Help flip the middle school script!

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As the oldest and largest organization of its kind, AMLE is uniquely positioned to lead the fight for our middle grades students and school communities. To accomplish our ambitious goals, we seek support from educators like you who recognize the opportunity of the middle grades.

Helping is as easy as sharing your story!

AMLE invites you to share written or video testimonials responding to the below prompts. These will be compiled and shared with education leaders and policymakers to advance the aims of AMLE's National Policy Agenda for Middle Level Education. The policy agenda includes seven aims:

Priority One: Gain Federal Recognition

Priority Two: Expand Professional Development Funding

Priority Three: Grow and Diversify the Education Workforce

Priority Four: Address the Mental Health Crisis

Priority Five: Support Innovation

Priority Six: Expand Career Exploration Opportunities

Priority Seven: Increase Research Funding

You can learn more about each priority and access the AMLE Advocacy Toolkit at amle.org/advocacy. Need assistance? Contact membercenter@amle.org.

Notes and Tips:

If submitting a video testimonial, consider filming in your school or classroom or with a professional background.
We recommend limiting videos to three minutes in length and written submissions to 500 words.
Please do not include any children in video testimonials.
AMLE will contact respondents prior to the inclusion of any testimonials in AMLE campaigns.

First Name

Last Name

Role

Email Address

School/Company Name

Mailing Address

I would categorize my school setting as:

Urban

Suburban

Rural

Clear selection

I am responding to the following prompt(s):

Priority One: Why should the federal or local governments recognize the middle grades as separate from elementary/high school? What would it mean for your work?

Priority Two: Do you have adequate professional development funds specifically for working with middle schoolers? If no, what would be different if you did?

Priority Three: What barriers exist to recruiting a diverse pool of middle grades educators? How might we encourage more educators to consider the middle grades?

Priority Four: What does the mental health crisis look like for your students? What is needed to solve it?

Priority Five: Where do you see room for innovation in your school/organization? Why is it important? What barriers exist holding you back?

Priority Six: Why are the middle grades the right time for students to start exploring careers? What opportunities would you like to offer your students?

Priority Seven: In what areas of middle level education do you think more research is needed to advocate for the resources you need to be successful?

If your submission is written, include it here.

If your submission is a video, provide a link to where it can be downloaded or viewed.

How familiar are you with AMLE's National Policy Agenda for the Middle Grades?

Not familiar at all

I'm aware it exists, but not much beyond that

I'm familiar with the agenda, but am not sure how to get involved

I'm familiar with the agenda and feel empowered to participate

Clear selection

I am interested in the following opportunities to advance AMLE's advocacy work in support of middle level education:

Participating in hill visits/meeting with policy makers

Participating in letter writing campaigns

Serving on an AMLE member committee

Spreading the word in my professional network or on social media

Contributing to future research/focus group opportunities