SOURCE: Principal Leadership (High Sch Ed) 9 no3 N 2008
http://ezproxy.hamline.edu:2060/hww/jumpstart.jhtml?recid=0bc05f7a67b1790e52524b6a7a73d197d63c163083cd776d0975212c27324993a313048d6fec665d&fmt=P Vitale, J. A. Homeroom: An Updated Classic. Principal Leadership (High School Ed.) v. 9 no. 3 (November 2008) p. 24-7
This writers of this article started a new school that would hold up to 4000 students. They knew that in a school this large students could get lost if they didn't create a system that would help students build a relationship with a caring adult. Here are some highlights:
- Advisory lessons are taught based on needed themes
- Advisory lessons are built around longitudinal ideas
- Advisories banished anonymity in the school by creating a personal relationship for each student
- Homeroom lessons were very memorable for students (as measure on exit surveys)
- Teachers are key for implementing this initiative
What ideas do you have for homeroom? Do you have lesson ideas? What do you think?
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