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The Advisory BookOrigins Middle School Advisory Book

Everything you need for a community-building advisory time.
• step-by-step guide to two flexible structures for advisory, Activity Plus and The Circle of Power and Respect
• 200+ sample advisories in thematic units
• 200+ greetings, activities, sharing ideas, and daily messages

Order your copy today. 

New Middle School Behavior Management Book from Origins

Available in the summer of 2009, this book will offer a comprehensive approach to classroom practices that build self-control, reinforce positive behaviors, reduce problem behaviors, and respond to rule-breaking including:
• Goal-setting
• Social Contract, creating rules with students
• Modeling and practicing rules and procedures
• Pathways to Self-control, redirections for rule-breaking
• Problem-solving assistance for repeat rule-breaking

Learn more

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Spring & Summer Workshops

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SPRING
• Responsive Classroom One-day Overview
• Developmental Designs One-day Overview

SUMMER
• Developmental Designs 1, 2, and 3 week-long workshops
• Responsive Classroom 1, 2, and 3 week-long workshops
• Literacy in a Responsive Classroom week-long workshop
• Building Academic Communities Through the Arts week-long


See workshop dates and locations.

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