The 'advisory Guide: Designing And Implementing Effective Advisory Programs in Secondary Schools

by Carol Miller Lieber

School leaders agree that advisory is a core structure for personalizing schooling for adolescents. The challenge is crafting the best program for your students and faculty. The Advisory Guide helps secondary educators design and implement an advisory program tailored to their school’s needs and goals. In this comprehensive guide, the design chapters present snapshots of various advisory models, and help planning teams think through nine major issues that should be addressed in order for the program and faculty advisors to get off to a good start. The implementation chapters offer facilitation tips, suggestions for using 15 different formats, and over 130 sample activities organized around ten advisory themes, including student orientation, community building, tools for school and learning, goal-setting and assessment, life skills, and career exploration. Perfect for large and small schools, independent and public. The Advisory Guide is a must-have resource for anyone involved in advisory from study groups and committees thinking through implementation to the advisors in the classroom.

Genres: Education

336 pages, Paperback

First published February 10, 2004

Reviews

[Kim Clifton]

I don't feel ready to assign stars because I haven't tried any of the activities yet... but as someone who is new to advisory, it certainly makes me a little more confident to know there are a wealth of resources here.

[Julia McBride · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is great for those looking for a framework to think about, design, and implement an Advisory program in their school. It has a pretty solid set of resources and activities in the last 100 pages or so. It prizes the importance of Advisory formats, norms, and structures conducive to teacher and student buy-in and achieving the goals you set as a school for what an Advisory program will achieve.

[Debbie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Solid guide to setting up an advisory program. The authors start from the very beginning and walk you step-by-step through the phases of implementing a successful program. Then there is a long chapter with ready-to-use activities to use with students that focus on all aspects of adolescent development--from the personal to academic.

[Daniel Sadicario · Rating 5 out of 5]

I haven't read any other books on maintaining an advisory, but this one had a lot of great information and useful activities.