The school also has an assistant principal who helps with major student discipline cases that are ongoing and pervasive and is the lead administrator on
school climate and culture issues, Schweitzer said.
Not exact matches
This workshop examines the tension that parents, students,
and teachers often experience over
issues such as homework, grades,
and the
culture of competition,
and offers tools for creating a healthier
school climate.
The initiative is considering a broad range of
issues including
school choice, racial equity,
and school culture and climate.
Given that the vast majority of our
schools are comprised of predominantly students of color, the
culture and climate work we do with
schools inevitably intersects with
issues of race
and disproportionality in discipline.
Adopt a more holistic approach to fostering positive
school culture and climate and promoting healthy behavior, rather than legislating
and operating in a reactionary way to specific
issues such as bullying, substance abuse, violence, crime, teen pregnancy,
and other behaviors more likely to arise in the absence of social - emotional skills.
When we had narrowed down the
issues, it came down to teacher evaluation
and school climate and culture,
and teacher evaluation came out on top.
We also surveyed more than 460 E4E - Chicago member
and non-member teachers to gather more information on the
issues educators identified as most vital to improving
school climate and culture: social - emotional learning, trauma - informed
schools,
and restorative justice.
Participants discussed how
schools can improve their
climate and culture, with a focus on supporting non-punitive discipline strategies like restorative justice, which help
schools peacefully address conflict
and behavioral
issues without removing students from classrooms or
schools.
To reasonably ask UTR members to consider these changes, the district must clearly show how
and why these specific changes can remedy persistent
school climate issues that drive chronic teacher turnover, disrupt
school culture,
and diminish student academic performance.
Gary had been employed in a variety of capacities for over 24 years with the New Jersey Department of Education, in the areas of student support services, intervention
and referral services,
school climate and culture improvement, health education
and comprehensive prevention
and intervention programs
and services for student at - risk
issues and concerns.
Given that the vast majority of our
schools are comprised predominantly of students of color, the
culture and climate work we do with
schools inevitably intersects with
issues of race
and disproportionality in discipline.
Our goals are To create awareness among educators of how
and why intentional character education can lead to higher achievement
and lower discipline
issues among students; To support a
school's
culture that honors
and values positive character traits; To provide assistance in developing
and supporting the
school's foundation for creating a positive
school climate;
and To help students know, feel
and act upon core ethical values.
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.