For example, negative personal leaders have a direct
effect on school culture, which in turn could affect classroom instructional outcomes.
Data from quantitative studies derive from responses to questions we posed about average principal turnover rates,
effects on school culture, curriculum, and instruction, and student achievement.
When you compare
the effects on your school culture of the walkthrough process that you currently use and the effects the formative classroom walkthrough process described in this book, what are the biggest differences that you notice?
Not exact matches
In a high - stakes, high - pressure
culture, parent and
school expectations may have unintentional but damaging
effects on students.
The power of
culture - and its
effect on student achievement - is evident in adolescents» lesser concentration
on academic endeavors as they focus more
on television, video games, and excessive employment during the
school year.
«Clearly, there is a great need for rigorous evaluation research, which should focus both
on the impact of
school discipline reforms and
on their potential unintended consequences,» the authors note, emphasizing that reducing suspensions is a starting point in effective
school discipline reform but that changing
school culture can have «spillover»
effects on teachers and peers which raise important questions for further study.
Like most of the folks
on the trip that were new to New Zealand
schools, I wondered just what «morning tea» might look like and what its
effect was
on school climate and
culture.
The
effects of
school culture and climate
on student achievement.
School culture has a profound
effect on staff development.
As well as looking at the individual impact, the research also assessed the
effect that structured sports programmes from Greenhouse Sports - which includes basketball, tennis and table tennis - has
on the wider
culture of the four participating
schools.
Teachers also reported some positive
effects on the work environment, including stronger
school cultures and better support for teachers.
Cultures under Siege: Collective Violence and Trauma, edited by Harvard Graduate
School of Education Professor Marcelo Suárez - Orozco and Utrecht University Professor Antonius C.G.M. Robben, draws
on the work of anthropologists, psychologists, and psychoanalysts to look at the complex, overlapping ways that societies and individuals come to grips with the traumatic
effects of violence, humiliation, discrimination, and feelings of historical injustice.
Recent scholarship suggests that leadership distribution may moderate the
effects of principal turnover
on school culture.
The essential point is that the
effect of competition
on public
schools is inextricably intertwined with the history and
culture of American
schooling.
Furthermore, establishing a
culture of professional learning, as identified by the actions in Factor 1, appears to have greater
effect on student outcomes in elementary
schools than it does in secondary
schools.
We focus
on variables that may contribute to a
school «s
culture and climate, including (1) variables
on which principals can have some direct
effect, such as principal - teacher relations, trust, and shared leadership; (2) variables
on which principals may have less influence, such as teacher - to - teacher relations in professional communities, and collective responsibility; and (3) variables
on which the principal has indirect control, such as teachers «sense of personal efficacy, and the quality of instruction.
So is examining the
effects of Meaningful Student Involvement
on relationships among students, between students and adults, and
on the
culture of
schools.
- To evaluate the strength of each
school's instructional
culture, the effectiveness of the training program in meeting partner needs, and ultimately the value - added
effect on student achievement results in partner
schools
Read what his
school's Opportunity
Culture design team did to give teachers the support they need, through planing and collaboration time, and the
effect on their students, in the latest column in the Opportunity
Culture series
on Real Clear Education.
This research raises questions about professional development, student learning, and
school culture to guide future research: What are the
effects of arts integration
on teachers» beliefs about teaching and learning and
on their own practices?
In a high - stakes, high - pressure
culture, parent and
school expectations may have unintentional but damaging
effects on students.
In addition to the research cited above that provides a clear rationale for what Barnett Berry terms «teacher - powered»
schools, CTL sought local examples of teacher - directed leadership, professional learning and collaboration that are having a positive
effect not only
on teachers themselves, but
on student achievement and
school culture.
The
effect of
school culture on science education at an ideologically innovative elementary magnet
school: An ethnographic case study.
What is the incremental
effect of providing intensive coaching to
school principals who are engaged in, or have completed, EDP training,
on their leadership practices,
school climate and
culture, and student academic and behavioral outcomes in
schools?
What is the
effect of providing EDP training to principals
on their leadership practices,
school climate and
culture, and student academic and behavioral outcomes in
schools?
8:15 - 10:00 Mathew Portell from the Metro Nashville Public
Schools will present
on ways to change
school culture through understanding the
effects of trauma in the lives of children and the adults who support them.
The recommendations regarding data collection and analysis are equally critical at the elementary and middle
school levels, where they will continue to inform our understanding of the
effect of
school climate and
culture on security throughout MCPS.
Principals in our sample spoke about the
effects of strong unions, focused primarily
on teachers «working conditions, as obstacles to creating collaborative
cultures and engaging teachers in
school - and district - wide decision making.
Research documents that art - integration can have a transformative
effect on schools by improving
school culture and increasing student achievement.
«This announcement will encourage a
culture of vicious management practices within
schools which will have a profoundly negative
effect on the workforce and children and young people alike.»
The ATL President, Mark Baker, describes the corrosive
effect of Ofsted
on the collegiate, collaborative
culture which should underpin
schools: «Ofsted diverts the skills and energies of our senior leaders away from the really important work of inspiring and motivating their communities, compelled, as they are, to perpetually inspect themselves.
Summary: This article is a commentary about the
effect of world issues
on students and the need for
schools to provide a nurturing
culture and climate to allay our students» fears.