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Peer reviewedSteltzer, W. N., Jr. – Clearing House, 1979
The Avon Grove School District has a middle school orientation program for incoming elementary students and their parents, which consists of several visits and open houses in the Spring and at the beginning of the Fall term. (SJL)
Descriptors: Grade 4, Intermediate Grades, Middle Schools, Parent Participation
Download full textERIC Clearinghouse on Counseling and Personnel Services, Ann Arbor, MI. – 1990
This eighth chapter in "The Challenge of Counseling in Middle Schools" contains five articles on the organization of a middle school counseling program. "The Counselor and Modern Middle-Level Schools: New Roles in New Schools," by Paul George, examines characteristics of successful schools and considers some new roles for the counselor. "Teacher…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools, Middle Schools
Levin, Valerie E.; Dowda, Martha L. – 1980
The manual introduces the framework of STARS (Striving Together and Reaching Success), a program for serving behaviorally disordered students in grades 1-8. The underlying philosophy is to provide a consistently structured instructional program to promote successful reintegration into a less restrictive educational setting. An overview section…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Classroom Techniques, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools
Peer reviewedWatson, Karilee; Belland, Carol – Music Educators Journal, 1985
The Paula Program in music for gifted girls in middle schools, developed by St. Mary's College, Notre Dame, Indiana, is described. How the program was designed is discussed and activities and materials selected for classroom use are briefly described. (RM)
Descriptors: Females, Gifted, Instructional Materials, Intermediate Grades
Peer reviewedSisk, Dorothy A. – Roeper Review, 1988
Leadership development to meet the need for excellence in teachers and youth is explored. Two examples are given: an award-winning teacher education program for bringing high ability students into teacher education, and a residential summer program designed to identify and develop leadership giftedness in middle school and high school youth.…
Descriptors: Gifted, Intermediate Grades, Leadership Training, Program Design
Indiana State Dept. of Public Instruction, Indianapolis. Div. of Reading Effectiveness. – 1975
This book presents an organizational model for reading program development. Following an overview of the program-planning/needs-assessment design, two sections of the book explain the step-by-step procedures of the model, focusing first on program planning, then on needs assessment. The section on program planning discusses ways of identifying and…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Evaluation Methods, Intermediate Grades, Models
PDF pending restorationMurphy, Carol J.; Pescatello, Ann – 1987
The Scholars-in-the-Schools program (SIS), previously known as Humanities-in-the-Schools (HIS), is designed to improve humanities education by placing humanities scholars in residence at a middle school or high school. The scholar works with teachers and students as a resource person in a variety of ways: as a curriculum consultant; lecturer;…
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), Educational Change, Educational Objectives, Humanities Instruction
Lake, Sara – 1989
This monograph notes that while all aspects of the middle level education program contribute to students' personal development, the core of the effort lies in the counseling and guidance program. It cites literature suggesting that the program should consist of counseling, guidance curriculum, and advisement. Definitions for each of these three…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Counselor Teacher Cooperation, Intermediate Grades
National School-to-Work Opportunities Office, Washington, DC. – 1998
The National School-to-Work Office in collaboration with the National Association for Gifted Children, the Council for Exceptional Children, the Association for the Gifted, and the Council of State Directors of Programs for the Gifted have identified 11 gifted education/school-to-work (GT/STW) models that are either best practices or unique…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Career Education, Career Exploration, College School Cooperation
Romano, Louis G.; Georgiady, Nicholas P. – 1997
Students who are no longer children but not yet fully adolescent require an appropriate program to meet their specific education needs. The true middle school program can meet these needs. In an effort to provide usable and valuable guidelines for evaluation of existing school programs and for planning new ones, this booklet describes 14…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Educational History, Educational Philosophy, Educational Planning
Warshaw, Mimi B. – 1992
The Future Teacher Institute (FTI) is a minority teacher recruitment model, initiated and field-tested at California State University Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) over a 5-year period. The FTI's goal is twofold: (1) to involve promising minority high school students in a direct teaching/learning experience; and (2) to familiarize fourth- through…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Exploration, College Environment, Demonstration Programs
Peer reviewedSchine, Joan – Theory into Practice, 1997
Service learning addresses many developmental needs of early adolescents that may be neglected in academic curricula, a particularly urgent need for inner city youth. This paper describes the urban National Helper's Network, noting ways that service learning empowers both the servers and the served, who are both in need. (SM)
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Community Services, Developmental Stages, Early Adolescents
Peer reviewedKim, Simon; And Others – Social Studies, 1996
Evaluates three participatory civic education learning programs developed by the Citizenship Education Clearing House: the Election Program, Missouri State Government Program, and the Metropolitan Issues Program. Evaluation consisted of questionnaires, observation, and interviews. Discovers that the programs are both popular and effective. (MJP)
Descriptors: Active Learning, Citizenship Education, Civics, Experiential Learning
Winter, Stephen S. – 1990
This paper describes a combined B.A.-M.A.T. program, a project planned jointly by Kenyon College and Tufts University for the recruitment of outstanding liberal arts students who are interested in teaching careers. The program fulfills the requirements for teacher certification at the middle or secondary level in Massachusetts. The program offered…
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, Extended Teacher Education Programs, Higher Education, Intermediate Grades
National School-to-Work Opportunities Office, Washington, DC. – 1998
The National School-to-Work Office in collaboration with the National Association for Gifted Children, the Council for Exceptional Children, the Association for the Gifted, and the Council of State Directors of Programs for the Gifted have identified 11 gifted education/school-to-work (GT/STW) models that are either best practices or unique…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Career Education, Career Exploration, Education Work Relationship
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