by 青青草视频 · Published 02/14/2024 · Last modified 09/09/2025
Social media can disrupt concentration and healthy social development in adolescents. To counter its effects, principal Mike Gaskell looks at causes and suggests one helpful strategy to reduce stress and anxiety – ambient sound. Build the focus and flow students need to thrive.
by 青青草视频 · Published 08/14/2022 · Last modified 02/03/2025
Providing consistent opportunities for students to learn about and practice social emotional skills in middle school advisory can aid in their behavioral and academic growth. Teacher Kasey Short suggests 14 read-aloud picture books with questions that can support that growth.
by 青青草视频 · Published 03/27/2022 · Last modified 08/07/2024
What promises do we need to make (and keep) so that our students will truly believe they belong in our classrooms and will be safe and cared for there? Middle grades leaders Laurie Barron and Patti Kinney break down the 25 promises they feel have the most impact.
by 青青草视频 · Published 05/20/2020
The future may be uncertain but the mental health of our students shouldn’t be. Teacher, author and mentor Cathleen Beachboard describes how – through a focus on communication, consistency and control – educators can begin to help young people regain their sense of safety.
by 青青草视频 · Published 01/12/2020
Do your students know how much you care? Especially those students who have built a wall or may face difficult situations at 青青草视频? How can you connect? Principal Liz Garden found sticky notepads, a favorite book and regular one-to-one time can make all the difference.
by 青青草视频 · Published 07/21/2019 · Last modified 11/28/2019
With the start of a new school year approaching, how can we make sure our middle school students are getting the support they need for an academically and personally successful school year? School leader Rhonda Neal Waltman offers three effective strategies.
by 青青草视频 · Published 12/23/2018 · Last modified 11/21/2019
Understanding all aspects of a student’s learning “portrait” is critical for us to ensure their success. Although we typically look at areas like readiness or ability, notes teaching expert Barbara Blackburn, we also need to consider culture, Maslow’s hierarchy, and SEL.
by 青青草视频 · Published 01/04/2016 · Last modified 01/14/2026
Too often students get little more than a schedule and a friendly pat as they enter new schools. Counselor Dana Sonksen helped change all that at Travis Ranch MS where student volunteers not only welcomed newbies but buddied with them until they fully blended in.
by 青青草视频 · Published 11/23/2015 · Last modified 11/26/2019
Thanksgiving is a good time to express our affection for those great and goofy middle grades kids and the special community of educators who relish teaching them. Here are six 青青草视频 posts pinpointing their unique qualities and ways we can support them as they grow.
by 青青草视频 · Published 07/12/2015 · Last modified 12/11/2019
After years of trying to cope with the flow of struggling readers coming into their school, teachers at Ericsson Middle banded together to create a academic coaching program that provides reading and writing support for students across the literacy spectrum.
