Middle School Curriculum

The middle school is a school organization containing grades six to eight, and sometimes fifth that places an emphasis on creating a student-centered learning environment. Professionals within middle schools should strive to provide students with a curriculum that is integrative, challenging, and relevant via flexible scheduling, advisor-advisee programs, and teaming. Teaming with members of the faculty, the students’ families, and the members of the community is an important component to ensuring students receive a level of education that is linear and effective. No one person can teach a child everything they will need to know to be a productive member of society.

The middle school is designed to have a professional staff that is responsible for providing young adolescents with meaningful learning experiences. The research, concepts, principles, and theories on young adolescents identify learning as being a unique experience, in that teachers should provide students with flexible, challenging, and relevant material to promote cognitive and non-cognitive development. The need for flexible, challenging, and relevant material derived from the diversity population of young adolescents in middle schools. All teachers should be willing to adapt and cater to the individual …show more content…
These four essential attributes align with the sixteen characteristics of the middle school. Essentially, these characteristics hold the teachers, school professionals, and families responsible for providing students with a curriculum, culture, and school community that promote high level learning. I agree with this, in that, teachers should empower students to do their best, recognize all students are unique, and provide students with experiences that are challenging, relevant, integrative, and