Download or read book Summary of Existing School Climate Instruments for Middle School written by A. Voight and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This information memo provides an annotated list of extant surveys used to assess school climate, classroom climate, or teacher effectiveness that are designed for use in middle schools. The purpose is to assist educators to select or design surveys to assess school climate in middle schools, with a particular focus on assessing student engagement and teacher characteristics associated with higher student achievement. The search process for instruments that are designed and marketed as measures of teacher effectiveness included a review of the U.S. Department of Education's Safe and Supportive Schools compendium of school-climate measures, keyword searches (i.e., "school climate," "classroom climate," and "teacher effectiveness") of major scientific journal databases, and a "snowball" method of identifying measures via their reference in other publications and online sources. The list of 20 measures in this report includes several targeted toward classroom climate and teacher effectiveness. Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) West staff coded and grouped each instrument's subscales into 15 general categories. Readers may find the tables included in the report useful to understand the full range of concepts included in various definitions of school climate. The report includes detailed summaries of the 20 measures, as well as contact information and citations for the main references consulted. The following is appended: Coding process for instrument subscales.
Download or read book Transformative Classroom Management written by John Shindler and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-11-04 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Transformative Classroom Management The natural condition of any classroom is harmonious, satisfying, and productive, so why do so many teachers struggle with problems of apathy, hostility, anxiety, inefficiency, and resistance? In this groundbreaking book, education expert John Shindler presents a powerful model, Transformative Classroom Management (TCM), that can be implemented by any teacher to restore the natural positive feelings in his or her classroom—the love of learning, collaboration, inspiration, and giving—and create a productive learning environment in which all students can achieve. Unlike other classroom management systems that view problems as something to be “handled,” TCM offers suggestions for creating optimal conditions for learning, performance, motivation, and growth. This practical book shows teachers how to abandon ineffective short-term gimmicks, bribes, and punishments and adopt the proven management practices and new habits of mind that will transform their classrooms. Praise for Transformative Classroom Management “Transformative Classroom Management is a practical resource that explains the how and why of classroom management for novice and veteran teachers. Dr. Shindler recognizes the importance of preserving the teacher’s sanity while ensuring the student’s development of a personal sense of responsibility and a positive self-esteem.” —Eileen Matus, principal, South Toms River Elementary School, New Jersey “I have read many other management books by other authors, but Transformative Classroom Management has been the best so far at demystifying the invisible forces in the classroom.” —WILL McELROY, 4th grade teacher, Los Angeles United School District “This book was an invaluable tool for me during my student teaching. It served as a reference book that I found myself continually drawn to while struggling to find ways to effectively manage 29 first graders. The ideas, concepts and suggestions in the book were so innovative and helpful that even my Master Teacher found herself implementing some of the ideas! A must have for all student teachers!” —Carol Gillon, student teacher, Seattle University “Insightful and thoroughly researched, Transformative Classroom Management is an invaluable tool to help teachers, newbies and veterans alike, develop fully functional and engaged learning communities.” —LISA GAMACHE RODRIGUEZ, teacher, Los Angeles Unified School District
Download or read book School Climate Measurement and Analysis written by Darlene Faster and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 5 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today, school climate assessment has become an increasingly important and valued aspect of district, state, and federal policy. Recognizing that effective school climate improvement efforts are grounded in valid and reliable data, the Federal Department of Education launched the Safe and Supportive Schools grant in 2010 to provide 11 states with federal assistance that supports the development of rigorous school climate measurement systems. An essential step to school climate improvement is gaining a clear understanding of each school's particular strengths and potential areas of need through an iterative, data-driven process of feedback from the entire community--students, parents/guardians, school personnel, and ideally the wider community members. This data then becomes a springboard for a collaborative, community-wide process of improving the school climate, and creating targeted action plans and sustained efforts focused on the areas that will most benefit the school. Choosing an effective school climate instrument can be challenging. However, there are a number of essential factors to consider when determining the assessment tool that best fits a particular school's needs: (1) A strong research-base; (2) A strong, vigorously tested track record; (3) An instrument that measures core populations; (4) Ease of administration; (5) Additional features that fit the particular needs of each individual school community; and (6) Guidelines and useful tools to assist in understanding, and use of the tool. Strategies to guide effective practice are also discussed.
