Using Shared Identity to Connect Across Schools and With the Community
Todd Miller, Superintendent of Santiam Canyon School District, will explore the central role of shared identity in connecting schools to each other an…
Tag: Climate & Culture
Starting the New Year Connected
Explore how we can identify students who may feel unseen, disconnected, or left out of their school community. Through collaborative discussion and id…
Reinforce Your School’s Identity to Launch the New Year With Momentum
Courtney Spelber, Former Principal at Ocean View High School in Huntington Beach Union High School District, discusses ways to use your second term to…
Practices that Uproot a Culture of Fear
In this Crowdsource Coffee, we will examine the fears that exist in our schools–fears of failure, chaos, disagreement, and others–and how they get…
Building Relationships Across Networks to Support Students in Intensive Circumstances
The academic and behavioral needs of most students are met through a continuum of support within a school. Some students, however, require out-of-syst…
What Great Principals Really Do: 4 Leadership Behaviors that Contribute to Your School Success
According to the article "What Great Principals Really Do," "A school's success is largely determined by the effectiveness of its principal—decades …
Above and Below the Surface Elements of a School Community: Understand & Evaluate Your School’s Identity
There's a lot of talk about school community, climate, culture, and identity and how they're all so important. But what exactly are they and how can y…
Building a Culture of Continuous Improvement Survey: Self-Assessment to Gauge Progress Toward Lasting Cultural Growth & Change
Assessing school/district culture and the readiness of all stakeholders to embrace a culture of continuous improvement is an important first step towa…
Eyes on Equity: How the Pandemic Has Created Glaring Inequality and Historic Opportunities
Inequity in American schools has never been more glaring. Distance learning and the COVID-19 pandemic are challenging old definitions of student readi…
Celebrate Student Assets: Understanding the Different Types of Human Capital
Educators may have a habit of looking at students through the lens of what is missing, or what isn't fair in their lives (the deficit perspective). Ex…