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The purpose of School Climate and Culture vis-a-vis Student Learning is to describe a reform that improves test scores, reduces dropouts and decreases bullying behavior. There are six areas that must be improved in order to accomplish this purpose. These six areas are the following: discipline, basic needs of humans, culture and climate, control, parent and community involvement, and levels of openness and trust. Discipline is one of the main problems in classrooms across the US. The authors describe a comprehensive school reform approach that addresses the six areas and reduces resistance to school reform. Creating a "high-performing" school is an organizational approach to school reform that creates a distinctly different school culture and climate than can be found in existing schools. The authors detail a vision and mission for a comprehensive school reform that involves all stakeholders and leads to high performance.
The purpose of School Climate and Culture vis-a-vis Student Learning is to describe a reform that improves test scores, reduces dropouts and decreases bullying behavior. There are six areas that must be improved in order to accomplish this purpose. These six areas are the following: discipline, basic needs of humans, culture and climate, control, parent and community involvement, and levels of openness and trust. Discipline is one of the main problems in classrooms across the US. The authors describe a comprehensive school reform approach that addresses the six areas and reduces resistance to school reform. Creating a "high-performing" school is an organizational approach to school reform that creates a distinctly different school culture and climate than can be found in existing schools. The authors detail a vision and mission for a comprehensive school reform that involves all stakeholders and leads to high performance.
Preface
Introduction
Phase One
Chapter 1: Four Types of School Culture
Phase Two
Chapter 2: A Four-Step Process for Identifying and Reshaping the
Culture of a School
Chapter 3: Implementing a Plan to Improve the Climate and Culture
of the School
Phase Three
Chapter 4: Power and Authority: Nine Techniques for Motivating
Faculty and Students
Phase Four
Chapter 5: A Character Education Program That Is the Foundation of
a High Performing School
Appendix A: Supervisory Climate Behaviors
Appendix B: A Report of Caring Behaviors
Appendix C: School Climate Graph
Appendix D: Measure of School Culture and Climate
Appendix E: Selected Character Traits and Their Corresponding
Behaviors
About the Authors
Dr. Cletus R. Bulach is a career educator with experience as a
teacher, school administrator, and university professor of
educational leadership. His research and numerous publications have
been on school culture and climate, bullying behavior, character
education, and leadership development.
Dr. Fred C. Lunenburg is a career educator with experience as a
teacher, school administrator, and university professor of
educational leadership. He has authored or co-authored 26 books and
more than 200 journal articles in the areas of educational
leadership and supervision.
Dr. Les Potter is a career educator with experience as a teacher,
school administrator, and university professor of educational
leadership. He has over 90 publications in books, chapters, book
reviews, and articles educational journals.
The authors provide practical, proven strategies to create a
student-centered learning culture focused on student outcomes.
*Beverly J. Irby, professor and associate dean, Academic Affairs,
Marilyn Kent Byrne Endowed Chair for Student Success, Texas A&M
University*
School Climate and Culture vis-à-vis Student Learning: Keys to
Collaborative Problem Solving and Responsibility is beautifully
written. The book is a vital research tool for local School Boards,
administrators and at the legislative level as well. In today’s
atmosphere of education reform, it is critical that our leaders
understand what really happens in American classrooms. The work of
the authors can help education policy makers understand school
reform, classroom management and cultural norms. This book is a
must read for all current and aspiring educational leaders.
*Bill Delbrugge, senior education officer, Esol Education, former
superintendent of schools, Flagler County, Florida*
The authors present an excellent roadmap for the high performance
reform of school culture and climate to improve test scores and
reduce dropouts. They provide a mission and a vision that requires
the buy-in of all stakeholders. The comprehensive change they
propose improves levels of openness and trust which reduces
resistance to the reform.
*Jonathan Munro, MANZAPPL, Clinical Head, Counselling &
Psychological Support Services; Adjunct Prof. Fellow, School of
Health & Human Sciences, Southern Cross University*
If you want your school to be more collaborative and supportive,
your staff to be more effective and appreciated and your students
to be more responsible and competent, read this book. A primary
goal of education is to help students develop positive attitudes
and skills that will enable them to become responsible and
contributing citizens. Based on my experience as a teacher,
principal and college professor, this book is based on sound theory
and is presented in a logical, practical and personal manner.
*W. A. (Bill) Belanger, PhD, president BB Consultants for Change;
professor (retired) University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada*
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