Leveraging the Impact of Culture and Climate

Together, culture and climate can make or break your school improvement efforts. Authors Todd Whitaker and Steve Gruenert help educators understand how to leverage culture and climate to drive deep and lasting change. Learn how to assess current culture, address climate issues, combat challenges, and work toward a collaborative school community dedicated to achieving high levels of learning for all.Rely on this book's effective school improvement strategies for creating a collaborative culture in schools:Understand the commonalities and differences between school climate and school culture.Identify the characteristics of specific types of classroom cultures for self-assessment and improvement in creating a positive classroom climate.Learn how to assess the values and beliefs of educators at the classroom and school levels.Discover your school's capacity for culture change using a step-by-step process.Consider how the elements of climate and culture influence school effectiveness and school improvement efforts.Contents:Introduction: How Culture and Climate Can Improve SchoolsChapter 1: How to Define School CultureChapter 2: Differences Between Culture and ClimateChapter 3: Elements of ClimateChapter 4: Classroom CulturesChapter 5: The Culture ScorecardChapter 6: The Capacity to ChangeChapter 7: School Culture AssessmentChapter 8: The Necessity of Culture ChangeChapter 9: A Closer Look at ValuesChapter 10: Not the Perfect Culture, the Right CultureEpilogueReferences and ResourcesIndex