Download or read book School Climate written by H. Jerome Freiberg and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-08-02 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like a strong foundation in a house, the climate of a school is the foundation that supports the structures of teaching and learning. This book provides a framework for educators to look at school and classroom climates using both informal and formal measures. Each chapter focuses on a different aspect of climate and details techniques which may be used by heads or classroom teachers to judge the health of their learning environment. The book sets out to enhance understanding of the components of a healthy learning environment and the tools needed to improve that environment. It also looks at ways to assess the impact of change activities in improving and sustaining educational excellence. The international team of contributors bring perspectives from the school systems in America, UK, Australia and Holland.
Download or read book School Climate written by Peter M. DeWitt and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2017-07-24 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Build a positive school climate to impact students, teachers, and the community! Is improving school climate on your to-do list? Do you think about it as a top-down directive or as a dialogue to build equity within the school? A healthy school environment should never be seen as an option, but instead supported as a must-have. Peter DeWitt offers leaders practical high impact strategies to improve school climate, deepen involvement in student learning, and engage a broader family network. In addition to international vignettes focused on community stakeholders and research-based practices, this book features tools such as · a leadership growth cycle to help leaders build their self-efficacy · a teacher observation cycle centered on building collective efficacy · an early warning system to identify potential at-risk students · action steps following each chapter to apply to your own setting · discussion questions for use in team environments Establishing a supportive and inclusive school climate where professionals can take risks to improve the lives of students is vital to maximize learning in any school community.
Download or read book Measuring School Climate written by Rachel E. Durham and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite--or perhaps due to--the lack of consensus on its definition, there is abundant interest in and research on school climate. Researchers have determined that improving school climate is one way to increase academic achievement, school safety, school completion, teacher retention, healthy social interactions, and student well-being (Cohen, 2010; Dynarski, Clarke, Cobb, Finn, Rumberger, & Smink, 2008). Baltimore City Schools understands the importance of school climate and deploys multiple tools every year to understand and describe it. This report follows up on a previous Baltimore Education Research Consortium (BERC) report, "Positive School Climate: What It Looks Like and How It Happens" (ED553170). In that report, examples of principal and school actions to improve school climate were highlighted and reviewed. At its conclusion, questions remained about how schools, principals, and district administrators measure school climate. This subsequent report provides an overview of the data currently being collected by City Schools related to school climate and a proposal for how these disparate data sources can be summarized to inform school organizational health. It is guided by the following research questions: (1) What data are being systematically collected by City Schools that can speak to school climate, effectiveness, and organizational health? (2) What are the strengths and limitations of each data source? and (3) How do the different data sources relate and correspond to each other? The following are appended: (1) A Climate Tool: The 12 Indicators of School Climate for All City Schools, 2012-13; (2) National Center for School Climate: The 12 Dimensions of School Climate Measured; (3) The Climate Walk Tool; (4) Baltimore City Schools School Effectiveness Framework; (5) Baltimore City Schools Instructional Framework; and (6) Instrument Item Correspondence with NSCC [National School Climate Center] Climate Domains and Organizational Health Tool.
Download or read book The 2019 National School Climate Survey written by Joseph Kosciw and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-23 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book On Common Ground written by Richard DuFour and published by Solution Tree Press. This book was released on 2009-04-01 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This anthology presents the recommendations of education leaders, and each chapter contributes to a sound conceptual framework and offers specific strategies for developing PLCs. These leaders have found common ground in expressing their belief in the power of PLCs although clear differences emerge regarding their perspectives on the most effective strategy for making PLCs the norm in North America.
