Developmentally Appropriate Practices to Support the Young Adolescent
How do you foster academic growth for students in the middle? Developmentally appropriate practices are critical at all levels for student learning and engagement. Refocusing on the middle school model aligns instructional practices with the unique developmental needs of students ages 11 through 15. Teaming, Advisory, and Content Integration enable teachers to leverage the talents of adolescents. This collaboration strengthens teacher leadership, builds student-teacher relationships, and fosters critical conversations around teaching and learning.
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This presentation will discuss strategies for promoting collaboration between stakeholders, topics that relate to effective collaboration, and resources and/or references that address these topics and can help instructors grow professionally.
This presentation will discuss strategies for promoting collaboration between stakeholders, topics that relate to effective collaboration, and resources and/or references that address these topics and can help instructors grow professionally.
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- examples of school-WBL programs in Kent County from local coordinators; and
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Program Outcomes Retrospective Paper- ACE Capstone ExperienceSydneyHendricks2
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In 2017, MU Library’s Teaching & Research Development team moved from a subject-based model of library support to a functional model, based around the core functions of our team i.e. Research Support; Academic Engagement; and Teaching & Learning.
Central to this change was the development of a new teaching programme, to be multi-disciplinary and standardised in approach, and considering information literacy provision in its widest context. The teaching programme is mapped to MU Library’s Information Literacy Strategy Framework. Classes under the programme were first delivered in 2018.
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Developmentally Appropriate Practices to Support the Young Adolescent
1. Refocusing on the Middle School
Model
Developmentally Appropriate
Practices to Support the
Young Adolescent
2. What do people say when they find
out you work “in the middle?”
“Thank you for this! When I tell people I teach middle
school, I often get the response, "Oh, I'm sorry," as if I was
forced to be where I am. A note on the goals of teachers;
many teacher-training programs in colleges don't even have
a middle school major. Pretty much all middle school
teachers came from elementary or secondary backgrounds,
which creates a very interesting group of teachers with all
sorts of different philosophies.”
-Comment post from the article.
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3. Adolescent Development
Goal of this project was to ensure alignment of
our structures and practices with the
developmental needs of young adolescents.
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4. Our Need and Rationale for Refocusing
on the Middle
Staff and
Administrative
Changes
New
Standards and
Assessments
Focus
School/Title I
Middle School
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5. We recognized that it was time to
revisit the middle school model.
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6. District Action Steps
1. Analyze student data to present need for additional
support for adolescents
2. Investigate middle school model elements
3. Visit a middle school in another district
4. Attend Middle School Conference
5. Define Middle School Concept
6. Plan the Transition
7. Provide Professional Development Middle School Week
8. Include elements in New Teacher
Orientation
9. Continue throughout school year
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7. What the Data Showed
Significant
Achievement Gaps
Drop in
Proficiency from
5th grade to 8th
grade
Inconsistencies in
Programming
Fragmented
Collaboration
Lack of Vision
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8. What Makes a Middle School?
Distinguishing
Characteristics
of Effective
Middle
Schools
Finding our
Focus for
Middle Level
Education
Research and
Trends
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10. Middle School Week
• Three Days in the Summer
• Voluntary Attendance
• Continuing Education Units
• Interactive Wiki
• Advisory Planning Time
• Part of New Teacher Orientation
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11. Define Middle School
• Created HPS
Definition of
Middle School
• Leveraged Rich
Sources of
Information
• Articulated Vision
in Writing and
Shared
Based on
Investigation
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12. Highlights of the Middle School Model
• Focus on Adolescent
• Teaming
• Advisory
• Content Integration
• Relationships
• Dually Certified Teachers
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13. Plan for the Transition
• Present Middle School Document to School
Improvement Team
• Provide Information at Staff Meetings
• Collaborate with Human Resources on Teacher
Licensure
• Request Teacher Input for Teams
• Hire Middle School Teachers
• Revise Master Schedule
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14. Challenges Along the Way
• Finding Middle School Certified Teachers with
dual licensure
• Planning ‘balanced’ teams
• Making meetings meaningful
• Fostering teaming
• Creating one voice in a team
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16. School Level Administrative Actions
Required to…
• Meet a minimum number of times each week
• Share minutes
• Create weekly or monthly parent newsletters
Encouraged to…
• Utilize flexible schedule
• Support cross-curricular planning
• Consider Schools To Watch criteria
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17. Northview Middle School
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Individual
Planning
Individual
Planning
Individual
Planning
Individual
Planning
Individual
Planning
Team Meeting Content
Meeting
Team Meeting Team Meeting Content
Meeting
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18. Team Meeting vs. Content Meeting
Student Focus
Performance Data
Interventions
Conferencing
Curriculum &
Alignment
Instructional
Strategies
Common Assessments
Differentiation
Enhance Teacher
Leadership
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21. Buy In and Commitment
• Are we all on board?
– Looking at the whole child
– Many hands make light work
• Setting team standards
– Sharing Perspectives
– Rules and Roles
– Shared Understanding
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22. Organization
• Start with a plan
– When , where, and how often do we meet?
– Who does what? Who is there?
• Aligning decisions
– HPS Pacing Guide
– Principal follow-up
– Department level standards
– Student centered
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24. Cooperation and Fairness
• Division of Tasks
– Develops synergy
– Builds team morale
– Reduces stress level
– Establishes shared understanding
• Collaboration
– Support staff
– PEPs
– Teacher Conferences
– Discipline
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25. Tools and Resources
Seamless Communication for all stakeholders
– Google Drive
– Outlook Calendar
– Remind101.com
– Website
– Team Newsletter
– Shared drive
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26. Outcomes
• Established a Vision
• Built community for students
• Engaged with student-driven conversations
• Restructured schedule
• Decreased number of discipline referrals
• Increased teacher accountability
• Fostered a unified staff
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27. District Perspective
• Collaborative vision for middle schools
• Structure builds in time to discuss new
standards and instructional practices
• Consideration of data and the developmental
needs of students
• Continued Focus
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28. Next Steps
• Next level teaming
• Integration of non-core staff
• Middle Week to focus on content integration
and vertical alignment of writing
• Cross-school visits
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29. Questions or Feedback?
• Chief Academic Officer
• pattersonde@hickoryschools.net
Dr. Patterson
• Principal, Northview Middle School
• dischiavist@hickoryschools.net
Stephanie Dischiavi
• Curriculum Specialist
• griffinje@hickoryschools.net
Jennifer Griffin
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30. References
Caskey, M. M., & Anfara, V. A., Jr. (2007). Research
summary: Young adolescents' developmental
characteristics. Retrieved [13 March 2014], from
http://www.amle.org/TabId/207/ArtMID/8
41/ArticleID/300/Research-Summary-
Developmental-Characteristics.aspx
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