Following a successful pilot, we are heading into our third year of having a student advisory (homeroom) section built into our daily high school class schedule. Our principal and our school leadership team have clarified student and staff rationale for having a homeroom at our school. The key objectives include; Initiate and foster long-term collegial relationships between students and staff Promote a culture of learning and academic achievement Increase attendance rates and participation rates for school activities Preservation of face-to-face instructional time Scheduled support of PBIS messages and activities Two years of commitment from students and staff have yielded positive results from our homeroom initiative. Participation in extracurricular activities has increased, discipline referrals have decreased, and academic achievements are being celebrated with greater frequency. Despite these successes, some of our students and teachers are asking, " Couldn't we b...
Ruminations about lifelong learning.