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April 2013 Blog Posts (2)

Do Your Sons and Daughters Understand Your Work? Probably Not!

I recently wrote an article titled Do Your Sons and Daughters Understand Your Work? Probably Not! which appears in the current edition of the Rhode Island Creative Magazine (RICM).

While the article is designed for the artist community, the concepts and the activities are relevant to parents, teachers and students transitioning to high school (as well as at other grade…

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Added by Dr. Ronald G. Shapiro on April 20, 2013 at 1:30am — 1 Comment

Ninth-grade transitioning through our weekly "Peer Advisory" program

Having recently joined the Freshman Transition Network and introducing myself here, Scott suggested I elaborate on the ninth-grade Peer Advisory program I was fortunate enough to be a part of when I was still teaching:

Overview

Groups of 12-15 ninth graders would meet every Wednesday morning from 8:00am-8:33am…

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Added by Ryan Fisk on April 17, 2013 at 3:00pm — 4 Comments