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Building a Culture of Trust: Thriving Teachers and Students

Understand the importance of a positive school culture and the role of trust in creating it. Learn how to build and maintain a strong school culture through integrity, clear communication, and support.

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Building a Culture of Trust: Thriving Teachers and Students

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  1. A Culture of Trust:Where Teachers and Students Thrive John Purcell School Improvement Specialist @EducateIN

  2. Outcomes Understand the difference between climate and culture. Explain why a positive school culture is essential. Explain the importance of trust in school culture. Describe elements for building and maintaining school culture. @EducateIN

  3. Climate A school’s attitude, reflected in day-to-day decisions and interactions; The ‘feel’ of an organization, encompassing the quality and character of school life. @EducateIN

  4. Culture The culture within a school represents its personality, and is formed over time as individuals develop common belief patterns, expectations, and behaviors regarding one another and about teaching and learning. @EducateIN

  5. Climate and Culture Attitudesof stakeholders, over time, become the school’s personality and form the collective beliefsthat establish the culture. Climate over time Culture “Culture is who you are.” @EducateIN

  6. Relationships and Effect Size A positive school climate and school culture promote students' ability to learn. Collective teacher efficacy 1.57Teacher estimates of achievement 1.29 Student self-efficacy .92 Positive peer influences .53 Teacher-student relationships .52 Positive self-concept .41 Decreasing disruptive behavior .34 Students feeling disliked - .19 Depression - .36 Visible Learning Limited Partnership and Cognition Education Group, 2017 @EducateIN

  7. Trust “Authority doesn’t come from a title, degree or position. It comes because others believe in us and trust us.” Thomas Hoerr (2014) @EducateIN

  8. Trust Building trust begins with personal trustworthiness. • Effective leaders establish personal trust by: • doing what they say they will do; • acknowledging mistakes quickly and openly; and • confronting conflicts between personal values and the professional environment. @EducateIN

  9. Building and Maintaining Culture • Model integrity • Focus on the what matters. • Commit to caring about the lives of individuals. • Be clear and consistent with expectations. • Be faithful with support. • Communicate clearly and often. • Celebrate success. @EducateIN

  10. Resources Building Strong School Cultures: a Guide to Leading Change by Sharon Kruse and Karen Seashore Louis Shaping School Culture: The Heart of Leadership by Terrence Deal and Kent Peterson Visible Learningplus 250+ Influences on Student Achievement. https://visible-learning.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/VLPLUS-252-Influences-Hattie-ranking-DEC-2017.pdf @EducateIN

  11. Thank You! Contact Information John Purcelljpurcell@doe.in.gov (317) 234-6165 @EducateIN

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