Creating a Learning Environment An

Creating a Learning Environment addresses the need to: Assess the culture that defines a school's environment Reflect on the variables which can improve/degrade the culture Determine what practices to employ in order to make necessary improvement

John M. Brucato is the principal of Milford High School, Milford, Massachusetts.

Foreword

vii

Phillip F. Flaherty

Preface

ix

Acknowledgments

xi

Introduction

xiii

Part I: The Problem

1

(8)

Assessing School Culture: Putting the Horse before the Cart

5

(4)

Part II: Beginnings

9

(56)

The Six Key Questions to Assessing School Culture

10

(9)

Why We Need to Read, Write, and Reflect: The Journal

19

(5)

Climate-Focused Leaders: The Profile

24

(6)

The Guiding Principles of Success

30

(3)

Building an Administrative Team: The Foundation of a Well-Run School

33

(27)

Climate Control: All Educators on Board

60

(5)

Part III: New Beginnings

65

(40)

Swinging the Balance

67

(3)

Clarity of Expectations

70

(3)

The Faculty Manual

73

(7)

Growth and Excellence Are Not Optional

80

(5)

Teacher Appreciation

85

(5)

The Student Body: The Driving Force of School Reform

90

(6)

How to Develop a Support Staff that Becomes the Glue that Holds Your School Together

96

(9)

Appendix I: How to Develop a School Culture that Reduces Discipline Problems and Enhances Safety

105

(2)

Appendix II: How to Deal More Effectively with Difficult Parents

107

(2)

Appendix III: How to Deal with Difficult Teachers

109

(4)

Appendix IV: How to Achieve Success with the Next Level of Student Discipline

113

(2)

Appendix V: Developing an Administrator-Friendly Student/Parent Handbook

115

(2)

Appendix VI: Seven Reasons Why School Administrators Cannot Turn Their Backs on Issues of Nonschool Conduct

117

(2)

Appendix VII: You Make the Call

119

(8)

References

127

(2)

About the Author

129

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Creating a Learning Environment An Educational Leader's Guide to Managing School Culture

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