They determine how to best demonstrate concepts learned. Young adolescents are unique individuals, therefore time should be used flexibly. Teachers, students, parents and indirectly society cooperatively determine what students should learn. Students work to accomplish these essential learnings. Teachers as facilitators work collaboratively in the learning process with the students rather than being experts set apart from students.
Teachers become skilled at helping students direct individual learning.
Through conferences, seminars, publications, fieldwork and networking, The New England League of Middle Schools will serve as a catalyst for action so that these beliefs become a driving force in middle level education. Many of these terms are also found in other middle level literature. The following definitions are offered to bring greater clarity to their meaning. Assessment - the ways that educators measure what and how students learn. A variety of methods are used to ensure that students have gained the necessary knowledge, skills, and attitudes.