Professional Opportunities
Check out some professional opportunities from MAMLE and others. Further your career, be recognized for your good work, and connect with other ML educators at the state and national levels.
Web Resources
Helping All Students Learn
Differentiation
Created by Carolyn Shorey, Sarah Olmsted, Becky Waugh, Eric Feeney
Differentiating instruction is a way to meet the needs of every studentwithout individualizing every lesson. In differentiated instruction,educators take into account the learning needs of students withlearning disabilities, gifted and talented students, and students inbetween these extremes.
Multiple Intelligences Website for Educators
Created by Erica Haywood.
Includes general information on MI Theory, Gardner's Pie Chart, how-tos on incorporating technology into teaching to the multipleintelligences, and much more.
Middle School Advisory - Is it Worth It?
Created by Sarah Roberge
Looks at the evidence aroundAdvisory and concludes it should be an integral part of any middlegrades program. Includes a history, discussion of purpose, indicators of success, indicators of failure ("do's and don'ts"), and resources.
School Safety
Safety Created by Jennifer Preston, Julie McCubrey, Chrstina Gratto, and Charlene Archer Explores safety issues facing middle schools today, including bullying,locker searches, peer mediation, and policy issues.
Parental Involvement
Family Involvement in Schools
Created by SarahCampbell and Steven Akeley
This site is for teachers looking for information on how families areinvolved in schools, and what they can do to promote familyinvolvement. From the benefits of family involvement to how to dealwith difficult parents, this site has all you need to know and more!
Parental Involvement in Schools This web site explores answers tothe following questions: How does involvement of parents affect theclassroom atmosphere? What are the key aspects to a successfulparent/teacher relationship? Why are some teachers reluctant aboutencouraging parental involvement?
Dealing with Controversial Issues
Controversial Issues
Created by Karyn Moore, LindseyFoss, and Megan Condon
Get the information that you need to address the issue in yourclassroom! This web site offers teachers tips and links to resourcesfor dealing with nine specific controversial issues in the classroom.
Book Review
2000 Voices: Young Adolescents' Perceptions and Curriculum Implications 2,000 Voices, written by CynthiaMee, is a collection of students thoughts and opinions on issues that pertain specifically to young adolescents (5th-8th grade). After interviewing 2,000 middle schoolers and compiling their responses, Dr.Mee wrote this book published by National Middle School Association in 1997.