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Implementation of advisory programs has started to spread from middle schools to high schools. Some of the resources cited below are written with high school programs in mind, yet nearly all of their recommendations can be easily used in middle schools too. Advice about Middle School Advisories General article http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr127.shtml Advisories Classroom readings and recommended readings from the Small Schools Project at the Coalition for Essential Schools http://www.smallschoolsproject.org (look under “Tools” then “Classroom Resources” then “Advisories”) Advisories Led by Trained Facilitators: Their Impact on Middle School Students Online journal article http://www.nmsa.org/Publications/RMLEOnline/Articles/Vol26No1Article2/tabid/504/Default.aspx Advisory 80 advisory activities from the Chicago public schools, many easily adaptable to middle school http://intranet.cps.k12.il.us/Lessons/Advisory/ Advisory Resources Links to over a dozen briefly described advisory resources http://www.schoolredesign.net/srn/server.php?idx=861 Advisory: It's All About Learning Article in this issue of the Journal of the New England League of Middle Schools (Spring 07) http://www.nelms.org/pdfs/2007/journal/Spring07.pdf An Adult Advocate for Every Child Brief article http://www.mamleonline.org/Journal00/39anon.html Being Known: A Pilot Advisory Program by Leslie Jirsa Research study on the effects of an advisory program http://teachersnetwork.org/tnli/research/achieve/jirsa.htm e_sources Middle School Advisory Resources 10 articles from MiddleWeb http://www.middleweb.com/advisory.html Middle School Professional Learning Community: Building on the Advisory Concept Article in this issue of the New England League of Middle Schools journal http://www.nelms.org/pdfs/2006/journal/winter_spring_2006.pdf NMSA Research Summary Advisory Programs (July 2006). This is an important publication http://www.nmsa.org/Research/ResearchSummaries/AdvisoryPrograms/tabid/812/Default.aspx Nurturing a Teacher Advisory Program 61-page monograph published by National MS Assn. in 1992. Many specific how-to suggestions (click on “ERIC Full Text”) http://tinyurl.com/39opju On Target 11 research briefs on advisory programs in MS for educators, from NMSA http://www.nmsa.org/Publications/OnTarget/Advisory/tabid/295/Default.aspx Planning and Implementing an Advisory Program Article in this issue of the New England League of Middle Schools journal http://www.nelms.org/pdfs/2005/journal/journal_fall_2005.pdf Preparing Teachers for Advisory Groups (“Teach Your Advisors”) Article in this issue of the Journal of the New England League of Middle Schools http://www.nelms.org/pdfs/2005/journal/journal_winter_2005.pdf Small Schools Project | Tools Numerous resources for designing and implementing advisory programs http://www.smallschoolsproject.org/index.asp?siteloc=tool&section=descrip Student Advisories How-to handbook for starting an advisory program in a secondary school http://www.newvisions.org/dls/StudentAdv.pdf The Forum for Youth Investment Planning and implementation resources with case studies http://www.forumforyouthinvestment.org/_docdisp_page.cfm?LID=1A3C6C15-2116-4B3E-B769507BF2D31986 Workshops and Publications to Help Schools Plan and Strengthen Advisories Descriptions and links to 7 resources http://www.essentialschools.org/cs/resources/view/ces_res/355http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr127.shtmlhttp://www.smallschoolsproject.orghttp://www.nmsa.org/Publications/RMLEOnline/Articles/Vol26No1Article2/tabid/504/Default.aspxhttp://intranet.cps.k12.il.us/Lessons/Advisory/http://www.schoolredesign.net/srn/server.php?idx=861http://www.nelms.org/pdfs/2007/journal/Spring07.pdfhttp://www.mamleonline.org/Journal00/39anon.htmlhttp://teachersnetwork.org/tnli/research/achieve/jirsa.htmhttp://www.middleweb.com/advisory.htmlhttp://www.nelms.org/pdfs/2006/journal/winter_spring_2006.pdfhttp://www.nmsa.org/Research/ResearchSummaries/AdvisoryPrograms/tabid/812/Default.aspxhttp://tinyurl.com/39opjuhttp://www.nmsa.org/Publications/OnTarget/Advisory/tabid/295/Default.aspxhttp://www.nelms.org/pdfs/2005/journal/journal_fall_2005.pdfhttp://www.nelms.org/pdfs/2005/journal/journal_winter_2005.pdfhttp://www.smallschoolsproject.org/index.asp?siteloc=tool&section=descriphttp://www.newvisions.org/dls/StudentAdv.pdfhttp://www.forumforyouthinvestment.org/_docdisp_page.cfm?LID=1A3C6C15-2116-4B3E-B769507BF2D31986http://www.essentialschools.org/cs/resources/view/ces_res/355shapeimage_2_link_0shapeimage_2_link_1shapeimage_2_link_2shapeimage_2_link_3shapeimage_2_link_4shapeimage_2_link_5shapeimage_2_link_6shapeimage_2_link_7shapeimage_2_link_8shapeimage_2_link_9shapeimage_2_link_10shapeimage_2_link_11shapeimage_2_link_12shapeimage_2_link_13shapeimage_2_link_14shapeimage_2_link_15shapeimage_2_link_16shapeimage_2_link_17shapeimage_2_link_18
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