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Transition to Middle School ModelTraditional Middle School Traditional Junior High School
Student-oriented Subject-centered Emphasis is on both cognitive and affective
development Emphasis is on cognitive development
Teachers and students organized in grade-level interdisciplinary teams
Teachers organized in subject-based departments
Experiential approaches to instruction Traditional instruction dominates Allows for block and flexible scheduling;
Allows for looping Six to eight class periods
Provides exploratory, academic, and nonacademic classes
Provides academic classes
Offers advisor/advisee, teacher/student opportunities
Offers study hall and/or homeroom
Team classrooms in close proximity Classrooms arranged randomly or by subject or grade level
Young Adolescents
Young people undergo more rapid and profound personal changes during the years between 10 and 15
than at any other period of time in their lives.
IntellectuallyPhysicallyEmotionallySociallyMorally
Roll Out Plan to Faculty and Board of Education
May 8th – Middle School Teachers
May 13th – All Faculty
May 14th – Curriculum Programs & Personnel Sub-committee
June 3rd - Presentation to the Board of Education
Work We Will Do To Create Litchfield Middle School
Mission and Expectations• Stakeholder Input• Decide What We
Stand For• Develop our core
values and beliefs
Curriculum Review• Incorporate
personalized learning• Project based learning• Interdisciplinary
Units• Advisory
Professional Development• Middle School
Specific• Through Team and
Faculty Meeting time• Critical Attributes
Build a Unique Experience for Young Adolescents• Student-Centered• Student Development• Student Ownership
Separating the Middle School and High School
Explicit leadership – 1 principal for each schoolSRBI/Dean of Students – High SchoolDepartment Chairs – Middle School High SchoolDedicated MS only School CounselorSeparate MS Entrance
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$6319
-$6312
Logistical Changes For Next Year
Old Room New Room
Nurse’s Office MS Main Office – with principal and secretary
Trainer’s Room MS School Counselor
Room 601 MS Lunchroom/Workroom
Room 224 MS Special Education
Room 307 HS Faculty Lunchroom
Room 212 Technology and Robotics
Faculty Lunchroom Nurse and Trainer Office
Dedicated and Explicit Middle School Programming is Critical for Optimal Student Growth and Success
Middle grades schools should transmit a core of common, substantial knowledge to all
students by utilizing cooperative learning and
other techniques suitable for this developmental phase.- Anthony Jackson & Gayle Davis, Turning Points 2000