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Orono middle school teachers bring Character Strong practices to sixth grade after foundation-funded training
Summary
A team from Orono Middle School described implementing Character Strong, responsive-classroom practices and linked instruction on relationship and behavior skills to early reductions in behavior referrals.
A team of sixth‑grade teachers from Orono Middle School told the Orono Public Schools board they are implementing Character Strong and related strategies districtwide after receiving an innovation grant from the Orono Foundation to attend summer training.
Laurie Jensen, a middle school math teacher, said the national Character Strong conference the team attended "was 1 of the most amazing conferences that I've been to, and I've been around for a few years." Jensen said the program is research based and that the teachers returned intent on…
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