Continue to implement Silent Sustained Reading (SSR) for 15 minutes at the beginning of every advisory period. Review students' progress with AR points and support them in reaching the 25+ AR points goal by December 15th. As a former AVID teacher, it is also helpful to show students how to organize their binders/backpacks and to allow time regularly to get organized.
I have drank the advisory cool-aid after seeing what it's suppose to look like... My vision for advisory is a place where ALL students (regardless of gender) feel like one big, gigantic family. A family that the students choose! This should be a place were they can feel comfortable sharing things, having deep, meaningful conversations. Advisory should be instilled not forced upon.
In order to make it work we as a faculty need to see what advisory looks like when it is implemented correctly. We also need to be "trained" before the school year begins. Trying to make this changes now would be difficult, not impossible but difficult to do since many advisories are probably already resistant to change.
Every certificated person should have an advisory so that we can see advisories under 40 in order to have a real impact.
There should be structure in Advisory, just like any other class. The objective should be focused on school and learning. I try to have one day, usually Monday as a check-in, where students get to share about their weekend or anything else that is going on. Middle of the week, either Wednesday or Thursday for HW, and one of the other days is for Advisory Intramurals. Each day starts with 15 minutes of silent reading, or I read to the class. This gives them a chance to change gears and get back into school mode, since they just finished lunch. I enjoy the opportunity to get to know my advisory students over the school year, especially when the class is able to stick together all three years.
Continue to implement Silent Sustained Reading (SSR) for 15 minutes at the beginning of every advisory period. Review students' progress with AR points and support them in reaching the 25+ AR points goal by December 15th. As a former AVID teacher, it is also helpful to show students how to organize their binders/backpacks and to allow time regularly to get organized.
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ReplyDeleteMy vision for advisory is a place where ALL students (regardless of gender) feel like one big, gigantic family. A family that the students choose! This should be a place were they can feel comfortable sharing things, having deep, meaningful conversations.
Advisory should be instilled not forced upon.
In order to make it work we as a faculty need to see what advisory looks like when it is implemented correctly. We also need to be "trained" before the school year begins. Trying to make this changes now would be difficult, not impossible but difficult to do since many advisories are probably already resistant to change.
Every certificated person should have an advisory so that we can see advisories under 40 in order to have a real impact.
There should be structure in Advisory, just like any other class. The objective should be focused on school and learning. I try to have one day, usually Monday as a check-in, where students get to share about their weekend or anything else that is going on. Middle of the week, either Wednesday or Thursday for HW, and one of the other days is for Advisory Intramurals. Each day starts with 15 minutes of silent reading, or I read to the class. This gives them a chance to change gears and get back into school mode, since they just finished lunch. I enjoy the opportunity to get to know my advisory students over the school year, especially when the class is able to stick together all three years.
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