Companion resource for

THE ADVISORY BOOK

Steers you chapter by chapter through
The Advisory Book as you read it as a team. Together, deepen your understanding of the advisory formats and embed them in your school.

The Guide includes:

• Nine easy-to-lead meetings, just the right length for vibrant team time
  or staff meetings 
• Detailed leader instructions including sample language, daily news messages,
  and greeting, sharing, and discussion formats
• Structures for direct experience with Circle of Power and Respect
  and Activity Plus components
• Clear reading assignments and text-interaction formats
• Small-group discussion formats to encourage lively conversation
  and deeper reading
• Reflection structures to close each meeting
• SPECIAL MEETING: Are students ready to discuss challenging social issues
  such as multicultural interaction and bullying?
• 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