Formal Middle Level Introduction
Teaming is a central part of middle level education because of its array of benefits in assisting students and educators to build a experience. Most central to what it does, teaming helps educators refocus their instruction towards student growth, interests, and disposition. Through professional learning communities, educators can gain opportunities to enhance their insttruction through learning from and working more closely with others to produce better instruction more centered on students’ interests and standards based curriculum. Teaming allows teachers to collaborate in decision making and assessment while considering how best to serve their students. At the middle level, students’ work in disciplinary content can stretch beyond the knowledge of individual educators. To provide the best possible education for students, teachers need to be educated and tested in the disciplines they design curriculum for. Through a teaming environment, educators are able to serve as discipline e...