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Differentiated by grade level: 6th, 9th and 12th grade advisors take time to plan the opening day of school. Other grade levels take time to talk about opening day with their kids and the first advisee day out. Only half day. Dave training about being an advisor in general for later in the year after new folks have had time to acclimate to their classes.

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Having brand new advisors and or second year advisors get together with experienced advisors periodically over the year.

Organize everything on the padlet with duplicates  taken out so we can have a conversation  during training

More advisee day outs where they are not already planned

Is it possible to have money placed into an account to pay for advisee group activities?

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-More conversation and planning around how to live out our INTENT for the advisee system.
-Continued support and PD on how to manage time and balance demands (DeMillo seconds this)
-Revisit the intent of advisee/grade level meetings
-Loved Dwayne's idea of setting boundaries for ourselves as a staff so that we can all be healthier!

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We struggle with this. We all send the general information out but we only reach out beyond that if something is really going wrong.

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·      Parent email newsletter

·      Advisee group Google Classroom

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How do we communicate with advisees and parents?

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How do we communicate with advisees and parents?

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email
google classroom page for advisees
texting
phone calls

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How do you communicate with Advisees and parents?

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How do you communicate with Advisees and parents?

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Google Classroom for advisees to communicate announcements both with students and parents. Encourage students to communicate with their parents. Calling parents of advisees can really help to build connections.

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How do we communicate with our advisees and their parents? 

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How do we communicate with our advisees and their parents? 

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*Google classroom / e-mail list

*It is a struggle.

*Could we have master advisors create an update to be disseminated by other grade level advisors?

*What is the expectation of parents to communicate with their student advisor?

*Making sure we as advisors have access to ALL parent emails in PowerSchool

*How does the “real-time” nature of PowerSchool affect parental notification

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How do we you communicate with Advisees/Parents?

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How do we you communicate with Advisees/Parents?

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Shifting communication via google classroom for parents and students.  Adding handouts to google classroom

Emailing advisee parents

Pizza Party!  Celebratory learning is an important thing to add depth to our advisees’ lives

Field trip permission forms are something that can be stuck to the whiteboard

Adding advisee questions on the board for students in order to get effective communication started

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How do you communicate with advisees and parents?

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How do you communicate with advisees and parents?

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-Email
-Facebook group (parents)
-Google Classroom
-Calling
-Weekly updates

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How do we you communicate with Advisees and parents?

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How do we you communicate with Advisees and parents?

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^Use Google Classroom for communication with advisees and parents. (Group email)
^ Go to advisees co-curricular activities.
^Parent/Teacher conferences.
^Email parents directly.
^Email students through Google Classroom (Advisee school email).

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·      Give yourself permission to not be perfect

·      Its ok to be somewhere between scenario 1 and 2

·      Make an effort to say hello to each kid each day and smile, the rest is ok

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How do you balance it with all the other demands?

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How do you balance it with all the other demands?

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-Arrive to work early
-Make students take on responsibility (checking tags, etc.)
-Mental health days
-Slow down and be in the moment
-Prioritize
-Forgive yourself

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How do you balance it with all the other demands? 

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How do you balance it with all the other demands? 

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*Punt.

*You make time. Prioritize.  This might mean asking for help.

*You do your best to be present, try to grow and be better, and you forgive yourself.

*Acknowledge the realities of what has to be done.

Be adaptable and be aware of students (and the groups’ needs)

*It is hard because sometimes it does feel like it is at the sake of something else.

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Shifting gears in the AM isn’t hard when you have the ability to stay later and arrive earlier

What is it like for those of us that have small children and can we put in the time that is crucial to clear more of the potential hurdles before students arrive?

What can we do to help make our results look more like our expectations?

Having the time to get our schoolwork done and be there for our advisees is something that we have pressure to be good at.  Do we get support?

Comfort with reaching out to parents in order to balance communication when needed.

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Know when to say "no". You don't have to do everything. Don't just beat yourself up but give yourself credit.

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How do you balance it with all the other demands?

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How do you balance it with all the other demands?

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! Add another Advisee time for Fridays (relationship building) as well as Mondays (business as usual).
! Use Google Classroom for communication with advisees and parents.
! Lessen the paperwork demands.

