Presentation given by Mr. Madhav Rao on Middlr school years at IIT MADRAS during EduFest 2015 - 2nd International conference for school leaders.

1. Middle school is an institutional drag where is vision is lost
Majority fail to reach proficient levels
Middle school is about mediocrity- No intense engaged learning
Learning gaps impact
Less stress-
auto promotion
Less parent involvement
Hurricane of hormones
•Self Exploratory
•Bullying
Self esteem
More about Peer acceptance
Hero worship

2. Who can change our Middle schools
, “If you are the warm, nurturing, motherly, grandmotherly type, you are
made for early childhood education. If you love math or science or English,
then you are the high school type. If you love bungee jumping, then you are
the middle school type.”
Middle school is the weak link

3. The Pocantico Hills Middle School staff believes that each
student is a complex and unique individual. We are
committed to helping all our children realize their
complete personal potentials—academic, creative,
emotional. We will ask all our students to stretch
themselves and we will help them to discover the rewards
of working hard.
We will establish a learning community built on mutual
respect and compassion. We will encourage all students
in our care to become productive, empathetic members of
this community and of society at large and so, we will
help them develop into educated, honest, fair, kind and
self-disciplined young

4. A TYPICAL SCHOOL DAY
1. English
2. Maths
3. Maths
4. Science
5. Geography
6. PE/Art/library/Music
7. Second language
8. Third language/ICT
Students sit all day, and sitting is exhausting
Students are sitting passively and hopefully
listening during approximately 90 percent of
their classes.
Teachers are talking all the time!
You feel a waste all day long.
Majority of students leave school every day
without having any conversation with their teachers