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4.7 Healthy School Culture A healthy school culture promotes social skills, conflict management, and prevention programs so that students are prepared and ready to learn. 
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Related Resources Tools NEW! After-School Program Handbook for School Site Leaders The handbook identifies specific action steps in creating an alignment between students’ in-school and after-school learning. It includes suggestions for connecting curriculum and instruction, for preparing school site and after-school staff to work together, and for drawing upon after-school learning resources to expand upon and strengthen in-school learning opportunities and to connect with families. Author: Peg Winkelman Publication Date: 2011 Publisher: California State University Collaborative Multicultural Problem-Solving with Case Studies: A 6-step Model This case study presents a 6-step problem-solving process to address discrimination and intergroup conflicts within schools. Steps include identifying the problem, acknowledging different perspectives, recognizing challenges and opportunities, assessing strategies, considering solutions, and defining expected outcomes. Publisher: EdChange Multicultural Pavilion School-wide Positive Behavior Support: Implementers’ Blueprint and Self-Assessment The National Technical Assistance Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports has created the School-wide Positive Behavior Support document to provide implementers with definitions and procedures that ensure successful implementation of school-wide support of positive behaviors. Publication Date: 2004 Publisher: OSEP Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports Articles NEW! Classroom Management Strategies for Difficult Students: Promoting Change Through Relationships This article discusses specific classroom management strategies that can help teachers build relationships with even the most difficult middle school students. Author: Mary Ellen Beaty-O'Ferrall, Alan Green, & Fred Hanna Publication Date: 2010 Publisher: National Middle School Association NEW! What Can Be Done About School Bullying? Linking Research to Educational Practice In this article, the authors review research on critical factors that address bullying among students. Author: Susan M. Swearer, Dorothy L. Espelage, Tracy Vaillancourt, and Shelley Hymel Publication Date: 2010 Publisher: Educational Researcher NEW! Changing the Conversation with Families in Persistently Low-Achieving High Schools: Guidance for Implementation of School Improvement Grants This article provides research on family engagement at the secondary level to provide an evidence-based foundation for selecting appropriate strategies. Author: Janet Brown, Marilyn Muirhead, Sam Redding, and Bob Witherspoon Publication Date: 2011 Publisher: Center on Innovation & Improvement Civil Schools Are Safe Schools: But Are They Attainable? The author discusses a proactive approach to school safety by trying to identify and restructure problem areas before they become problems. Author: Randy Sprick Publication Date: 2004 Publisher: Instructional Leader Exemplary and Promising Safe, Disciplined and Drug-Free Schools Programs Created by the Safe, Disciplined, and Drug-Free Schools Expert Panel, this document identifies exemplary programs that promote safe and drug-free schools. Publication Date: 2001 Publisher: U.S. Department of Education Making High School Students into “College Material” This article discusses four program components — counseling, student academic supports, curricular rigor, and incentives — that appear most often in college preparatory initiatives. Author: William Corrin and Collin F. Payne Publication Date: 2009 Publisher: MDRC Similar Students, Different Results: Why Do Some Schools Do Better? This report consists of the initial findings from a large-scale survey of California elementary schools serving low-income students, and lists the practices associated with the higher performing schools. Author: Trish Williams, Michael Kirst, and Edward Haertel Publication Date: 2006 Publisher: EdSource What Characteristics of Bullying, Bullying Victims, and Schools are Associated with Increased Reporting of Bullying to School Officials? This study tested 51 characteristics of bullying victimization, bullying victims, and bullying victims' schools to determine which were associated with reporting to school officials. It found that 11 characteristics in two categories—bullying victimization and bullying victims—showed a statistically significant association with reporting. Author: Anthony Petrosino, Sarah Guckenburg, Jill DeVoe, Thomas Hanson Publication Date: 2010 Publisher: Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education Useful Links Character Education and Development Unit The ADE Character Education and Development Unit provides professional development training and materials at no cost to educators and administrators statewide. Training and materials address strategies for improving school climate/culture, classroom management, and student behavior. Community and Family Engagement: Principals Share What Works This report shares six keys to engaging families, staff, partners, and the community within the school culture. Author: Amy Berg, Atelia Melaville, and Martin Blank Publication Date: 2006 Publisher: Metlife Foundation Safe Schools/Healthy Students Discretionary Grants The Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative is a discretionary grant program supported by the U.S. Departments of Education, Health and Human Services, and Justice, which provides students, schools, and communities with federal funding to implement an enhanced, coordinated, comprehensive plan of activities, programs, and services that focus on promoting healthy childhood development and preventing violence and alcohol and other drug abuse. ©2005 WestEd. All rights reserved. |
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