Advisory

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Advisory

• January 31, 2009

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Advisory

• Every student needs an adult advocate.

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Advisory Organization

• Groups should be small (10-15 students)
• All staff participates, including support staff
• An adequate amount of time
• Accountability keep record of student progress
  and other important information
• Activities will vary but must be relevant for the
  student

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Advisory Goals

• Advocacy
• Academic Guidance and Support
• Belonging
• Communication

• Activities
• Administration
• Ownership
• Recognition
• Citizenship

This can only happen with teacher commitment,
preparation/planning and support.
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How does Advisory accomplish its goals?

• Variety
• Be consistent
• Plan ahead
• Be flexible
• Have an Open mind
• Examples team cookout, review the handbook,
  pass out important information that needs to go
  home to parents, service learning projects

See pages 321-323 TTFYO
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Advisory

• Advantages

• Disadvantages (or road blocks)

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In order for Advisory to Succeed.

• You must have
• Teacher Commitment
• Preparation Through Training
• Support

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Hazards to the Success of Advisories

• Lack of Teacher Commitment
• Inadequate appointment of time
• Lack of faculty/staff preparation

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Advisory

• I have come to believe that the teacher advisory
  is the best idea in the middle-level concept that
  has been poorly and/or inadequately implemented
  (Stevenson,2002,p.333).
• Yet, the teacher advisory remains the should of
  the middle-level movement, for in that context
  more than any other, teachers can act on their
  commitment to education based on the nature and
  needs of young adolescent children(Stevenson,2002
  , p.333)

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Advisory Debate

• Though we know that advocates for children are
  important, advisory programs are sometimes not
  implemented correctly in the middle school
  curriculum. Because of this, some feel that
  advisory programs are a waste of time.
• You will play the role of a teacher, parent or
  student who must come up with a convincing
  argument in support of or against advisory
  programs.

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Debate Rules

• Once you have spoken, you may not speak again
  until everyone else has spoken.
• Once time is called the debate is over.
• Time to Reflect.