Chapter 12: Teacher Advisories – A Proposal for Change

This chapter talks about structured teacher advisory programs. These are basically when you take students and do hands on activities with them, as opposed to being in the classroom all of the time. When the first originated, they were seen as something of a nuisance. But, they are now seen as a good way for students and teachers to develop a good relationship with one another. It’s a different way to learn, and it is really becoming cutting edge, and a good way to provide an education to students. I’m not exactly sure how I feel about this new way to teacher. On the one hand I like the idea of getting out of the traditional classroom, but on the other hand it makes for sometimes more of a stressful class time. I like the end of the chapter, how it says that these advisory activities can help young adolescents to learn more about themselves and each other. Having these kind of experiences are really good to have, especially at the middle school level, when everyone is going through such a hard time.