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·      Donuts

·      Apples to Apples or any game

·      Be yourself and take an interest in what they are doing

·      Use humor, one on one connections

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Forming individual relationships so you then can orchestra connections between advisees
Food
Play
Intentional have kids share- "Highs and lows"

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Have regular conversations, share food with them. Celebrating birthdays, bringing things in. Disallowing the cell phones in the morning and Monday advisee time to encourage conversations. Be deliberate and create opportunities for students to share struggles, successes, interests etc.

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This is varied depending upon the group and the dynamics. Sometimes group interactions are better and other times the individual approach is better. It also changes from year to year. It's important to be nimble and adjust to their needs.

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*Sarcasm :) Humor

*Meeting them were they are

*Individual conferencing

*Common interests

*Listening

*Being open with them about who I am as an advisor and individual

* Naturally and authentically (on their own terms)
* Occasionally, organize activities.

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Some advisees are really interested in having an inclusive group and that collaboration is really great to see

Advisees are open to showing their moods sometimes more one-on-one and at times the social dynamics will shift

Bickering like “family” is something that I’ve come to expect

Challenges like “let’s get everyone on the Nordic Team” as short-term bonding experiments to get students involved outside of school

The idea of “what’s important” is something that can spur growth when the engagement occurs

Advisee time is intuitive / We respond to needs and look for ways to help them connect. It can’t be forced.

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# Find something personal about each student.
# Share personal thing about yourself.
# I have individual lunch meetings with each advisee.
# Bring food in to share with kids.
# Board games, card games, and silly games.

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* To build a consistent relationship with a trusted adult during their 4 years in High School

* Advisors are a good starting point for questions and concerns from parents and students

* Mixed group of students, allows student to develop social skills

* To build relationships with a trusted adult and a small group that is not in an academic setting with high stakes assessments

* The intent is not to create things where advisors need to spend money

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Definition -
*The intent of the advisory group is to be an advocate and to be a support person who has the students’ best interests.

Discussion notes:
*A program to support students and meet them where they are. You are there advocate. For example, historically if one of your students got trouble, it was your responsibility to set up a disciplinary meeting. Your job would be as their advocate. Now we have changed, now you might not even be notified. That is making it hard to be an advocate if you don’t know. It was a more restorative system.
* Group sizes have also changed. Originally,  they were larger.  Groups seem more fractured now. * Similarly, it was different when we went from 7-12 to 9-12 the dynamics have changed.
* Is the purpose to connect with each student or to have them connect as a group? It is so important to work on promoting collaboration.
* It an opportunity to address some of the systemic issues that our young people face.

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To support student academically and emotionally
To hold them accountable for their actions.
To give students at least one adult who makes contact with them on a daily basis

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The intention of the MCHS advisory program is to build community throughout the whole school. The advisee system allows for each student to be seen and supported for the individual they are, and likewise for advisors. In addition, the advisory systems acts as a liaison, connecting home to school safely.

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Help advocate for students.  To be a trusting, safe person for a student that isn’t a teacher.

To help with access and provide pathways for resources for students.

Build community as a school and also helps to congeal the class, enhance communication/understanding.

Advocate for advisees when needed and a conduit for helping students meet and find guidance.

Collaboration is a huge part of it “advisory” was at first not allowed as a title due to the assumed hierarchy of the term.

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Being an advisor is a lot of mentoring, helping students navigate new things. The advisory program is more of a moral education rather than academic education. The advisor is “that one adult” that a student can learn to trust. Advisory is a support for students academically, intellectually, and emotionally. Advisory is an opportunity for students to create friendships/connections outside of their typical friend group, and become exposed to different walks of life, circumstances, etc.

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Intent of Advisory                The Advisee program was intended to give a student a connection to another adult who would advocate for them on a personal basis.  We also wanted an opportunity for students to build a support system among the Advisee group. 

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Intent of Advisory                The Advisee program was intended to give a student a connection to another adult who would advocate for them on a personal basis.  We also wanted an opportunity for students to build a support system among the Advisee group. 

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How do you communicate with advisees and parents?

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How do you communicate with advisees and parents?

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How do you balance it with all the other demands? 

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How do you balance it with all the other demands? 

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To foster relationships, provide support for current success and future life goals.

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Asking how their weekend went.
Listening and being interested in what they say.
Ask them about their co-curricular activities
Traditions