School Climate: Leading with Collective Efficacy

By Peter M. DeWitt

Book Overview

Build a positive school climate to impact students, teachers, and the community Is improving school climate on your to-do list? Do you think about it as a top-down directive or as a dialogue to build equity within the school? A healthy school environment should never be seen as an option, but instead supported as a must-have. Peter DeWitt offers leaders practical high impact strategies to improve school climate, deepen involvement in student learning, and engage a broader family network. In addition to international vignettes focused on community stakeholders and research-based practices, this book features tools such as - a leadership growth cycle to help leaders build their self-efficacy - a teacher observation cycle centered on building collective efficacy - an early warning system to identify potential at-risk students - action steps following each chapter to apply to your own setting - discussion questions for use in team environments Establishing a supportive and inclusive school climate where professionals can take risks to improve the lives of students is vital to maximize learning in any school community.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1506385990
• ISBN13: 9781506385990
• Release Date: August 2017
• Publisher: Corwin Publishers
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"