The Bridge Forward: Middle School Leader Guide
Lead with Purpose Through Two Critical Transitions
Middle school leaders are pivotal in supporting students at both ends of a transformative journey—welcoming new arrivals and preparing others for the leap to high school. The Middle School Leader Guide from The Bridge Forward provides the tools and strategies leaders need to align the efforts of educators, families, and students.
With practical guidance for fostering connection, skill-building, and shared goals, this resource empowers leaders to create a learning environment where every student is supported, whether stepping into middle school or preparing to take the next big step forward.
Middle school leaders have the unique responsibility of creating the conditions to support both students who are entering middle school for the first time and those who will soon be entering high school. Leaders can use the resources in the Transition to Middle School and High School Leader Guide to help educators, parents, and students connect so that the entire learning community is working together toward a common goal.
- Item #: 710-BKS-CRSM
- Peer mentorship program resources, including peer mentor training sample schedules, a peer mentor application, and peer mentorship monthly activities
- Visit day resources, including visit day sample schedules
- Open house planning, including sample schedules
- Counselor resources, including scripts for common scenarios
- Orientation resources, including sample schedules and Responsive Advisory Meeting lesson plans
- Ten additional Responsive Advisory Meeting plans
- A preview of the parent resources
- Directions for eleven developmentally appropriate activities
Middle school leaders have the unique responsibility of creating the conditions to support both students who are entering middle school for the first time and those who will soon be entering high school. Leaders can use the resources in the Transition to Middle School and High School Leader Guide to help educators, parents, and students connect so that the entire learning community is working together toward a common goal.
- Item #: 710-BKS-CRSM
- Peer mentorship program resources, including peer mentor training sample schedules, a peer mentor application, and peer mentorship monthly activities
- Visit day resources, including visit day sample schedules
- Open house planning, including sample schedules
- Counselor resources, including scripts for common scenarios
- Orientation resources, including sample schedules and Responsive Advisory Meeting lesson plans
- Ten additional Responsive Advisory Meeting plans
- A preview of the parent resources
- Directions for eleven developmentally appropriate activities