Middle School Mindset 4: We must find more ways to collaborate to help students find their purpose. Across this exercise, I found some very good advice for us as professors of middle level education. No one mentioned that teaching this age group is easy. In fact, most of us consider it one of the most difficult jobs anyone will find. Insights from our advocates suggest our passion and our commitments, our collaborative experiences must continue. We must find ways to collectively make a difference, uphold the beliefs that our students are worth every ounce of energy we expend, and help them become our next leaders.
Being part of a team, belonging, building a community can happen in individual classrooms. Collaborating with colleagues makes this experience exponentially better. While we teach teaming as a tool for common practices, assessments, events, and exercises, may we never forget that teaming is about family, caring for one another, and finding ways together to make a difference with students.
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