School Climate and Culture vis-à-vis Student Learning

In this book, the authors describe a comprehensive school reform approach that addresses the six areas needing reform 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.

Cletus R. Bulach, Frederick C. Lunenburg, Les Potter

PrefaceIntroduction 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