Educational Hotlinks for 
Middle School People
 
21st Century Skills
Links to articles on teaming and teamwork; be sure to look through entire site
http://www.ncrel.org/engauge/skills/effcomm1.htm

25 Instruments for Teambuilding
Great book on building teams (for sale)
http://tinyurl.com/q2f8b

Block scheduling and teaming
Article
http://www.pdkintl.org/kappan/kque0011.htm

Camel-Makers
Building Effective Teacher Teams Together - Book for purchase from NMSA
http://www.nmsa.org/store/ProductDetails/tabid/1084/CategoryID/22/List/0/Level/a/ProductID/27/Default.aspx?SortField=ProductName%2cProductName

How Teaming Influences Classroom Practices
Article
http://tinyurl.com/r2wyw

Implementing and Improving Teaming
Book for sale from NMSA
http://www.nmsa.org/store/ProductDetails/tabid/1084/CategoryID/22/List/0/Level/a/ProductID/122/Default.aspx?SortField=ProductName%2cProductName

Improving Teaching through Examining Student Work
Deep article
http://www.middleweb.com/CSLB3Hooverpg1.html

Interdisciplinary teaming
Online written discussion
http://www.middleweb.com/MWLISTCONT/MSLconstrteam.html

Key Resources about Middle Grades Teaming
Two brief articles and a bibliography
http://www.middleweb.com/MWLresources/teamingresources.html

Looking at Student Work in the Middle Grades
Online written discussion
http://www.middleweb.com/LASW/LASWmain.html

NMSA Research Summary
Interdisciplinary Teaming (May 2004)
http://tinyurl.com/o5ah6

Nurturing a Teacher Advisory Program
Pdf version of 61-page monograph published by National Middle School Associaiton in 1992. Many specific how-to suggestions.
http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICDocs/data/ericdocs2sql/content_storage_01/0000019b/80/14/04/13.pdf
(If link does not work, enter title in Google and select the result with “eric.ed.gov” in the URL. Click on “ERIC Full Text” in upper left of page.)

Professional Collaboration to Improve Teacher and Student Work
Article
http://www.turningpts.org/pdf/Conversationsfall00.pdf

Reinventing the middle school
Inter-related nature of the key foundational concepts of middle school education, including teaming
http://www.middleweb.com/MiddleWebimages/reinventing.pdf

Teacher Teams: 3 Strands Form Strong School Leadership
Article
http://www.nsdc.org/members/jsd/saphier272.pdf

The Quality Weblog Essays on Teams
Links to some thoughtful essays on effective teaming and team membership
http://qualityweblog.com/2005/05/30/essays-on-teams/

Tips on middle school teacher collaboration around student work
Further thoughts on this topic in a descriptive list of possible benefits
http://www.middleweb.com/CSLB3Hoovertips.html

We Gain More than We Give: Teaming in Middle Schools
Entire 555-page book, published 1997 by National MS Assn. Big book, can take a long time to download.
http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/custom/portlets/recordDetails/detailmini.jsp?_nfpb=true&_&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=ED414084&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=eric_accno&accno=ED414084
(If link does not work, enter title in Google and select the result with “eric.ed.gov” in the URL. Click on “ERIC Full Text” in upper left of page.)
                                            
Whole Faculty Study Groups
Article
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