Academic Teaming

  • What Is Academic Teaming?

    In teaming, students are grouped with a core team of teachers who combine their resources, interests and knowledge to meet the unique needs of the middle school age student.

    Why Is Teaming Good for Students?

    • promotes a sense of belonging within a group.
    • enhances motivation and enthusiasm for learning through individual classroom study and team interdisciplinary units.
    • allows teams to establish goals to better meet students' needs.
    • helps teachers monitor attendance and behavior and address individual concerns/issues.
    • teaches students necessary organizational and time management skills.
    • provides common time for group/classroom guidance activities with support staff.
    • allows for team trips, interdisciplinary units, and assemblies without disruption to entire school.
    • Offers students additional individualized help through after school tutoring with teachers from their team.

    How Does Teaming Help Teachers Help Students?

    • helps teachers know their students and their needs better.
    • enables teachers to implement interdisciplinary instruction, student incentive and recognition programs, and field trips.
      • discuss academic, social and behavioral concerns.
      • monitor students' progress.
      • conference with parents.
      • coordinate homework, tests, quizzes, projects, field trips and interdisciplinary units.
      • consult with support personnel (counselors, school nurse, psychologist) regarding individual student concerns/issues.
      • support each other through shared goals, intellectual stimulation and better communication.
      • evaluate teaching strategies/techniques through daily collaboration with team members.provides daily meeting time where teachers can:

    How Does Teaming Help Families?

    • allows for more parental involvement.
    • enables parents to communicate and monitor student progress with all core teachers via a common daily team meeting time.
    • provides timely and consistent information regarding homework, test, quizzes and project