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- In 2007, the National School Climate Council spelled out specific criteria for what defines a positive school climate, including: Norms, values, and expectations that support social, emotional, and physical safety. People are engaged and respected. Students, families, and educators work together to develop and live a shared school vision.
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Oct 13, 2020 · The single most important job of the principal is creating a school environment where students feel safe, supported, engaged, and accepted, according to many child development and school ...
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- A good school visibly and substantively improves the community it is embedded within.
- A good school adapts quickly to social change.
- A good school uses every resource, advantage, gift, and opportunity it has to grow students and tends to see more resources, advantages, gifts, and opportunities than lower-performing schools.
- A good school has students who get along with and support one another towards a common goal–and they know what that goal is.
- The students ask the questions—good questions. This is not a feel-good implication, but really crucial for the whole learning process to work. The role of curiosity has been studied (and perhaps under-studied and under-appreciated), but suffice to say that if a learner enters any learning activity with little to no natural curiosity, prospects for meaningful interaction with texts, media, and specific tasks are bleak.
- Questions are valued over answers. Questions are more important than answers. So it makes sense that if good questions should lead the learning, there would be value placed on these questions.
- Ideas come from divergent sources. Ideas for lessons, reading, tests, and projects—the fiber of formal learning—should come from a variety of sources.
- A variety of learning models are used. Inquiry-based learning, project-based learning, direct instruction, peer-to-peer learning, school-to-school, eLearning, Mobile learning, the flipped classroom, and on and on—the possibilities are endless.
Aug 21, 2013 · Individual interviews are also another way to get a sense of the school climate, and should be conducted by someone outside the school to ensure honesty and impartiality, e.g., a consultant or local grad student in organizational psychology. 2) Create a shared vision—but start with personal visions.
Jul 23, 2018 · A good culture arises from messages that promote traits like collaboration, honesty, and hard work. Culture is shaped by five interwoven elements, each of which principals have the power to influence: Fundamental beliefs and assumptions, or the things that people at your school consider to be true.
May 2, 2022 · CDC Healthy Schools. Promoting Healthy Behaviors. Healthy and Supportive School Environments. Print. Social and Emotional Climate is one of the 10 components of the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) model, CDC’s framework for school health.
Nov 7, 2016 · The need to establish positive conditions for learning is clear, but what exactly does it take for schools to get there? 1. Safety. Before students can succeed academically, they must feel safe, both physically and mentally.
