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4.5 Positive Relationships with Students Teachers and staff build positive, nurturing relationships with students and work to improve student attendance, dropout rates, and graduation rates. 
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Related Resources Tools Protective Schools Online Training Modules These modules are designed to help you enhance the protective nature of your school and target opportunities to strengthen your school. Publisher: Protective Schools Sample High School Student Survey Based on the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction’s Seven Characteristics of Successful Schools and designed for students from the mid-elementary through high school grades, these surveys are intended to help school leaders to assess how students view their school environments. Publisher: North Central Regional Educational Laboratory Students Welcome Reasonable Discipline: Maintaining a Consistent Policy Based on the belief that the responsibility for good student discipline lies with classroom teachers, this article advocates the early establishment of consistent behavior policies that are developed in line with district guidelines. General tips for maintaining discipline, as well as a list of frequently occurring discipline problems and recommendations for their resolution are provided. Publisher: North Carolina Association of Educators Articles NEW! Encouraging Girls in Math and Science [K-12] This practice guide from the National Center for Education Research includes specific recommendations and the quality of evidence that supports those recommendations educators can use to encourage girls in the fields of math and science. Publication Date: 2007 Publisher: National Center for Education Research Institute of Education Sciences Creating a Climate for Learning: Effective Classroom Management Techniques This article suggests 12 steps teachers can take at the beginning of the year to promote effective classroom management. Author: Linda Starr Publication Date: 2004 Publisher: Education World Helping Students Cope with Test Anxiety This article discusses the characteristics of test anxiety and provides some suggestions to help students overcome the fear of testing. Author: Henry L. Harris and Doris R Coy Publication Date: 2003 Publisher: Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) Increasing Student Attendance: Strategies from Research and Practice Part of a series based on requests for information received by the NWREL, this booklet presents a review of the literature on why students don't attend school, strategies that encourage attendance, and what individual staff members can do to help increase attendance. A sample of initiatives in the Northwest is also provided. Author: Jennifer Railsback Publication Date: 2004, June Publisher: Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory Reducing the Dropout Rate Reviewing existing research on the subject, this article defines how dropout rates are calculated, describes risk factors that increase the chances that a student will dropout, reviews the literature on dropout prevention, discusses elements of successful prevention programs and lists successful programs, makes recommendations about how governments, districts, and schools can help reduce the dropout rate. Author: E. Gregory Woods Publication Date: 1995, March Publisher: Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory School Size, School Climate, and Student Performance A meta-analysis of research on small schools is used to support why smaller schools may be more beneficial than larger schools based on variables such as academic achievement, student and teacher attitudes, attendance and dropout rates, and interpersonal relationships among students, teachers, and administrators. Author: Kathleen Cotton Publication Date: 1996, May Publisher: Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory Using Instructional Design Strategies To Foster Curiosity This article discusses strategies that can foster engagement by increasing student curiosity in lesson content. Author: Marilyn P. Arnone Publication Date: 2003 Publisher: Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) Useful Links Communities in Schools of Arizona, Inc. Communities in Schools is a national community-based organization that links educators with the community and helps bring adults as role models into schools to assist students. There is a network office in Phoenix and Tempe. Other Resources The Random Act of Kindness Foundation The Random Act of Kindness Foundation is an organization encouraging goodwill across school campuses. Their site provides hundreds of activities for classroom teachers, as well as examples of what other schools are doing to promote a safe school environment. ©2005 WestEd. All rights reserved.  |
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