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“If You Build It, They will Come… AND Stay!”
A Positive School Climate and
School CultureTakes ALL Stakeholders
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Session Outcomes
• Develop strategies to build a positive school culture through reflection and collaborative dialogue.
• Collaborate with colleagues to gain strategies to support:* teacher retention* a positive school climate/culture* positive working conditions* being an instructional leader* being an agent of change* coaching techniques
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Why is this important?Data reveals high rates of teacher turnover.
We must find methods to build positiveworking conditions to encourage our
“irreplaceables” to stay.Teacher Turnover data http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/newsroom/news/2016-17/20161102-01
NC TWC data: http://www.ncteachingconditions.org/
BEST NC data:http://best-nc.org/docs/EducationinNC-2015-Spreads.pdf
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Is this true in your building?
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All Stakeholders Play a Role
Positive school climate and culture takes leadership from all stakeholders.
NC Professional Teaching Standards: Standard 1: Teachers Demonstrate Leadership
NC School Executive Standards: Standard 3: Cultural Leadership
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School Climate vs. School Culture
School Climate is the NOW - current conditionsSchool Culture is the ongoing beliefs within the community
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Ways to Gauge School Climate and School Culture
NC TWC survey resultsStaff surveys - more than one time per yearParent/ Guardian surveysStudent SurveysRetention/ turnover data for staffObservation/ Dialogue
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Gallery Walk
Instructional Leadership
Optimum Working Conditions
Transparency
Retention Strategies
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Reflect on the following:
“teachers with positive perceptions about their working conditions are much more likely to stay at their current school than educators who are more negative about their conditions of work, particularly in the areas of leadership and empowerment” (Hirsch & Emerick, 2007, p. 14, The Center for Comprehensive School Reform and Improvement).
What are ways you give your administration, teachers, and staff …:
• encouragement to stay?• a purpose?• proof you believe in them?• a culture of trust and respect?• ensurance that our new teachers have instructional and professional support?• instructional coaching?
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Collaborative Leadership:Strategies to
empower people.
Empowered people have ownership and
buy- in.http://www.bestpracticescenter.org/blog/tr
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How can YOUR leadership impact culture and retention?
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What are we doing to keep the “irreplaceables”?
At your table, collaborate to complete the discussion dice activity. One person record the group responses.
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5 Ways To Keep Irreplaceable Teachers
1. Start the school year with great expectations2. Recognize excellence publicity and frequently3. Treat your irreplaceables like they are irreplaceable4. Start having “stay conversations” 5. Stay consistent across the school with rigorous expectation
http://bit.ly/1t6TDIZ
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How Are You…?• Striving for a positive climate supported through a spirited staff?
• Ensuring your school is focused on teamwork and collegiality?
• Ensuring all stakeholders are involved in the process?
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/admin/admin407.shtml#sthash.VzGhMsli.dpuf
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ACTIVITIES TO INCORPORATE INTOYOUR ATMOSPHERE
• Movie Tickets
• Hand written notes
• 5th quarter after games
• Spirit days for staff
• Monthly Activities
• Chat and Chew
• Principal Hotline
• Staff Awards
• Handbook Jeopardy
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A Positive School Culture
Consistency and Buy- In from all StakeholdersRecognitions, CelebrationsSense of CommunityTransparencyShared LeadershipRole Model Behaviors wanted
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As a leader,you are the CORE:
-Create avenues for transparent communication
-Optimize success
-Reinforce good instructional practices
-Empower Leaders in your school
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A team is not a group of
people
who work together.
A team is a group of
people
who trust each other.
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Regional Education FacilitatorContact Information
Martha Anderson- Sandhills Karol McNeil-Horton- [email protected]
Amy Laughter- Western Rhonda Holmes- North Central
[email protected] [email protected]
DeAnna Foust-Platt- Piedmont-Triad Cindi Rigsbee- [email protected] [email protected]
Sonya Rinehart- Northeast Monica Shepherd- Northwest
[email protected]@yahoo.com
