Taking Center Stage – Act II (TCSII)

A Portal for Middle Grades Educators

For superintendents and district staff members

Effective district staff members ensure that specialists work with middle grades professionals to ensure that they are not caught in the middle. In addition to the middle grades knowledge listed under school boards, district staff members ensure that they understand how well middle school professional staff members understand and implement the California Department of Education's (CDE) Twelve Recommendations for Middle Grades Success. Superintendents and district staff members should be able to answer the following:

• What are the needs in middle grades counseling, health support materials, and staffing?
• What funding and resources do middle grades professionals need to support:
• Ongoing teacher learning
• Middle school structures such as adequate staffing in academics and co-curricular offerings
• Flexible scheduling—ensuring that district bus schedules accommodate middle school needs for extended learning time to support student interventions and success
• Articulation issues within any of the following configurations: K-8, 7-12, K-5,
  6-8.

Related Links

• Association of California School Administrators (ACSA) (Outside Source)
• California Association of School Business Officials (CASBO) (Outside Source)
• California Association of School Counselors (CASC) (Outside Source)
• TechSETS: People supporting technology in schools (Outside Source)

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