Full Description
Positive school culture is at the heart of effective teaching and learning. As such, improving a school's culture is a critical component to school transformation. This resource provides school leaders with a concrete professional development plan for staff and students designed to eliminate power struggles in order to improve school culture. The author provides six alternatives to power struggles. The six are then applied to a series of vignettes that provide specific examples of how power struggles play out in your school setting and how they can be avoided. From power struggles in the classroom, to power struggles with parents your school team will be better equipped to handle the nuances of all of the relationships that are at the core of your school culture.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Foreword-Rosalind Wiseman
Chapter 1: The Impact of Power Struggles on School Culture
Chapter 2: The Role of the School Leader in Eliminating Power Struggles
Chapter 3: The Classroom as Battleground: Teacher vs. Student
Chapter 4: From Start to Finish: Power Struggles that Impact Student Learning Throughout the Day
Chapter 5: Parents and School Staff: Power Struggles that Foster the Us vs Them Culture
Chapter 6: Staff Cliques: When Power Struggles Threaten Staff Unity
Chapter 7: Empowering Students: Advising Students on How to Navigate Power Struggles
Chapter 8: The Lesson Plan that Starts it All
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