This curriculum contains nine parent education lessons and nine lessons for students who are entering middle school. The program was designed to be delivered in threes. Three sessions offered the winter prior to middle school, three sessions the following spring and the final sessions in the fall as students enter middle school. Though it can be delivered in many different ways.
Parent education topics include: three lessons about growth and change including: brain development and thinking, social, emotional, and physical development. The three lessons regarding partnering with education are: academics and new expectations, parent involvement with school, and home environments for learning and success. The final lessons focus on your role as a parent and include: parenting the middle school years, parenting styles, and guidance and discipline.
Student topics include: three lessons onhow I am changing; choices, independence, physical development. Three lessons on what middle school is all about. The building and routines at school, managing relationships, and understanding responsibilities and expectations. The final three lessons cover your role as a student and include you as an individual, as a friend, as a student.
Additionally, science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) activities for parents and students are included as well as lesson handouts. Materials are electronic and you will receive the curriculum on a flash drive.
