Student Transitions from Middle to High School

This book shows administrators and teachers what they can do to make their students' ninth grade experience a successful one. Practical and research-based, this book showcases strategies to help you reduce your dropout rate, enhance student achievement, and provide a safe environment for your ninth grade students.STUDENT TRANSITIONS FROM MIDDLE TO HIGH SCHOOL: Improving Achievement and Creating a Safer Environment describes exemplary transition programs in schools throughout the United States provides practical guidelines to help you develop a transition plan at your own site illustrates the many roles played by teachers, principals, and district officials. Grounded in the author's Twelve Factors for Successful Student Transitions, a research-based set of findings and guidelines, this book provides concrete examples of: outstanding orientation programs "anti-bullying" programs and practices middle and high school teacher exchanges ninth grade academies and many other effective programs and practicesAlso included are: professional development activities to help your staff become responsive to ninth grade students' needs student activities and games to help them make the transition to ninth grade techniques for the assessment and evaluation of student transitions at your school.