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Middle Level Leadership

NASSP's National Center for Middle Level Leadership exists to further the recommendations of Breaking Ranks in the Middle™: Strategies for Leading Middle Level Reform by providing practical resources to help middle level leaders improve their schools; offering relevant, job-embedded professional development for new and experienced middle level leaders; and articulating the voice of middle level leaders.

Topics in Middle Level Education

Transitions

Relationships

Teacher Quality

Curriculum and Instruction

Middle Level School Improvement

Teaming

Climate and Culture

Leadership

Middle Level Leader E-Mail Discussion List
Jump into the conversation with your colleagues in middle level leadership across the nation. (NASSP members only. Not a member? Join now!)

 Voices of Experience Interviews (podcasts)
Listen to interviews with 13 highly regarded middle level leaders in the field, an addition to the new book Voices of Experience: Perceptions of Middle Level Leaders by Patti Kinney, NASSP associate director of middle level services, and Sue Swaim, executive director emeritus of the National Middle School Association (NMSA).

 From School Leader's Review (podcasts)
Debbie Phelps on Personalization - The mother of Olympic Champion Michael Phelps is also a middle school principal and a member of NASSP. Listen to an interview with her as she shares how her experience of raising a son with ADHD has influenced her as a principal and has encour-
aged her to personalize her school for ALL students.

Educating Students Who Live in Poverty
A discussion with Ray Landers, principal at Boaz Middle School in Boaz, AL, and the 2009 MetLife/NASSP National Middle Level Principal of the Year, about the reform efforts he has implemented at his school to reach students from low socioeconomic backgrounds.

In The Middle Level Leader (a free e-newsletter)
Engaged Learning
Anyone who has worked with young adolescents knows the door to academic success and effective classroom management is unlocked by engaging students in active, meaningful learning. In this issue of Middle Level Leader, researcher, author, and consultant Mike Muir shares strategies for meaningful engaged learning and offers tips on how middle level leaders can implement these proven practices in their schools.

Announcing 2009-2010 Breaking Ranks in the Middle Training in the suburbs of Washington, DC!

 

The NASSP National Center for Middle Level Leadership is made possible through a generous contribution from Minnesota Life, NASSP's life insurance provider for more than 75 years. 

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Documents


  • A Voice from the Middle
    A May 2007 poll released by NASSP and Phi Delta Kappa, A Voice from the Middle, reveals middle level students' high aspirations for college, but a lack of clarity about how to get there. A panel of middle level students gathered to discuss the poll results at a press conference to release the poll.
  • Voices of Experience Interviews
    As an addition to the book Voices of Experience: Perceptions of Middle Level Leaders, NASSP offers the following interviews with 13 highly regarded middle level leaders sharing their thoughts and experiences on a range of important topics.

 

Links


  • MetLife/NASSP State and National Middle Level Principals of the Year
    With support from MetLife Foundation, NASSP honors annually one middle level principal from each state, DoDEA, and the Distrcit of Columbia. From that pool of state principals of the year, one honoree is selected as the national middle level principal of the year.
  • National Junior Honor Society
    NASSP is the proud founder and sponsor of the National Junior Honor Society, which honors students for their scholarship, leadership, character, citizenship, and service.
  • Gruhn-Long-Melton Award
    The Gruhn-Long-Melton Award honors an individual's dedication to and an active involvement in middle level education as a major area of interest for a decade or more and the individual's significant contributions to middle level education
  • National Forum to Accelerate Middle Grades Reform
    NASSP is a leading member of this alliance of over 60 educators, researchers, national associations, and officers of professional organizations and foundations committed to promoting the academic performance and healthy development of young adolescents.