Technology to enhance learning, hone teaching skills, and showcase student learning My school district recently went 1:1, meaning each student receives their own district-issued Chromebook for use throughout the school year. As an Automation and Robotics teacher, I was interested to see how this change would affect my classroom and students. Technology had already been
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Additional Resources: School Transitions Planning Document AMLE Partners with Mississippi DOE on State-Wide Middle School Transitions Toolkit A position paper of the Association for Middle Level Education Though there are more than 30 different school configurations that include middle grades students, entry into middle school for sixth grade and entry into high school for ninth
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A rigorous social and emotional learning program helps students tackle community challenges As national conversations about immigration, cybersecurity, under-employment, artificial intelligence, and the rapid transformation of our workplace are debated, a daunting question looms: how are we going to prepare the next generation to tackle these critical challenges and incredible opportunities? Ensuring students excel academically
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Want to know awkward? Sitting in a circle of teenagers, asking them to pass a “talking piece” around while they share their thoughts upon completing their first full week of school. I went first to model what one might say in this loud silence. “Well, I’m new to the building too, so I’m feeling pretty nervous
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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 everything. One of my current
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Four experiences for educators to consider about today’s young adolescents It’s not our imagination, kids really are different. Today’s youth face four constructs that adults either did not experience at all or did not experience in the same way as youth today. Athletics As a parent of athletes, I see the benefits of athletics, including
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