Teacher as a School

Culture Catalyst
UNIT 4
Changing
School
Culture
OBJECTIVES:
At the end of the lesson the student will be able to:

 Define the school culture

 Develop a strong school culture
 Explain the importance of strong school culture.
 School Culture
According to Fullan(2007) school culture can be defined
as the guiding beliefs and values evident in the way a
school operates. “School Culture” can be used to
encompass all the attitudes, expected behaviors and
values that impact how the school operates.
 Example of a School culture
• The individual successes of teachers and students are
recognized and celebrated.
• School Leaders, teacher, and staff members model
positive, healthy behaviors for students.
• Mistakes not punished as failures, but they are seen
as opportunities to learn and grow for both students
and educators.
 To change your school culture
• Promote your mission, vision, values and goals
• Bring your staff together to find best practices
• Sustain the culture through communication
• Strive
• Confront problems
 How do you change the culture of school?

a. Define what you will not change.

identify the specific values, traditions, and
relationships that you will preserve.
b. Recognize the importance of actions
speeches and announcements are no enough. To
lead challenging reform efforts, you must be willing to
make personal changes in decision making policies.
D. ORGANIZATIONAL CLIMATE OF
SCHOOL
OBJECTIVES

At the end of the lesson the students will be able to:

• analyze the importance of organizational climate of

school;
• formulate ideas in making an effective school
organization;
• Make strategies to foster student’s development and
learning effectively.
Importance of organizational climate of school
 School climate refers to the quality and character of school life . Scholl
climate is based on patterns of student, parents and school personnel
experience of school life and reflect norms, goals, values, interpersonal
relationship, teaching and learning practices, and organizational
structures.
 Norms, values and expectations that support people feeling socially,
emotionally and physically safe.
 People are engaged and respected.
 Student, families and educators work together to develop, live and
contribute to a shared school vision.
 Educators model and nurture attitudes that emphasize the benefits and
satisfaction gained from learning.
 Each person contributes to the operations of the school and the care of the
physical environment.
Six Different Organizational Climate

1. Open Climate
2. Autonomous Climate
3. Controlled Climate
4. Familiar Climate
5. Paternal Climate
6. Closed Climate
Changing the
Climate of
Schools
OBJECTIVES:

At the end of the lesson the students will be able to:

a. elaborate the importance of changing/improving the climate of schools

b. perform the ways on how to change/ improve school climate

c. justify why school climate must change to be a positive school climate

What is School
Climate?
School Climate refers to the quality and character of
school life. School climate is based on patterns of students’,
parents’ and school personnel’s experience of school life
and reflects norms, goals, values, interpersonal
relationships, teaching and learning practices, and
organisational structures
STRENGTHENING SCHOOL
CLIMATE CAN HELP YOU AND
YOUR SCHOOL:

• BOOST STUDENT CHIEVEMENT

AND CLOSE ACHIEVEMENT
GAPS.
The only way to close the gab is by attending
to the individual needs of each and every
student. Each student needs the attention and
encouragement required to help them perform
at the level they’re uniquely capable of
reaching.
• IMPROVE RELATIONSHIPS
BETWEEN STUDENTS AND STAFF

Improving student’s relationship with the

teachers is very important because it provides
positive and long lasting implications for
both students academically and social
development.
• DECREASE TEACHER
TURNOVER AND INCREASE
TEACHER SATISFACTION

Increasing the teacher satisfaction contributes

to the well being of teachers and their
students, overall school cohesion and
enhanced status of the teaching profession.
• IMPROVE BEHAVIOUR BOTH
INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE
CLASSROOM

This can be done using positive reinforcement

to redirect students’ behaviour. This can be
done by teaching politeness offering rewards,
and encouraging your students.
• Increase students’ sense of
connection to school
School connection is an important protective
factor for many students. When the students
feel that their teacher cares for them and
wants them to succeed, they work harder, pay
better attention and persist through challenges.
WAYS ON HOW TO IMPROVE SCHOOL CLIMATE
• ENGAGE STAKEHOLDERS IN SCHOOL CLIMATE
IMPROVEMENTS

For school climate improvements every one with an interest in the

school needs to be informed and involved. People who feel
engage are more likely to partake in the school climate
improvement process as planned versus those who feel disconnected or
do not understand its purpose.
WAYS ON HOW TO IMPROVE SCHOOL CLIMATE
• SUPPORT THE COLLECTION AND USE OF
RELIABLE AND VALID SCHOOL CLIMATE

Data collecting and using school climate data is essential to the

school climate improvement process. Instructional staff are an
important part of data collection; they often are the ones asked to collect
data from the students and complete surveys or focus groups about their
own experience.
WAYS ON HOW TO IMPROVE SCHOOL CLIMATE
• HELP CHOOSE AND IMPLEMENT SCHOOL
CLIMATE INTERVENTIONS

Choosing the right intervention(s) is an important part

of school climate improvements. The intervention does
nit have to be a program, although cgoosing an
evidence-based program is one option. Interventions
also can be strategies, activities, policies, or services.
WAYS ON HOW TO IMPROVE SCHOOL CLIMATE
• SUPPORT ONGOING MONITORING AND
EVALUATION OF SCHOOL CLIMATE
IMPROVEMENTS

Monitoring and evaluation provide evidence of how well

you and your colleagues are implementing school
climate improvements and the impact those efforts
have on your school and students.