Download or read book Measuring School Climate written by Randall Arthur Cognetta and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Appropriateness of a California Student and Staff Survey for Measuring Middle School Climate REL 2014 039 written by Thomas Hanson and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A growing number of states and school districts use school climate assessments in progress reporting systems and are interested in incorporating these assessments into accountability systems. This analysis of response data from middle school students and teachers on the California School Climate, Health, and Learning Survey examines the appropriateness of the survey for identifying needs and monitoring changes in school climate. It analyzes survey response data for 730,160 grade 7 students from 2004/05 through 2010/11 in 1,117 California middle schools and 16,255 teachers from 2008/09 through 2010/11 in 812 California middle schools to examine the following research questions: (1) What school climate domains in middle school do the survey items measure?; (2) How reliably do the survey items measure school climate at the respondent and school levels?; (3) How stable are the school-level climate measures?; and (4) Are the school climate measures related to student achievement and discipline infractions? Three analytic strategies were used: exploratory/confirmatory factor analysis, estimation of respondent- and school-level reliability, and estimation of correlations of school climate measures over time and with student academic performance and suspensions. The study finds that student and staff surveys validly and reliably assess distinct school climate domains, such as safety and connectedness, meaningful participation, bullying and discrimination, and caring staff-student relationships. All school-level domain measures were associated in expected ways with school-level student academic performance and suspensions. The following are appended: (1) The link between school climate and student learning; (2) School climate items on the California School Climate, Health, and Learning Survey student and staff surveys; (3) Methodology; (4) Detailed results; (5) Sensitivity analyses; (6) Student survey exploratory factor analysis results: Factor loadings from preferred model; and (7) Staff survey exploratory factor analysis results: Factor loadings from selected model.
Download or read book School Culture Rewired written by Steve Gruenert and published by ASCD. This book was released on 2015-01-16 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Your school is a lot more than a center of student learning--it also represents a self-contained culture, with traditions and expectations that reflect its unique mission and demographics. In this groundbreaking book, education experts Steve Gruenert and Todd Whitaker offer tools, strategies, and advice for defining, assessing, and ultimately transforming your school's culture into one that is positive, forward-looking, and actively working to enrich students’ lives. Drawing from decades of research on organizational cultures and school leadership, the authors provide everything you need to optimize both the culture and climate of your school, including * "Culture-busting" strategies to help teachers adopt positive attitudes, outlooks, and behaviors; * A framework for pinpointing the type of culture you have, the type that you want, and the actions you need to take to bridge the two; * Tips for hiring, training, and retaining teachers who will actively work to improve your school's culture; and * Instructions on how to create and implement a successful School Culture Rewiring Team. Though often invisible to the naked eye, a school's culture influences everything that takes place under its roof. Whether your school is urban or rural, prosperous or struggling, School Culture Rewired is the ultimate guide to making sure that the culture in your school is guided first and foremost by what's best for your students.
Download or read book The Impact of School Climate on Student Achievement in the Middle Schools of the Commonwealth of Virginia written by David Alexander Bergren and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Commentaries on the National School Climate Standards Benchmarks to Promote Effective Teaching Learning and Comprehensive School Improvement School Climate Brief Number 2 written by National School Climate Center (NSCC) and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The majority of Americans have a shared vision that K-12 education needs to support children's ability to love, work and participate effectively in a democratic society. The National School Climate Center, a growing number of State Departments of Education and recently, the United States Department of Education believe that when school communities work to measure and improve school climate we mobilize the "whole village" to support the whole child developing these abilities that provide the foundation for school and life success. One of the most important goals that the National School Climate Council suggested in the 2007 "School Climate Challenge" was that the country needs school climate standards. When a State Department of Education develops standards, they are setting a "bar" that all schools need to achieve. In 2009, the Council was asked to develop these standards. The benchmarks provide a framework to begin to define what can be done to support children and adolescents developing in healthy ways and learning. The National School Climate Center has invited a group of building, district, State and national educational leaders to comment on the following five questions: (1) Do we need national school climate standards? Why or why not?; (2) What do you most value and agree with about these standards? Is they're something important