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Amherst Middle School presents CHAMPS classroom-management, student circles and new courses to board
Summary
Middle-school leaders told the board about CHAMPS/STOIC classroom-management work, a student-circle program piloted with 140 students at a Camp Duffield retreat, a Math Foundations pilot (two sections), and a new Next Gen Tech course for seventh graders that includes an AI-literacy unit.
Scott Lonsay, identified in the presentation as Amherst Middle School principal, and colleagues Julie Doyle and Derek Tyson gave a multi-part update on student supports, classroom management and curricular pilots at the middle school.
Lonsay described CHAMPS (a framework of classroom routines and expectations) and the STOIC tool that guides how teachers structure classrooms. "CHAMPS is essentially a series of best practices and research practices around classroom management," he said, adding that teachers who attended summer professional…
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