Chapter 11: Teaming

Chapter 11 of Meet Me in the Middle was about the benefits of having teams- for teachers or for students. The first section talked about teachers forming into groups when discussing a particular student with his or her parents. This way, the parents can get different teachers' points of view and can really understand how their child is doing. Another good point made in this chapter was about integrating the subjects in a middle school. This also requires teachers to get together and discuss ideas, but it really does make sense. In life, people use a mixture of subjects to perform a task, do their job, etc. Once and a while integrating English class with History or Math and Science class would be both entertaining and beneficial to the students. Forming students into groups when doing a project can also help out in a classroom. If there are clear core values as rules for working in groups, then students will take the exercise seriously and they will be able to learn from their peers.