that is, in your view, missing?; (3) What do you most dislike and disagree with about these standards?; (4) How could standards like these be used most helpfully to support student learning, positive youth development and the promotion of skills, knowledge and dispositions that support an effective and engaged citizenry?; and (5) What are the most important recommendations you would make to teacher educators, school leaders, teachers/ others who seek to implement the standards? It is the hope that these commentaries spur discussion, reflection and debate. When measuring and working to improve school climate the following can occur: (1) Recognizing the essential social, emotional, ethical and civic as well as intellectual aspects of learning and our school improvement efforts; (2) Supporting shared leadership and learning; (3) Promoting School-Family-Community Partnerships; and (4) Promoting student engagement. We hope that States and Districts will consider adopting or adapting these standards in order to narrow the socially unjust gap between school climate research, policy, practice guidelines and teacher education. Following an Overview by Jonathan Cohen, the following commentaries are included in this report: (1) National School Climate Standards: A Critique (Gene Carter); (2) Can standardizing climate insure safety? (Mary Grenz Jalloh); (3) National school climate commentary (Eileen Santiago & JoAnne Ferrara); (4) School climate standards and dialogue (John Devine); (5) Response to the National School Climate Standards (National Association of School Psychologists); (6) Reaction to National School Climate Standards (Jo Ann Freiberg); (7) National School Climate standards: New Tools for building respectful schools (Bill Preble & Rick Gordon); (8) Feedback on National School Climate Standards (John Eller); (9) Commentary on the National School Climate Standards: Using an Equity Lens to Reconsider the Standards (Randy Ross & Elizabeth A'Vant); (10) Coda: Reflections and next steps (Richard Cardillo, Jonathan Cohen & Terry Pickeral). (Individual papers contain references.).
Download or read book Resources in Education written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 748 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book School Family and Community Partnerships written by Joyce L. Epstein and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2018-07-19 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Strengthen programs of family and community engagement to promote equity and increase student success! When schools, families, and communities collaborate and share responsibility for students′ education, more students succeed in school. Based on 30 years of research and fieldwork, the fourth edition of the bestseller School, Family, and Community Partnerships: Your Handbook for Action, presents tools and guidelines to help develop more effective and more equitable programs of family and community engagement. Written by a team of well-known experts, it provides a theory and framework of six types of involvement for action; up-to-date research on school, family, and community collaboration; and new materials for professional development and on-going technical assistance. Readers also will find: Examples of best practices on the six types of involvement from preschools, and elementary, middle, and high schools Checklists, templates, and evaluations to plan goal-linked partnership programs and assess progress CD-ROM with slides and notes for two presentations: A new awareness session to orient colleagues on the major components of a research-based partnership program, and a full One-Day Team Training Workshop to prepare school teams to develop their partnership programs. As a foundational text, this handbook demonstrates a proven approach to implement and sustain inclusive, goal-linked programs of partnership. It shows how a good partnership program is an essential component of good school organization and school improvement for student success. This book will help every district and all schools strengthen and continually improve their programs of family and community engagement.
Download or read book Contemporary Approaches To Research On Learning Environments Worldviews written by Darrell Fisher and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2006-05-25 with total page 690 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learning environment research has undergone considerable growth in the past thirty years and has now reached a stage of notable diversity and internationalization. Earlier studies often used questionnaires to assess learning environments, but today both qualitative and quantitative approaches are used. Many contemporary studies are a productive combination of these two approaches.This volume brings together prominent educators and researchers from around the world to share their contemporary research on educational learning environments. The chapters provide information on recent trends and developments and effective applications of different methods to improve teaching and learning. The book will be a critical and specialized source that describes recent advances in learning environment studies across all continents. The contributors come from Australia, Belgium, Cyprus, Finland, India, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Singapore, Turkey, Taiwan, Thailand, and the USA.
Download or read book TALIS Creating Effective Teaching and Learning Environments First Results from TALIS written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2009-07-21 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication is the first report from the OECD’s Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS). It provides quantitative, policy-relevant information on the teaching and learning environment in schools in 23 countries.
