This school year two middle schools underwent training on understanding the middle school child. The transformation that two middle schools in Elizabeth City-Pasquotank County has changed the way students are taught, disciplined, and teachers delivering instruction. This transormation has already shown decreases in student office referrals and increases in student achievement as measured by NC-Check-In data. Attendees will be able to see how principals developed the team concept, implemented PLCs, handbooks, and a data monitoring system that has maximized the time administrators spend in classrooms evaluating instruction and assessment data.