The Schools > Middle
School > Interdisciplinary Teaming
Teaming is fundamental
to our philosophy. Teaming offers an array of benefits to students, parents
and staff. We team for student success.
Teaming For students and parents:
- facilitates quick recognition
of individual student needs
- enriches instruction
- provides the best instructional
program for a common group of students
- helps students make smooth
transitions from 5th to 6th and 8th to 9th grades
- helps students see the
wholeness that exists in learning, both in content and skills
- emphasizes the child
as well as the curriculum
- provides for the unique
guidance needed for early adolescent students
- creates a positive learning
environment that allows students to succeed
- meets the needs of individual
students by promoting academic growth, providing exploratory experience, and
encouraging respect for self and others
Teaming For Staff:
- promotes communication
between home and school
- helps identify student
concerns quickly
- encourages interdisciplinary
learning
- provides collegial support
- allows creative uses
of block schedule
- increases shared professional
knowledge
- promotes mentoring
- assists with creating
new teaching strategies
- encourages meeting with
parents
- eliminates isolation
- promotes and encourages
professional growth
Interdisciplinary teaming
means creating a curriculum that links various subject matter into a purposeful
whole, encouraging students to relate school experiences with their daily lives
and visualizing a connection between them.
Interdisciplinary Teaming at PMS:
- makes connections
- promoted collaboration
- encourages problem solving
- emphasizes life skills
- utilizes cooperative
learning
- encourages community
awareness and involvement
- creates global thinkers