Staff surveys, an SEL Assessment Toolkit, and practical advice for
creating a supportive school climate are among the many resources schools are using.
Creating a supportive school culture starts with fostering a positive culture for teachers and staff.
[6] Empirical research has consistently established that strong leaders improve student outcomes through several «avenues of influence,» including: providing supportive working conditions; increasing teacher motivation; ensuring effective instructional leadership; developing robust professional communities; and
creating supportive school climates.
Creating a supportive school culture starts with fostering a positive culture for teachers and staff.
Larry: What Federal and / or state policy changes do you think would do the most to ensure continued progress in
creating supportive school discipline and fostering equity in our schools?
Specific suggestions included
creating a supportive school climate committee, making student handbooks more accessible to students and parents, and having the district regularly publish data on school discipline.
When school nurses, administration, staff, parents and students understand the importance of managing food allergies this can
create a supportive school community where students with food allergies thrive.
These reforms, as outlined by the Healthy School Report Card, 2nd Edition, enable school leaders to
create a supportive school climate where bullying is not part of the school's culture.
Therefore, administrators and teachers should make concerted efforts to
create a supportive school community and engage LGBTQ youth, their families, and allies, including in the following ways:
It is designed to
create a supportive school environment through whole - staff training, identify students showing symptoms of depression and / or anxiety, and implement a cognitive - behavioural group program for students identified as at - risk.
Not exact matches
Klawe started with the hypothesis that if Harvey Mudd
created an environment that was
supportive and engaging for everyone; if the
school built confidence and community among underrepresented groups; and if it demystified the path to success, a diverse group of students would be attracted to the college and succeed there.
Creating safe and
supportive environments for all students, including LGBTQ youth who may face discrimination in and outside of
school, should be something that is encouraged by MLAs.
She had her boys in the Waldorf
schools and just in general
created a community for herself and her family that was like herself and
supportive.
You talk about
creating supportive environments in
school, too, but it's not just hugs.
Alvord Unified
School District — Pamela Lambert Innovation: Systems Change by Cultivating Community In order to
create a culture
supportive of healthy food and lifestyles, Pamela Lambert designed events that brought the community together around health and wellness — arranging walks with the mayor, parents, and students and a health fair in the guise of a day at an indoor trampoline park.
The mission of the Office of Safety and Youth Development is to help
schools to
create and maintain a safe, orderly and
supportive school environment for students.
They also pushed for the full restoration of Teacher Center funding and more state aid to allow for the expansion of the UFT's Community Learning
School Initiative and the Positive Learning Collaborative, a joint UFT - Department of Education program to
create safe and
supportive learning environments by providing educators with strategies to respond to challenging student behavior.
In addition, the current MCB Grad Network members and I are discussing the possibility of
creating an alumni bridge so that those who leave graduate
school can maintain
supportive structures in their lives as they move on in their careers.
«Districts need to provide training in developing teamwork and co-leadership models that will help
create a positive and
supportive school environment.»
Create a positive
school culture and climate that includes high - quality teaching and learning, safety, caring relationships,
supportive, and challenging learning environments, sense of community and inclusion for all students and subgroups, and distributed staff leadership
The investment you make into Positive Education for all is paying dividends within your
school community, I'm particularly interested in your starting point when
creating a positive, collaborative and
supportive work environment, and your policy.
Its solution is found most often in
creating a positive,
supportive school culture and climate, where teachers are treated as professionals and given the opportunity to collaborate, problem solve, and get needed, reasonable supports in timely ways.
Engaging and building trust with parents and
creating supportive home - to -
school connections is critical to new - teacher success; find resources to get started here.
For parent turned activist Emma Paulino, that means
creating a safe,
supportive, and challenging
school for kids and a place where parents are respected and valued.
Symonds believes that they're often able to make inroads with students who have struggled in other
schools because they work to
create a
supportive environment addressing all of a child's needs, not just his or her academic needs.
A whole -
school approach to well - being is about
creating a safe and
supportive environment in
schools, one that enhances all dimensions of health and the development of students, writes Nicky Sloss.
In Chicago, Boothroyd found that
schools varied widely in terms of
creating supportive environments for LGBT youth.
Dominic Fecteau, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Thamarrurr Catholic
School, Wadeye, NT Classroom profiling: A data - driven approach to
creating positive,
supportive classrooms
The suggested actions include
creating demanding and
supportive learning environments at
school, providing early intervention support, encouraging parent and community involvement and inspiring students to make the most of education opportunities.
Museums, libraries, community centers and after -
school programs have designed physical and virtual «makerspaces» to host communities of
supportive peers and mentors invested in
creating everything from nail polish design and webpages to jewelry and robots... and now, even
school curriculum.
The Program: In the fall of 2002, the Lausanne technology department and
school administrators agreed to
create the TechMentor program, in which «tech - expert» teachers would provide their fellow teachers with
supportive and non-threatening technology guidance.
