RRHS ADVISORY

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RRHS ADVISORY
A Teachers Introductory Guide What Should I
Expect in Advisory?
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Advisory should

• Help students prepare for school and their
  futures
• Build a sense of community among students
• Provide advice, coaching, and opportunities for
  students academic growth
• Be flexible!

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Advisory should NOT

• Be a place to extend lunch or passing periods
• Be a social hour without structure
• Be a substitute for credentialing
• Be a counseling program
• Be a punishment for poor performance or behavior

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What will advisory LOOK like?
Peer Tutoring Problem Solving
Silent Reading
Advisory Curriculum 1-2 hours a week
Use of School Resources
Working Independently
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What will advisory SOUND like?
Students helping other students
Positive Peer Communications
Silent Work
Group Discussions
Involved Interaction
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What is YOUR part in Advisory?

• Implement the Advisory Curriculum. Teachers
  should teach the content in a way that is
  comfortable for them.
• Facilitate class discussion and involvement.
• Monitor students progress in all classes.
• Support the credentialing process.
• Create an optimal learning environment.
• Assist students and evaluate their Advisory
  Portfolio.

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Basic Structure of Advisory

• 1-2 Hours per week
• Advisory Curriculum (lesson plans, materials, and
  rubrics will be provided)
• 3-4 Hours per week
• Study Hall (students work independently on their
  own work)
• Resource Rooms (students get extra help in
  designated areas passes will be provided)

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Sample Weekly Schedules

• Option A
• Devote 1-2 days a week strictly to the advisory
  curriculum
• 3-5 days are spent as a study hall /or tutoring
  session
• Option B
• Devote 10-15 minutes every day to the advisory
  curriculum
• The remaining time in class is spent as a study
  hall /or tutoring session
• Option C
• YOUR option (Spend at least one hour a week on
  advisory curriculum and spend the remaining time
  as a study hall /or tutoring session in a manner
  that works best for YOU and your advisory
  students)

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1st Quarter Units/Themes

• School Resources
• Elective courses, clubs, activities, etc.
• Where things are and who can help
• Student Agenda rules and consequences
• 2) Study Skills
• Note taking and outlining strategies
• Organizational techniques

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• 3) Time Management
• Calendars, agendas, lists, alarms, e-mails, etc.
• 4) Research Skills
• Projects and papers
• Evaluation of sources (valid, reliable, timely)
• Tools (search engines, infotrac, etc.)
• 5) Tolerance Communication
• Emotional understanding
• Points of view - Respect
• Peer and authority communication

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2nd Quarter Units/Themes

• 1) Test Taking Skills
• Standardized tests (ACT, SAT, NMHSCE, etc.)
• Practice tests, studying, mnemonic devices
• 2) College Prep
• Applications essays
• Scholarships
• How to get information forms

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• 3) Career Prep
• Employability skills and expectations
• Guest speakers
• Skills tests - options
• 4) Character Traits Etiquette
• Socially acceptable/unacceptable traits
• Proper etiquette (eating, interviews, phones,
  etc)
• 5) Presentation of Portfolios
• Students compile and save information throughout
  the term and present it in a creative way. The
  portfolio and presentation act as the students
  Midterm/Final Exams.

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Sample Lesson Plan

• To see a sample of an Advisory Lesson Plan, look
  in the ADVISORY folder on the
• Staff Share.

Sample Lesson
Staff Share
ADVISORY
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Frequently Asked Questions The Yeah, buts . . .

• Yeah, but wont advisory take time away from
  academics?
• Research shows that students who feel greater
  attachment to school achieve more academically.
• Yeah, but why should teachers have to focus on
  anything but academics?
• All students, even those in honors classes, need
  skills to be successful in high school and work
  skills in self-awareness, self-direction, and
  working with others.

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• Yeah, but what if I am not the touchy-feely kind
  of teacher?
• The RRHS advisory program allows for variation in
  content and style. There are many options for
  activities, exercises, and projects that will
  achieve the same goals.
• Yeah, but wont advisory be a tremendous amount
  of extra work?
• Having a sufficient professional development
  process, prepared materials and an advisory
  coordinator will alleviate much of the workload
  for teachers.
• Yeah, but what if an advisor doesnt get along
  with a certain student, or if two students really
  clash?
• Advisory can be a place where students and
  advisors get an explicit chance to practice the
  notion that you dont have to like people to work
  with them and treat them respectfully, an
  important life lesson.

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Questions? Comments? Concerns? Ideas?

• Contact your
• Advisory Coordinator
• today!
• Michelle Ouderkirk
• E-mail mouderkirk_at_rrhs.rrps.k12.nm.us
• Phone [phone]