Leveraging the Impact of Culture and Climate : Deep, Significant, and Lasting Change in Classrooms and Schools (School Improvement Ideas for Driving Change and Creating a Positive School Culture)

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 Schools Chapter 1: How to Define School Culture Chapter 2: Differences Between Culture and Climate Chapter 3: Elements of Climate Chapter 4: Classroom Cultures Chapter 5: The Culture Scorecard Chapter 6: The Capacity to Change Chapter 7: School Culture Assessment Chapter 8: The Necessity of Culture Change Chapter 9: A Closer Look at Values Chapter 10: Not the Perfect Culture, the Right Culture Epilogue References and Resources Index "In Leveraging the Impact of Culture and Climate: Deep, Significant, and Lasting Change in Classrooms and Schools, authors Todd Whitaker and Steve Gruenert provide educators and school leaders with a framework for understanding and assessing culture and climate at the school and classroom levels. The authors advocate that, while culture and climate are strongly connected, they are two separate concepts, and educators need to understand each fully to engage in effective school improvement. The book shares research-based solutions to combat the challenges and pitfalls educators face when initiating classroom or schoolwide change. In this book, K-12 educators will discover how to develop and sustain a collaborative culture that promotes learning for all"-- Provided by publisher This book shows educators how to create a positive, collaborative culture that drives school improvement. By improving school culture and climate, leaders can drive deep change, transform schools, and achieve high levels of learning for all