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The 9th Grade Challenge in Principal Leadership

I'm very excited to have an article on Freshman Transition published in the latest edition of the NASSP's Principal Leadership Magazine.

To read the article, visit http://www.nassp.org/tabid/2043/default.aspx and then click on the link for The Ninth-Grade Challenge.

You can also download a pdf version of the article by visiting …

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Added by Scott Habeeb on February 5, 2013 at 7:49pm — No Comments

The Ninth Grade Opportunity featured in VT Magazine

Since Alan Seibert, Ray Moore, and Scott Habeeb - the 3 co-authors of The Ninth Grade Opportunity - are all Hokies, Virginia Tech decided to do a short feature on them…

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Added by Scott Habeeb on May 5, 2011 at 11:24am — No Comments

Essential Components of a Freshman Transition Program - Part 3 - Standardizing Expectations

This series of posts on the essential components of a Freshman Transition Program is based on ideas found in The Ninth Grade Opportunity: Transforming Schools from the Bottom Up by Scott Habeeb, Ray Moore, and…

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Added by Scott Habeeb on November 14, 2010 at 8:08pm — No Comments

4 Steps for Starting a Freshman Transition Program

So you want to create a Freshman Transition Program (FTP) at your school and you don’t know where to start. You keep hearing about other schools creating Freshman Academies – is that what your school should do? How do you go about researching and exploring the topic?

Well, you’ve come to the right place.…

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Added by Scott Habeeb on March 11, 2010 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Recommended Books for Teachers

Here are some great books to consider reading and/or sharing with your students.

Over the years I have been amazed by the number of educators who don't read books related to our field. We recognize the importance of our students reading but then overlook how important it is for us. Perhaps part of the reason is that many books on educational topics are pretty dry. Also, many such books are written by "the experts" and seem to have little real-world application. Well here are…

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Added by Scott Habeeb on February 15, 2010 at 9:30am — No Comments

9th Grade Administrator Tip #4

Be sure to spend the correct amount of time visiting your 9th grade team meetings. So what is the correct amount of time?

1. It will vary depending on the situation. Strong, healthy, functioning teams will need less oversight/assistance from an administrator. However, I would suggest visiting even the strongest teams at least 1 time per week.

2. Newer teams or teams that are not functioning quite as well will probably need at least 2 or 3 visits per week until they are… Continue

Added by Scott Habeeb on November 22, 2009 at 9:38pm — No Comments