School Culture

What beliefs, values, and assumptions does your staff share? Read how to cultivate a strong team by fostering shared norms, values, and traditions over the long term.

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  • How to Create a Crisis Handbook to Prepare Your School for Emergencies

    As a school leader, you can’t anticipate when a disaster may happen, but you can develop systems to help ensure that your staff and families are prepared.
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  • How to Tell When Someone Is Ready for an Administrative Role

    Recognizing, encouraging, and mentoring educators who demonstrate strong management skills is an important task for a principal.

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  • Boosting Student Engagement Through a Schoolwide Lunch Hour

    For this high school in West Virginia, building time for clubs and tutoring into the school day means happier, higher-achieving students.

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  • How to Onboard New Teachers So They Want to Stay

    Help new teachers feel like part of the team by showing them the ropes, helping them meet veteran staff—and giving them some swag.

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  • How to Address School Avoidance

    To help reduce chronic absenteeism, schools can help students learn how to self-regulate and manage feelings of discomfort.

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  • Making Students Feel Safe

    A trauma-informed approach ensures that students feel safe, supported, and nurtured—to improve their chances of academic success. 
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  • A Daily Support System for Students

    Students who need extra social and emotional support have a quick check-in with an adult at the start and end of each day.
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  • Making Sure Each Child Is Known

    A middle school in Nevada uses a simple strategy to build deeper connections between teachers and students.
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  • Under the careful watch of principal Keith Moore (r) and a staffer, in-person learning resumes for the first time since March at Campbell Elementary in Austin.

    Schools, Not Teachers, Must Reduce Stress and Burnout—Here’s How

    Educators’ health and well-being should be prioritized in school culture; school leaders can help create the conditions for that.
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  • The Power of Relationships in Schools

    Research shows that students who feel safe and supported by adults at school are better able to learn.
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    Too Much Focus on ‘Learning Loss’ Will Be a Historic Mistake

    Learning loss is real and needs to be addressed, but how we go about it should be commensurate with the size of the moment.
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  • Research-Backed Strategies for Better Classroom Management

    When students act out in class, it can be challenging to find positive ways to address their behavior. Here’s what the research suggests works best.
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  • 60-Second Strategy: TUMS at the Door

    A simple greeting at the door forges a strong teacher-student bond.
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    Defending a Teacher’s Right to Disconnect

    Remember personal time? For many educators, technology has driven it toward extinction—and it’s time to get serious about reclaiming it.
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  • Creating a Dedicated Space for Reflection

    Providing students with a quiet spot where they can calm themselves in times of stress helps them develop self-regulation.
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