Yet they may not think
of their school culture in those terms, and may not have opportunities to come together in supportive, sustained inquiry - based structures.
Principal preparation programs should also be redesigned to support the
creation of school cultures that encourage teacher - administrator collaboration.
In addition, district and school leaders will gain actionable insights about the
impact of school culture and labor - management collaboration on the successful implementation of standards and student achievement.
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file of the school culture assessment has been used successfully in public schools of multiple states for more than a decade.
It's important that you meet your audience where they are, so making more than one social media platform part
of your school culture makes the most sense.
Admittedly, describing
phases of school culture development runs the same risk: turning the patience, iterations, and tough decisions into a simplistic narrative.
This is an important
part of school culture; everyone at a school has to see the value of these connections so that everyone can work to make this happen.
This week we want to recognize Zonya Hicks, Real Time Teacher Coach and
Dean of School Culture at Achievement First Brownsville Elementary School in Brooklyn, NY.
She is spending her first year out of the classroom, and is now the
Director of School Culture at Richmond College Prep in Richmond.
They learned about CLG's «ecological» change model, a professional development program that simultaneously addresses
issues of school culture, professional competencies, and work conditions.
«Our use
of school culture data is changing the way we're supporting our students and teachers to be successful.
I found the book very helpful during my research on the impact
of school culture on pupil achievement
Her dissertation, The Social Dimensions of an Individual Act: Situating Urban Adolescent Students» Reading Growth and Reading Motivation in School Culture, examines students» reading trajectories and reading motivation levels in
context of school culture — its mission, structural features, and everyday practices related to reading.
Given the deeply held, values - driven
nature of school culture and discipline, it seems increasingly untenable to suggest that there is or ought to be a default mode — Peter Greene's, mine, or yours — and that any ideas at variance with it need to be banned or forced to defend their existence.
«The fact that we even have to make the argument that thinking should be the most important aspect
of school culture proves that we have gotten very far away from teaching young people how to become successful adults.»
The study reveals sexist language and gender stereotypes are a typical
feature of school culture, contributing to a climate in which sexual harassment is commonplace.
The report ends with a call on administrators to start the often - fraught work of addressing these «deep - seated» career impediments for black educators: «[I] t will take honest and critical
examinations of school cultures and systemic processes in order for school and district leaders to develop the trust, support, and collegial working environments needed to recruit and retain teachers of color.»
For education leaders at all levels, this book delivers a compelling message: Understanding and harnessing the transformative
power of school culture can propel your school into the kind of place where teachers want to work, administrators can focus on what matters most, and students can thrive.