Advisory+Resources

=**Advisory Planning** =

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__Advisory Draft Proposal__
__Themes for each year:__ 9th grade – Who Am I? Curriculum focuses on self-discovery and understanding how I fit into the SHS community.

10th grade – What do I like? Curriculum focuses on establishing interest surveys and doing transcript reviews/planning for 2nd half of HS.

11th grade – What are my options? Curriculum focuses on exploring post-secondary options and program/college research.

12th grade – Where am I going? Curriculum focuses on developing and implementing plan including essay writing and applying to colleges.

__Days of the week:__
 * Guidance Curriculum/Portfolio development
 * Community building (within the advisory – games for getting to know each other, community service program implementation, and issues relating to the SHS and/or greater Springfield community)
 * Sustained Silent Reading – whole school involvement
 * Academic Exercises (test taking strategies, alternating day problems in literacy and math)
 * Grade-specific Day (monthly class meetings, mentoring with other advisories ie. 9-11 & 10-12, double advisories, portfolio/project work)

__Lunch/Advisory Period:__ We would schedule 9th and 11th grade lunch together so that their advisories run concurrently, and the same for 10th and 12th. This would allow for cross-grade mentoring to exist as well as having a balance in age groups for cafeteria behavior modeling.

__Advisors/Turnover:__ Teachers would have the same students (grouped by grade) for all four years. The academy teachers would begin with 9th graders next year, and the decision to remain or rotate will be made next year. Counselors will not have an advisory, freeing them up to be available to meet with individual advisories or combined groups.