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Author Elbot, Charles F

Title Building an Intentional School Culture : Excellence in Academics and Character
Published Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (161 pages)
Contents Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Chapter 1 -- Building an Intentional School Culture: Excellence in Academics and Character; The Importance of School Culture; Laneer Middle School: The Shaping of a School Culture; Resource A: School Culture Survey; Chapter 2 -- The School Touchstone; Resource B: Sample Procedure for Distilling Schoolwide Input in Shaping a School Touchstone; Resource C: How a School Touchstone can Guide Thinking and Acting; Resource D: Case Examples; Resource E: Touchstone Signing Ceremony; Resource F: Poster for Touchstone Kick-off
Resource G: Sample of Student Touchstone Rubric (1)Resource H: Sample of Student Touchstone Rubric (2); Resource I: Touchstone Effectiveness Assessment; Resource J: Touchstone Magnets; Chapter 3 -- The Four Mind-Set Model; Teachers and the Four Mind-Set Model; Students and the Four Mind-Set Model; Parents and the Four Mind-Set Model; Leadership and the Four Mind-Set Model; How to Use the Four Mind-Set Model; Resource K: The Four Mind-Set Model: Becoming More Highly Integrated; Resource L: Using the Shared Agreement Protocol; Resource M: Faculty and Staff Four Mind-Set Model
Resource N: Student Four Mind-Set ModelResource O: Parent Four Mind-Set Model; Resource P: Using the 12 Rubrics; Resource Q: Rubric of Faculty Interdependence-Template; Resource R: Rubric of Faculty Interdependence-Filled-in Sample; Resource S: Sample Letter to School Faculty Member Regarding the 12 Rubrics; Chapter 4 -- Introduction to the Eight Gateways; Teaching, Learning, and Assessment; Relationships; Problem Solving; Expectations, Trust, and Accountability; Voice; Physical Environment; Markers, Rituals, and Transitions; Leadership; Resource T: Eight Gateways Assessment Tool
Resource U: Scoring SheetResource V: Staff Reflection Tool; Chapter 5 -- Applying the Four Tools; Timeline: The First 36 Weeks (Year 1); Timeline: The Second 36 Weeks (Year 2); Pulling it all Together; Closing; References; Index
Summary This resource provides tools, case studies, strategies, and implementation plans to help educators create an ""intentional school culture"" that fosters excellence, builds character, and improves academic achievement
Notes Print version record
Subject School improvement programs.
School environment.
Educational change.
Educational change
School environment
School improvement programs
Form Electronic book
Author Fulton, David Vance
ISBN 9781412953788
1412953782
9781452294346
1452294348