Companion resource for

THE ADVISORY BOOK

The Study Guide provides detailed instructions for using The Advisory Book with colleagues to implement successful advisory meetings that build community, increase self-management skills, and prepare adolescent learners for the academic day.

The Guide includes:

• Nine meeting outlines that explore the practical strategies introduced in The Advisory Book
• Special meeting on assessing readiness to discuss challenging social issues such as multicultural interaction and bullying
• Structures for direct experience with Circle of Power and Respect and Activity Plus components
• Detailed leader instructions including sample language, daily news messages, and greeting, sharing, and discussion formats
• Clear reading assignments and text-interaction formats
• Small-group discussion formats to support lively conversation and text exploration
• Reflection structures to close each meeting
• Follow-up suggestions
• Circle of Power and Respect Advisory Meeting DVD viewing instructions

Table of Contents
Getting Started: Meeting Roles and Structure (171KB, PDF)
Meeting One / An Argument for Advisory (169KB, PDF)
Meeting Two / The Circle of Power and Respect: Overview, Daily News, & Circling Up
Meeting Three / The Circle of Power and Respect: Greeting (176KB, PDF)
Meeting Four / The Circle of Power and Respect: Sharing
Meeting Five / The Circle of Power and Respect: Activity
Meeting Six / The Circle of Power and Respect: Daily News
Meeting Seven / Activity Plus Advisories
Meeting Eight / Planning Advisories
Meeting Nine / Addressing Social Skill Development
Appendix A: Discussion and Group Formats

This book reflects the foundational beliefs and practices of the Developmental Designs approach to integrated social and academic learning for adolescents.

Quantity discount: 10% for 10 or more copies

2011, Origins, 72 pages, paper
ISBN: 978-0-938541-14-1

MORE Developmental dEsigns RESOURCES ON ADVISORY

Advisory Book, The REVISED EDITION
Circle of Power and Respect Advisory Meeting DVD
Tried and True Classroom Games and Greetings