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Middle School-Practices that Work -please contribute and....

I recently heard this segment on "This American Life" and it just REALLY REALLY captured what it's like to be a middle school student. It explored the physical and emotional changes, the pressures - everything! Listening to it just reaffirmed my passion for working with this age group...maybe it's worth sharing on the wiki for folks that work with middle schoolers? It's worth a listen - just very very interesting!

Here's the link: http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/449/middle-school

Orianna Baez

Legal 101 Screencast

Created for new Directors, but likely good for all, this screencast goes over the 21c legal framework

Legal Page

Notes from Ray MacNulty's keynote at the Afterschool Conference:

"Be commiited to courage

Be committed to truth

Say yes

Be peaceful in chaos

Be extraordinary

Be an administrator of disruption."

Last Web Meeting Info

  Betsy Stacy of Brattleboro shared a fabulous one page teacher’s planning form.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Understanding_by_Design  for background

Instuctional Goals- K U D plan for clubs.docx

Instructional Goals- Robotics robotics.doc

Instructional Goals.pdf; example soccer.pdf

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