How to Design an Advisory System for a Secondary School.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Getting Started -- What Is an Advisory System? -- How Does a School Start an Advisory System? -- What Training Is Needed to Begin and Support an Advisory System? -- What Is the Role of the Advisory Committee? -- Chapter 2: Nuts and Bolts -- Where Is the Space for Advisory Meetings? -- Where Is the Time in a School Day for Advisory Work? -- What Records Should an Advisor Keep? -- Chapter 3: Placing Students -- How Are Students Placed inan Advisory Group? -- How Does a School Achieve a Reasonable Ratio of Adults to Students in an Advisory Group? -- How Are Students Assigned to an Advisory Group After the First Year? -- What Happens When a Student Asks for a Different Advisor During a School Year? -- What Is a Mature, Professional Relationship Between an Advisor and a Student? -- Should a Student Have Close Relationships with Other School Adults? -- Chapter 4: Meetings with Students -- What Does an Advisor Do in the First Meeting with an Advisee? -- What Does an Advisor Do in Subsequent Advisor-Advisee Meetings? -- What Does an Advisor Do in Group Meetings? -- Chapter 5: Communicating with Parents -- What Is Information Gathering? -- Should Advisors Share Information from the Information-Gathering Process with Advisees? -- What Happens at Parent Conferences? -- Chapter 6: Special Issues -- What Is the Role of Guidance Counselors? -- Is Helping Students Select Courses Difficult? -- What Role Does an Advisor Play in Discipline? -- What Should an Advisor Do If the Advisor Thinks She's Getting in over Her Head with a Student? -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Additional Help.

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