Our middle school advisors do the following with a 6 day cycle and 3
90-minute blocks daily:
6-7-8:
Daily 10 minute check-in from 8:00-8:10
Morning rotations - 30 minute advisory + 20 minutes break/recess 3x
per cycle
30 minute assembly 1x per cycle + 20 minutes break/recess
30 minute class meeting 1x per cycle + 20 minutes break/recess
50 minute "activity"/minicourse 1x per cycle
15 minutes before and after school student supervision
During all of these times are considered "duty" times - all advisors
on board.
In addition, 6th grade advisors have daily workstudy with advisees
for 30 minutes.
Advisors in grades 7-8 have 2-3 workstudies weekly, but not
necessarily with their own advisees. They are also available during
workstudies to meet with their students and/or advisees.
Most F/T teachers teach 4 sections with 2 preps.
Team leaders teach 3 sections but make up for teaching one less
section by doing a significant portion of administrative work/
planning for their teams.
About once monthly, we have "special schedule days" where grade-level
teams plan fieldtrips, community service activities, and other
similar programming. These are solid student-contact days.
Advisors are the first line of contact for parents with concerns or
questions and facilitate student-teacher communications. They lead a
conference a the start of the year and co-host advisee conferences
with advisees and parents.
Tami Brass
http://www.tech4teaching.org
http://del.icio.us/brasst
tamilb@mac.com
tbrass@spa.edu
In times of change, learners inherit the Earth, while the learned
find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no
longer exists. -- Eric Hoffer
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