Changing Systems to Personalize Learning

The Power of Advisories

(2003)

Debbie Osofsky, Gregg Sinner, Denise Wolk

The Power of Advisories guidebook helps high school change teams conduct workshops for school staff on setting up a school-wide advisory program, developing ways to introduce an adult advocate into the life of every student, and ensuring that each student has an advisor to help guide student planning, learning, and assessment.

The Power of Advisories contains topical discussion materials, instructions, graphic organizers, exercises, protocols, and facilitator's guidelines. Includes a CD with printable worksheets.

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Guidebook and Forms (PDF)

The Power of Advisories

• Entire guidebook

Facilitator's Materials

• Facilitator's Guidelines (throughout)

Worksheets

• all worksheets

• Purpose

• Organization

• Content

• Assessment

• Leadership

Assessment Tools

• all assessment tools

• Advisory Program Assessment - General Measures of School Achievement (p. 28)

• Advisory Program Assessment - General Measures of School Climate (p. 27)

• Leadership Team Assessment (p. 25)

• Advisory Group Effectiveness Assessment (p. 23)

• Advisory Observation (p. 22)

• PRHS Parent Contact Log (p. 19)

• Parent/Guardian Feedback Form (p. 18)

• Advisor Observation Form (p. 17)

• Advisor Assessment (p. 15)

• Rubric for Advisors (p. 12)

• Teacher Worksheet for Senior PLP Presentation (p. 8)

• Advisory Rubric (p. 6)

• Advisory Check-in (Advisor Assessment) (p. 3)

• Advisory Check-in (Self-Assessment) (p. 2)

Protocols

• Jigsaw Protocol (p. 107)

• Continuum Exercise (p. 101)

• 3-2-1 Protocol (p. 81)

• Strategy Shuffle (p. 111)

• Advisory Descriptor Cards (p. 89-92)

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