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Does school matters?

Does school culture
matters?
Creating a Positive School
Culture
Group 9
 At the end of this chapter, you should be able
to:

• Explain the meaning of school culture;

Objectives: • Discuss how school culture affects learning;

and

• Cite ways by which you can contribute to the

building of positive culture.
 The meaning of School
Culture
 School culture is one of the most complex and important concepts in
education (Schein,1995). It generally refers, perceptions,
relationships, attitudes and written and unwritten rules that shape and
influence every aspect of how school functions. However, the term
also encompasses more concrete issues such as the physical and
emotional safety of the students, the orderliness of classrooms and
public spaces or degree to which a school embraces racial, ethnic,
linguistic and cultural diversity.

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 CULTURE AS A SOCIAL CONSTRUCT

 Culture is a social construct not a genetic construct. This means that school
culture is., therefore, something that we create and shape.
 It is shaped by everything that all people in school see, hear, feel and interact
with.
 It is a creation of the school head, teachers, parents, non – teaching staff
students and community.

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School Climate and School
Culture
Social Climate
- refers to the school's effects on students, including teaching practices,
diversity and the relationships among administrators, teachers, parents and
students.
- driven by and reflected in daily interaction of staff, administration, faculty,
students support staff and the outside community.

Social Culture
- is a deeper level of reflection of shared values, beliefs, and traditions
between staff members.

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 The Role of School Culture in Learning
-School culture matters.
-can either be positive or negative or toxic.

• Positive School Culture fosters improvement, collaborative decision-

making, professional development and staff, and student learning.

• Negative School Culture fosters the opposite.

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Elements of a
Positive Culture
 • The school atmosphere is friendly.
1. Collegiality • You were in an atmosphere where responsibility and authority are shared by
everyone.
2. Experimentation • The atmosphere encourages experimentation and so will welcome mistakes as part
of the learning process.
• No student, no teacher gets punished for a mistake.

• Believing that students, teachers and staff can learn and will learn. It is a belief that
3. High everyone is capable of developing higher potentials.
expectations

4. Trust and • Students, teachers, school heads and parents relate well and work well when
confidence relationships are solidly built on trust and confidence.

5. Tangible support
• Everyone in the school community gets concrete support for the good that they do.
• Support comes in not just words but in action.

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 6. Reaching out • Teachers care to update themselves on content knowledge and pedagogy, The
to the knowledge first domain in the Philippine Professional Standards for teacher.
base

7. Appreciation • Words of appreciation and recognition makes classroom climate highly

and Recognition favorable.

• Kids don’t care what you know until they know that you are. They don’t listen to
8. Caring,
Celebration, teacher when teacher doesn’t care. It may be good to remind teachers that many of
Humor students, especially those who struggle, don’t receive nearly enough positive
feedback in the classroom or in their personal lives.

9. Involvement in •Involving others who are concerned with decision to be made enhances sense
decision making of ownership. They also feel important.

10. Protection of
• What school consider important must form part of their tradition an so must
what is important
be protected by all means.

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 11. Tradition
• School must have an intentional culture-based program on shared values,
beliefs, and behaviors. This strengthens sense of community.

12. Honest and

open • No one gets ostracized for speaking up his mind. The atmosphere is such that
communication everyone is encouraged to speak his mind without fear of being ostracized.

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 Shared Norms:
Teacher and Student
Norms
 Teacher Norms
1. Teach in different ways. 6. Attend school the majority of the
2. Call students by their names. time.
3. Care about student’s feelings.
7. Be respectful.
a. Understand their situation.
4. Have a good attitude. a. Give everyone what they need.
a. Stay Calm. b. Use proper language.
b. Use kind words. c. Allow space if needed.
c. Have patience.
d. Greet students and say goodbye.
d. Use supportive words when
explaining.
5. Help students understand.
a. Work at a reasonable pace. e. Call by your name.
b. Explain clearly. 8. Have a growth mindset.
c. Support different learning styles.
d. Expect the best.
e. Re-explain if necessary

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 Student Norms
1. Have a growth mindset. 4. Listen…
a. Believe you can improve. a. to the teacher.
b. Fail forward. b. to your classmates
c. Keep trying. c. to guests,
d. to the directions.
d. Speak positively about your abilities to
learn. 5. Attend school the majority of the time.
2. Call classmates by their names, 6. Be a good team player.
3. Be responsible for your work. a. Provide good, helpful feedback.
a. Have materials ready. b. Stay calm.
c. Encourage.
b. Advocate to yourself.
d. Stay on topic.
c. Be a professional.
e. Be considerate.
d. Meet deadlines.
f. Use proper language.
e. Participate.
g. Communicate clearly to students and
f. Be on time to class. teacher(s).

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 Takeaways
• School culture is the character of a school that gives the school
qualities beyond its structure, resources and practices. It is created by
all the people in the school. It is not inherited and so is not passed on
through genes.
• School culture affects learning and so schools must, by all means,
build positive not toxic school culture.

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thank you