Meet Me in the Middle: Chapter 11

Chapter 11:

In this chapter the main topic was how to create a successful middle school team of teachers. With the creation of teams, teachers are than better prepared to help their students achieve academic success. For example, when teachers work on a team together they can better plan due dates so that students don’t have multiple projects due on the same day. Since teachers are working together is unites them as a group and allows for integration across different subjects. When you have a team of teachers it is important to have your values as a group available somewhere. Also, each team member has to hold one another accountable for their actions.

I liked the idea of team teaching because I feel like it would make middle school easier to transition into for students. I can remember there were times when all the teachers would have major assignments due on the same day and we’d wonder why the teachers didn’t talk about scheduling conflicts. I think that when you’re on a team you are better prepared to help a student, because when you’re by yourself you only see a student in your class whereas other teachers can present their observations. Doing this allows you to really make sure that a student is getting the best available help. I think that it would be exciting to be on a middle school team because I think that you’d really have a chance to develop a good middle school environment for their students.