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Brown, Dan – Educational Leadership, 2012
Looking back through the lens of experience at his first disastrous year of teaching, a veteran shares what he's learned about the supports new teachers need. Some supports--such as getting comfortable with one's teaching persona, becoming familiar with the school community, and being truly dedicated to the job--are within the teacher's control.…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Performance Factors, Teaching Experience, Beginning Teacher Induction
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Nelson, Jim – Educational Leadership, 2007
The AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) program helps students, particularly those in the academic middle, prepare for the rigorous courses that can help them get into college. AVID students take an elective class in which they learn organizational and study skills, receive tutoring, and support one another. Teachers in AVID schools…
Descriptors: Study Skills, College Preparation, Program Effectiveness, Guidance Programs
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Fisher, Eleanore; Van Hoven, James B. – Educational Leadership, 1972
Describes a team approach to guidance at Briarcliff Manor Middle School, Briarcliff Manor, New York. (MB)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Cooperative Planning, Counselors, Educational Environment
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Haack, Marcia Kraft – Educational Leadership, 1994
Faced with budget cuts, the community of Beaverton, Oregon, left only one support service intact: the newly restructured guidance and counseling program begun in 1992. The program is based on meeting students' needs through supportive guidance, prevention and intervention measures, and active community-school partnerships. The key was developing…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Community Involvement, Counseling Services, Financial Problems
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Johnson, Zenobia M. – Educational Leadership, 1973
In September 1969 a program called Early Bird Guidance'' was designed in New Orleans, Louisiana, in response to one of the most deep-seated and crippling problems that black children experience in elementary school--negative self-concept. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Black History, Black Students, Black Studies