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Acknowledgments v
Acknowledgment of Contributing Schools vii
Introduction xv
The Animal School: A Fable xv
by George Reavis xv
1 Creating a New Focus 1
Origins of School Culture 3
Defining School Culture 4
Integrated Patterns of School Culture 6
Collateral Damage 7
Paradigm Shift and Resistance to Change 8
Introducing Change to a Faculty 9
Why Do We do Things This Way? 10
Creating Visible Change 13
Chapter Summary 14
2 Toxic School Cultures 15
The Look of a Toxic School Culture 17
The Effects of a Toxic School Culture 19
Toxicity to Student Learning 19
Toxicity to Students 20
Toxicity to Staff 20
Toxicity to Parents 21
Overcoming Toxicity-George Hall Elementary School, Mobile, Alabama 21
Positive versus Negative School Cultures 31
Chapter Summary 33
3 Setting the Stage for Improving School Culture 35
Teacher and Principal Perspectives 37
Improving School Culture Through Communication 41
School Culture Triage 42
School Culture Assessment 45
What is a School Culture Assessment? 45
Step 1 Interviews 46
Step 2 Observations 49
Step 3 Survey 50
School Culture Survey 52
Step 4 Evaluation 54
Step 5 Presentation 55
Presentation Tips 56
Chapter Summary 56
4 The Challenge of Changing a School Culture 57
Rip Van Winkle 59
The Challenge of Change 59
Paradigms and Educational Change 60
Expect Resistance to Change 61
Paradigms and Implementing Change 62
Miller Magnet Middle School, Macon, Georgia 63
Chapter Summary 68
5 Student Achievement in a Positive School Culture 69
Challenging the Status Quo 71
Leadership Behaviors in a Positive School Culture 72
Chapter Summary 76
6 The Human Element of School Culture 77
The Human Element and Change 79
School Culture and Human Behavior 80
The Challenges of School Leadership 81
Phil's Predicament 82
What Would Have Been a Better Approach? 83
Having the Right People in the Right Place 84
Chapter Summary 86
7 Creating a Shared Vision of Excellence 87
Vision Building 89
Dissecting the School Mission Statement 91
Thought, Speech, Action, and Artifacts 93
Perceptions of a Culture-Seeing is Believing 94
Does Your Practice Match Your Convictions? 95
Chapter Summary 101
8 Developing an Instructional Leadership Team 103
The Instructional Leadership Team 105
Collective Responsibility 107
Commitment to Continual Professional and Intellectual Growth 109
Buckhorn High School, New Market, Alabama 109
Root Cause Analysis 115
Distributed or Shared Leadership 116
Develop a Leadership Team 118
Provide Professional Development for the Team 118
Determine a Starting Point 119
Allow the Team to Work 119
Chapter Summary 119
9 School Culture's Impact on Improving Student Learning 121
Understanding and Embracing Diversity 123
Cross the Room: An Activity for Understanding 123
Improving Instruction 127
Effective Leadership 128
Individual and Collective Efficacy 129
First, Do No Harm 130
Reinforce What Is Right with the School Culture 131
Chapter Summary 133
10 Improving School Culture 135
Fourteen Things all Leaders Should Know to Improve School Culture 137
A Day in the Life of the High School for Public Service 142
Finding Value in Chaos 144
Chapter Summary 145
References 147
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