What Is Teaming?
In teaming, students are grouped with a core team of teachers who combine their resources, interests and knowledge to meet the unique needs of the middle school age student.
Why Is Teaming Good for Students?
Teaming...
• promotes a sense of belonging within a group.
• enhances motivation and enthusiasm for learning through individual classroom study and team interdisciplinary units.
• allows teams to establish goals to better meet students' needs.
• helps teachers monitor attendance and behavior and address individual concerns/issues.
• teaches students necessary organizational and time management skills.
• provides common time for group/classroom guidance activities with counselors.
• allows for team trips, interdisciplinary units, and assemblies without disruption to entire school.
• offers students additional individualized help through academic assist time.
How Does Teaming Help Parents?
Teaming...
• allows for more parental involvement.
• enables parents to communicate and monitor student progress with all core teachers via a common daily team meeting time.
• provides daily information regarding homework, test, quizzes and projects by means of team homework hotlines.
• offers additional time for homework completion in academic assist, thereby reducing the amount of work brought home.
How Does Teaming Help Teachers Help Students?
Teaming...
• helps teachers know their students and their needs better.
• enables teachers to implement interdisciplinary instruction, student incentive and recognition programs, and field trips.
• provides daily meeting time where teachers can:
> discuss academic, social and behavioral concerns.
> monitor students' progress.
> conference with parents.
> coordinate homework, tests, quizzes, projects, field trips and interdisciplinary units.
> consult with support personnel (counselors, school nurse, psychologist) regarding individual student concerns/issues.
> support each other through shared goals, intellectual stimulation and better communication.
>evaluate teaching strategies/techniques through daily collaboration with team members.
Just What is Academic Assist?
Academic assist is a 25-minute period at the end of the school day where students are assigned to one of their team teachers. They can receive help with homework, make up work from absences, finish a lab assignment or project, and work on organizational skills.
Important Issues Facing Middle school Students
Physical and Emotional Changes: Students need help in understanding these very personal matters and that it's healthy to grow and evolve.
Self Acceptance: There is conflict between who they are and what they wish to be.
Acceptance of and by Others: making friends and developing healthy relationships is vitally important. Learning to be tolerant of differences must be taught and reinforced often. Students begin to realize how they affect others.
Attention/Recognition from Others: Students need a sense of belonging within a group. Peer pressure, both positive and negative, is intense.
Independence: Young adolescents will learn to make decisions, assume greater responsibility, and accept the consequences of their actions.
Ability to Deal with Moral/Ethical Issues: Students this age are idealistic and have a strong sense of fairness. They need help in understanding and accepting the reality of situations without excessive escape into fantasy or irresponsibility.
Goal Setting: Setting goals and making reasonable plans to attain them are important skills to learn at this stage of development.
What Is Teaming?
In teaming, students are grouped with a core team of teachers who combine their resources, interests and knowledge to meet the unique needs of the middle school age student.
Why Is Teaming Good for Students?
Teaming...
• promotes a sense of belonging within a group.
• enhances motivation and enthusiasm for learning through individual classroom study and team interdisciplinary units.
• allows teams to establish goals to better meet students' needs.
• helps teachers monitor attendance and behavior and address individual concerns/issues.
• teaches students necessary organizational and time management skills.
• provides common time for group/classroom guidance activities with counselors.
• allows for team trips, interdisciplinary units, and assemblies without disruption to entire school.
• offers students additional individualized help through academic assist time.
How Does Teaming Help Parents?
Teaming...
• allows for more parental involvement.
• enables parents to communicate and monitor student progress with all core teachers via a common daily team meeting time.
• provides daily information regarding homework, test, quizzes and projects by means of team homework hotlines.
• offers additional time for homework completion in academic assist, thereby reducing the amount of work brought home.
How Does Teaming Help Teachers Help Students?
Teaming...
• helps teachers know their students and their needs better.
• enables teachers to implement interdisciplinary instruction, student incentive and recognition programs, and field trips.
• provides daily meeting time where teachers can:
> discuss academic, social and behavioral concerns.
> monitor students' progress.
> conference with parents.
> coordinate homework, tests, quizzes, projects, field trips and interdisciplinary units.
> consult with support personnel (counselors, school nurse, psychologist) regarding individual student concerns/issues.
> support each other through shared goals, intellectual stimulation and better communication.
>evaluate teaching strategies/techniques through daily collaboration with team members.
Just What is Academic Assist?
Academic assist is a 25-minute period at the end of the school day where students are assigned to one of their team teachers. They can receive help with homework, make up work from absences, finish a lab assignment or project, and work on organizational skills.
Important Issues Facing Middle school Students
Physical and Emotional Changes: Students need help in understanding these very personal matters and that it's healthy to grow and evolve.
Self Acceptance: There is conflict between who they are and what they wish to be.
Acceptance of and by Others: making friends and developing healthy relationships is vitally important. Learning to be tolerant of differences must be taught and reinforced often. Students begin to realize how they affect others.
Attention/Recognition from Others: Students need a sense of belonging within a group. Peer pressure, both positive and negative, is intense.
Independence: Young adolescents will learn to make decisions, assume greater responsibility, and accept the consequences of their actions.
Ability to Deal with Moral/Ethical Issues: Students this age are idealistic and have a strong sense of fairness. They need help in understanding and accepting the reality of situations without excessive escape into fantasy or irresponsibility.
Goal Setting: Setting goals and making reasonable plans to attain them are important skills to learn at this stage of development.