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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 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 Communication Skills This guide presents skills needed for effective communication (verbal and nonverbal), non-threatening methods of requesting behavioral change, and ways that school leaders can enhance interpersonal relationships with school personnel and community members. Author: Karen Irmsher Publication Date: 1996, January Publisher: Education Resources Information Center 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 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 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: 2005 Publisher: EdSource 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. 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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