Create productive
school environments, including
supportive working conditions, administrative supports, and time for teachers» collaborative planning and professional development — all of which help attract and keep teachers in
schools.
In more than a dozen cities, charter
schools educate 30 % of or more of all public
school students, and are
creating a ripple effect uplifting entire education systems, and seating
supportive education leaders who helped
create alternative opportunities in positions of authority at local and state levels.
Best Behavior is a professional development program designed for administrators and teachers to support their efforts in
creating and maintaining a positive and
supportive school culture that facilitates academic achievement and the healthy social development of students in a safe environment that is conducive to learning.
Clearly, addressing
school climate in a comprehensive and systemic manner is imperative in promoting academic excellence and
creating safe and
supportive school environments.
Ground Rules for Discussion (PDF): An activity for upper elementary, middle and high
school students to help
create ground rules that promote a safe and
supportive atmosphere where youth feel comfortable and where they perceive that their ideas and feelings are accepted and valued.
Career Academies attempt to
create more
supportive and personalized learning environments through a
school - within - a-
school structure.
Our goal is to
create safe and
supportive school climates in all New York City public
schools without the need for
school police or metal detectors, where young people are not suspended and removed from class, and where teachers and students have training and support to prevent and resolve conflicts in positive ways.
Understanding the full impact of inequities is the first step to
creating healthy environments,
supportive schools, and targeted instruction that helps all of your students engage in meaningful opportunities to expand their learning and heighten their achievement.
Participate in the largest network of K - 12 educators working to
create safe,
supportive school environments for all LGBT students.
In our 2015 policy paper, Climate Change:
Creating Safe,
Supportive Schools for All Students, E4E - New York members pointed out that there are more police officers than school counselors in New York City schools and called on the NYC Department of Education to turn this shameful number on its head by increasing the amount of school coun
Schools for All Students, E4E - New York members pointed out that there are more police officers than
school counselors in New York City
schools and called on the NYC Department of Education to turn this shameful number on its head by increasing the amount of school coun
schools and called on the NYC Department of Education to turn this shameful number on its head by increasing the amount of
school counselors.
In fact, a growing number of Federal agencies (U.S. Departments of Education and Justice, CDC, SAMHSA and IES), state departments of education (Connecticut, Georgia, Minnesota and Massachusetts) and large and small districts (from Chicago to Westbrook, Connecticut) are developing
school climate policies and / or laws that support students, parents / guardians,
school personnel and even community members learning and working together to
create safer, more
supportive, engaging and flourishing K - 12
schools.
A key goal of the program is to
create a safe and
supportive environment where mentees can be comfortable asking their mentors for academic assistance; discussing barriers to achieving academic success; and learning from mentors about college, graduate
school, and other career opportunities that are available post-high
school.
Texas Teacher of the Year Tara Bordeaux strives to
create a safe,
supportive environment for her students because she recognizes not all of them get the support they need outside the
school walls.
Rethink Ed SEL develops social - emotional competencies to
create safe and
supportive school, family and community environments where children thrive and are both respected and show respect and where everyone engages in active learning.
It's a promising place to start when
creating a safe and
supportive learning environment and is fast becoming recognized as a key ingredient for
school and life success.
Massachusetts also funded a grant program ($ 200,000) to support pilot programs as models for
creating safe and
supportive schools.
Armed law enforcement officers are not educators, social workers, or counselors, and overwhelming evidence shows that when
schools involve law enforcement in minor, non-violent behavioral infractions, students of color are disproportionately impacted.1 In our 2015 policy paper, Climate Change: Creating Safe, Supportive Schools for All Students, E4E - New York members pointed out that there are more police officers than school counselors in New York City schools and called on the NYC Department of Education to turn this shameful number on its head by increasing the amount of school coun
schools involve law enforcement in minor, non-violent behavioral infractions, students of color are disproportionately impacted.1 In our 2015 policy paper, Climate Change:
Creating Safe,
Supportive Schools for All Students, E4E - New York members pointed out that there are more police officers than school counselors in New York City schools and called on the NYC Department of Education to turn this shameful number on its head by increasing the amount of school coun
Schools for All Students, E4E - New York members pointed out that there are more police officers than
school counselors in New York City
schools and called on the NYC Department of Education to turn this shameful number on its head by increasing the amount of school coun
schools and called on the NYC Department of Education to turn this shameful number on its head by increasing the amount of
school counselors.
When a
school has anti-bullying policies and procedures in place and all staff trained to recognize and respond to bullying, it's well on its way to preventing bullying and
creating a safe and
supportive environment for its students.
In E4E - New York, a teacher - driven policy paper from 2015, Climate Change:
Creating Safe,
Supportive Schools for All Students, presented recommendations to
create positive, student - centered
school climates.