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Direct linkWexler, Jade; Swanson, Elizabeth; Vaughn, Sharon; Shelton, Alexandra; Kurz, Leigh Ann – Middle School Journal, 2019
It is essential for middle school leaders to develop and promote school-wide literacy models, organizational structures that have a significant impact on the learning environment for all students in their building. However, school-wide literacy models can be difficult to implement and sustain over time. Drawing from an Office of Special Education…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Early Adolescents, Middle School Students, Educational Environment
Peer reviewedZiegler, Suzanne; Mulhall, Linda – Middle School Journal, 1994
Describes a principal-initiated advisory program at a Toronto middle school. Summarizes successful program elements, including a 6-month planning period; a staff-supported inservice program offering training in team-building and adolescent development; daily advisory group meetings, with maximum group size of 15 students, who retain the same…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Counseling Services, Foreign Countries, Intermediate Grades
Peer reviewedFand, Farrell – Middle School Journal, 1996
Describes an Adopt-a-Grandparent program involving seventh-grade students and area senior citizens. Describes aspects of program implementation and organization, including advance preparation, contacting and meeting grandparents, funding, and visits. Discusses program outcomes, including behavioral observations, studies related to…
Descriptors: Grade 7, Grandparents, Intergenerational Programs, Mentors
Peer reviewedBay-Williams, Jennifer M.; Reys, Barbara J.; Reys, Robert E. – Middle School Journal, 2003
Introduces standards-based middle grades mathematics instructional materials designed to engage and challenge students in mathematical investigation. Details the challenges of change for teachers, administrators, parents, and students. Highlights a study of the Missouri Middle School Mathematics Project, which implemented one of the NSF curricula,…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Educational Improvement, Instructional Materials, Mathematics
Peer reviewedBarclay, Kathy H.; Lane, Judith – Middle School Journal, 1993
Discusses collaboration between a teacher and an education professor in developing and implementing a new reading/language-arts program in a fifth-grade classroom. The move from a traditional basal reading and language-arts textbook approach to one using novels and process writing meant many changes for both teacher and students. An Author's…
Descriptors: Intermediate Grades, Language Arts, Middle Schools, Program Development
Peer reviewedRenzulli, Joseph S. – Middle School Journal, 2001
Details the middle school implementation of an Academies of Inquiry and Talent Development enrichment program involving authentic-learning and real-life problem solving objectives. Considers start-up issues of orientation for students and parents, as well as teacher planning. Also considers issues of maintaining high standards, finding time for…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Class Activities, Cooperative Learning, Curriculum Enrichment
