conducting research and outreach http://www.ptc.com/company/news/press/releases/20020711lowell_design_camp.htm
Extractions: Tell me about... Design Engineering Sourcing Manufacturing Change Management Project Management Quality Home About Us PTC Newsline Press Releases Press Releases Related Links: Product Development System Design Camp Inspires Creativity and Promotes Technological Literacy NEEDHAM, Mass. July 11, 2002 PTC (Nasdaq: PMTC Fifteen minority middle school students, drawn from the Lowell Public Schools' summer SPELL program for English-as-a-Second Language students, will participate in the pilot project funded by PTC of Needham, creator of Pro/DESKTOP 3D design software. PTC is providing two specially trained instructors and the design software, which students will be able to take home at the completion of the one-week camp. PTC hopes the camp will serve as a model for other summer educational programs worldwide.
ED421281 1998-06-00 Motivation And Middle School Students. ERIC Digest. others, and define success accordingly. Studies of students' goal orientations generally find middle school teachers often teach many students over the course of a school day, and http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed421281.html
Extractions: Source: ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education Champaign IL. Motivation and Middle School Students. ERIC Digest. THIS DIGEST WAS CREATED BY ERIC, THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT ERIC, CONTACT ACCESS ERIC 1-800-LET-ERIC ATTRIBUTION THEORY GOAL THEORY 1. grouping by ability and over-use of standardized tests to grouping by topic, interest, and student choice and to frequent reformation of groups; 2. competition between students, and contests with limited winners, to cooperative learning; 3. using test data as a basis for comparison to using test data for diagnosis and to alternatives to tests such as portfolios; 4. normative grading and public display of grades to grading for progress or improvement and involving students in determining their grades; 5. recognition for relative performance, honor rolls for high grades, and over-use of praise (especially for easy tasks) to recognition of progress improvement and an emphasis on learning for its own sake;
Juli Kendall - Reading Workshop Journal - Week 23 chance of success in middle school. The real outrage the question that lingersover the use of probable indicators is how can we teach students so they http://www.middleweb.com/ReadWrkshp/JK23.html
Extractions: Reading Workshop Journal A MiddleWeb Listserv Project Self-selected members of the MiddleWeb Discussion List are joining together to explore the Reading Workshop and other ideas about supporting young adolescent readers. Juli Kendall, a reading teacher/coach in Long Beach, California, is helping moderate the discussion. Juli is also keeping a weekly journal of her own Reading Workshop initiative. Find out more about our project at our Reading Workshop homepage . You'll find Juli's background article here . Links to many of the tools created by Juli and her colleagues are embedded in these journals. Most often, when you click on them, a PDF file will begin to download. You'll find a list of the downloads here Week #23 Getting Ready for the Benchmark Test Forget literature books, core literature and the reading series. Yesterday's grade level texts are today's probable indicators. What's that? Probable indicators are stories and books that allow students to demonstrate proficiency in reading fluency and comprehension before attempting benchmark reading tests.
Extractions: Source: ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading English and Communication Bloomington IN. Parent Participation in Middle School Language Arts. ERIC Digest. THIS DIGEST WAS CREATED BY ERIC, THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT ERIC, CONTACT ACCESS ERIC 1-800-LET-ERIC In an article entitled "Do Middle Schools Work? In a Word YES!" (1993) Peter Scales maintains that research indicates that middle schools are very successful at meeting the needs and developmental characteristics of young adolescents. One reason for their success, he believes, is that middle schools generally use a team approach that provides stability and continuity as teachers integrate subject areas into broader themes and units. Parents should be part of this team approach, and most middle schools welcome parents as part of the team. This Digest will review some ideas and suggestions about parental involvement in middle school education, focusing on the language arts.
Extractions: June 1998 F ew educators would argue with the premise that student motivation is an important influence on learning. Motivation is of particular importance for those who work with young adolescents. Considerable research has shown a decline in motivation and performance for many children as they move from elementary school into middle school ( ). Often it has been assumed that this decline is largely caused by physiological and psychological changes associated with puberty and, therefore, is somewhat inevitable. This assumption has been challenged, however, by research that demonstrates that the nature of motivational change on entry to middle school depends on characteristics of the learning environment in which students find themselves ( Midgley, 1993
Altoona Middle School ERIC Digest 115 reviews some ideas and suggestions about parental involvement in middle school education, focusing on the language arts. for their success, he believes, is that middle schools generally not ask parents to "teach" subjects or skills they "given the opportunity, middle school students and their parents http://www.altoona.k12.wi.us/MSPages/MSHome.html
Extractions: Links ... Guidance Department School Sites School News and Happenings Pedersen Elementary Altoona Middle School Altoona High School District Administration ... Altoona Education Found. Jack Wagener, Principal - E-mail Altoona Middle School is a fifth through eighth grade facility serving the needs of approximately 500 students. We believe in partnerships at Altoona Middle School. When students, staff and parents/guardians are working together, then schools are a place for student success, which is both academically stimulating and emotionally supportive. Through this partnership approach, we hold students accountable for both academics and behavior. The middle school philosophy will be increasingly understood. Students will become increasingly responsible for their own behavior and academic
Davis Hills Middle School Comprehensive middle school in Adelphi, Maryland. Provides its mission statement, academic and activities information. middle school believes that all students can learn. We believe that all students can learn. We believe that our purpose to teach will also find success in school. I look http://www.hsv.k12.al.us/schools/middle/dhms
Extractions: The faculty and staff of Davis Hills Middle School embrace the philosophy that in cooperation with parents and the community, we can foster the intellectual, physical and emotional development of all students. We believe our responsibility is to guide each student toward a positive transition from middle school to high school. The faculty and staff work to prepare each student to become a productive, responsible citizen. We strive to instill a desire for academic excellence, to impart an understanding of civic responsibilities, and to maximize student potential for intellectual, social, and physical development. We will aid and guide students in their development of positive self-esteem and in their efforts to become interactive, global citizens.
