We are a collaboration of faculty from colleges and universities and experienced practitioners from middle schools specializing in professional development for middle school educators. Designed for aspiring and practicing teachers of 10-15 year old adolescents, our organizations offer a summer Middle Grades Institute for middle school educators to hone and develop their teaching practice, and a monthly webinar - the Middle Grades Conversations for educators who want to stay current with middle grades teaching practices. We also host the Middle Grades Review, an open access, peer reviewed journal for scholars and practitioners that delves into the provocative issues and innovative practices of middle level education. Please join us!
Land Acknowledgment
We respectfully acknowledge the traditional homeland of the Winooski People, whose unceded territory is the place that many faculty members in the Middle Grades Collaborative reside or work in. The Winooski People are one of the twelve Wabanaki family bands that were living in this region when the boundary line between Canada and the US was agreed upon in 1783, leaving Wabanaki people living on both sides of the border and caught in the middle of someone else’s war and boundary decision. We recognize the longer history of this place, which reaches far beyond colonization, and its significance for the Indigenous peoples who lived and continue to live upon this territory. We further recognize that acknowledgement alone is insufficient and commit to elevating indigenous peoples and perspectives through our work.
Anti-Racism and Social Justice Commitments
We acknowledge our shared responsibility to work toward a better tomorrow, one in which there is justice toward those who are oppressed within our country and around the world. We commit to work toward dismantling unjust and oppressive educational systems via the following: