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Direct linkBennett, Cory A.; Martin, Kathryn – Middle School Journal, 2018
Exemplary middle schools have a variety of programs that support students' needs and help them adjust socially and emotionally; advisory programs can be one structure to effectively provide some of this support. This article shares the story of how a group of middle level teachers and teacher leaders within a culturally diverse school reclaimed…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Faculty Advisers, Counseling Services, Cultural Relevance
Peer reviewedBergmann, Sherrel – Middle School Journal, 1997
Suggests that middle schools have not yet achieved guidance as a viable and essential part of the middle level curriculum. Considers the importance of identifying student characteristics and needs, the organization of support services, basic components of support services, and advocacy programs. (JPB)
Descriptors: Comprehensive Guidance, Guidance Objectives, Guidance Personnel, Guidance Programs
Peer reviewedStewart, William J. – Middle School Journal, 1993
Since students are facing an ever-increasing number of stressful personal, social, and emotional problems, classroom guidance must be made an integral part of the middle school's guidance program. This should be accomplished through a well-integrated, overall strategy incorporating daily homeroom advisement, guidance-related units,…
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Counselor Teacher Cooperation, Guidance Programs, Integrated Curriculum
Peer reviewedAnfara, Vincent A.; Brown, Kathleen M. – Middle School Journal, 2000
Considers difficulties in implementing school advisory programs, related to the feminization of teaching, a phenomenon defined by the increasing number of women working as teachers, the reluctance of men to participate in advisory programs, and a pervasive cultural idea that "caring is women's work." (JPB)
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Educational Change, Guidance Programs, Middle School Teachers
Peer reviewedWaggoner, V. Christine; McEwin, C. Kenneth – Middle School Journal, 1993
Discusses results of a 1989-90 survey of 70 randomly selected international schools and 70 randomly selected Department of Defense Schools in Europe. Programs and practices surveyed included enrollments, grade organization, curriculum and instructional plans, core subjects, grouping patterns, exploratory courses, advisory programs, and scheduling.…
Descriptors: Dependents Schools, Discovery Learning, Flexible Scheduling, Guidance Programs
Peer reviewedJames, Michael A. – Middle School Journal, 1993
By coupling the creative synergy of a school's staff with some field-tested planning strategies, any advisory program can be improved and focused on students' concerns. This article describes a middle school's efforts to link thematic units for learning with advisement opportunities. Step-by-step lesson plans for exploring stereotypical…
Descriptors: Brainstorming, Communication Problems, Guidance Programs, Intermediate Grades
Peer reviewedBrown, Dave F. – Middle School Journal, 2001
Examines how caring relationships between urban middle school students and their advisors at a Philadelphia middle school facilitate personal goal setting and community service as well as help them face issues related to sexuality, drugs and alcohol, personal safety, and conflict resolution. Notes comments from teachers emphasizing students' need…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Guidance, Guidance Personnel, Guidance Programs