Middle School Math Endorsement success Starts with a Good Fit This program is designed for The middle SchoolEndorsement in Mathematics requires students to demonstrate http://www.wgu.edu/wgu/academics/math_mid_listing.html
Extractions: Currently certificated teachers who are licensed to teach middle school (including K-8 or 7-12 licensure) can expand the areas in which they teach by completing the WGU Middle School Mathematics Endorsement. Drawing on the standards of several states and national organizations, WGU has compiled a list of best practice competencies. By demonstrating the knowledge, skills, and abilities expressed in these competences, the graduate is prepared to teach at the middle school level. Students demonstrate their competence through completion of assessments. What's in It for You: Benefits for the Graduate
High School Math Endorsement both the high school and middle school levels students demonstrate their competencethrough completion of assessments success Starts with a Good Fit This program http://www.wgu.edu/wgu/academics/math_high_listing.html
Extractions: Currently licensed secondary school teachers can expand the areas in which they teach by completing the WGU High School Mathematics Endorsement. Drawing on the standards of several states and national organizations, WGU has compiled a list of best practice competencies. By demonstrating the knowledge, skills, and abilities expressed in these competencies, the graduate is prepared to teach mathematics at both the high school and middle school levels. Students demonstrate their competence through completion of assessments. What's in It for You: Benefits for the Graduate
Alliance For Excellent Education - Policy Makers to teach high school students advanced content and awards an associate degree ratherthan a high school diploma. Recognizing the success of middle College http://www.all4ed.org/policymakers/education.html
Extractions: Too many high school students are falling behind. Explore the challenges they face and innovative programs to help make every child a graduate. From classroom to boardroom, school house to the White House, you can champion high school education in your community and nationwide. High Schools that Work Across America Case Studies from Every Child a Graduate Small Schools Dropout prevention is the focus of several current initiatives funded by the Kellogg Foundation and other organizations. A New Mexico project focused on Hispanic dropouts recruits adult mentors to track dropouts, offers tutoring and mentoring, and sets up family centers in order to connect with parents of dropouts. In 2000, laws in both Kentucky and Arizona established dropout prevention and assistance programs. Targeting Low-performing Students High Schools that Work , an initiative of the Southern Regional Education Board, is a comprehensive school reform program targeting career-bound high school students, who are typically overlooked and under-challenged academically. The initiative includes components that focus on boosting academic and vocational studies, increasing student engagement, integrating school-based and work-based learning, and providing in-depth guidance for each student. High Schools that Work is currently being implemented at 970 sites in 22 states. An external evaluation published in 2001 found that sites in the program significantly increased the percentages of students in their senior classes who met achievement goals in mathematics, science, and reading and who completed a rigorous academic program of study.
Intel Education: News & Success Stories: Trains 700,000 Teachers would be able to expose my students to how empowering for me, too. Jeanne Butcher,middle school teacher, Oregon Related Link Intel teach to the Future Program. http://www.intel.com/education/news&success/trains.htm
Extractions: var w_thisPageId = 18; instantiateArr(100); United States Home Select a Location Site Map Contact Us ... About Intel Home Computing Business Computing Developer Reseller / Solutions Advanced Search drawNav(w_thisPageId) Global Commitment Meet Us at Conferences Tribal Gathering Place School on the White Continent ... Contributions United States Brazil Canada France Germany Ireland Israel Italy Japan Malaysia Mexico Russia United Kingdom Launched in 2000, the program has now trained more than 700,000 teachers around the world. Today, the Intel Teach to the Future program is available in 26 countries and 50 U.S. states. About the Intel Teach to the Future Program Teachers learn from other teachers how, when, and where to incorporate technology tools and resources into their most current lesson plans. In addition, teachers are instructed on how best to create assessment tools and align lessons with district, state, and national standards. The program also incorporates use of the Internet, Web page design, and productivity software. In the United States, the Intel Teach to the Future program is offered to kindergarten through grade 12 in-service teachers and pre-service educators, or those who are still in school to become teachers, with a distinct curriculum designed for each audience.
Making Middle Grades Work teach young adolescents to prepare for success in further Too many students leavethe middle grades unprepared to advantage of all that high school can offer http://www.sreb.org/programs/MiddleGrades/MiddleGradesindex.asp
Extractions: Making Middle Grades Work The Southern Regional Education Board's middle grades initiative is designed to help states, districts and schools look at what they expect, what they teach and how they teach young adolescents to prepare for success in further education. Too many students leave the middle grades unprepared to take advantage of all that high school can offer and unable to be successful in career opportunities after high school. Making Middle Grades Work is a network of schools, districts and states committed to implementing 10 essential elements in a comprehensive improvement framework. The MMGW brochure details the essential elements and other components of the framework. The elements focus on a rigorous and challenging academic core curriculum for all students and on the teaching and learning conditions that support continuous improvement in student achievement. With the support of the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, SREB provides member states and schools with technical assistance, publications, assessments and networking services. As school sites identify the help they need to implement the framework, SREB links them to specific professional-development resources. A summer conference enables sites to learn what works with other middle grades and high schools and to plan further actions to improve student achievement. Please join our listserv to receive periodic email messages about MMGW activities.
