The Portland Public Schools Middle Grades Redesign plan is grounded in research and best practices, including many works from AMLE.
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As a 20+ years middle school teacher, I know that communicating with parents is crucial to our students’ success but it is not easy. This session will provide educators with practical how-to’s for effective and efficient parent communication through a variety of methods: phone calls, emails, newsletter, meet-the-teacher night, conferences, and more. I am the
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84% of learners at Embark Education agree they have a say in their learning. Desire the same for your students? Try increasing student agency by ceding control over their weekly schedules. Learn how Embark educators teach time management skills so learners can prioritize assignments, opt into desired choice lessons, plan for independent work, and schedule
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Follow Emily as she implements the 14 practices from the Building Thinking Classrooms framework by Peter Liljedahl. Learn how to set up your classroom from day one to engage students like never before. See how to work with random groups and manage students standing at vertical whiteboards. You’ll see how to incorporate your current curriculum
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This is the story of 8th grader Dara, whose middle school teachers failed him, literally and figuratively. Dara was doing okay despite his traumatic childhood. He was a big fish in a small pond. But, he failed two classes, and had to repeat the 8th grade. When he entered the 9th grade his friends had
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The Universal Design for Learning Guidelines 2.0 indicate practices to address significant barriers for diverse learners (CAST, 2011; Meyer et al., 2014). The UDL Guidelines recommend scaffolds be in place to ensure that a broad range of students have strategies to close any gaps between current and desired performance. Middle schools are experiencing challenges that
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