School-level strategies for improving school climate¶

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Description¶

The report names commonly employed school-level strategies for improving climate: "schoolwide prevention approaches that involve all staff in the installation of a behavior management system," and "student social and emotional learning approaches that rely on classroom social-skills instruction." It gives two examples: restorative justice programs, which focus on relationships between misbehavior perpetrators and the school community rather than punitive discipline, and transformative classroom management that leverages student motivation and engagement to increase adherence to behavioral norms.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Schoolwide approaches involve all staff in installing a behavior management system

Constraints¶

Target Learners¶

• Secondary school students
• Schools serving low-income, racial-minority, and English learner students

Target Learning Goals¶

• Improving school climate to support academic performance

Related Strategies¶

• Target school-climate improvement within individual schools and communities, using schoolwide behavior systems, social-emotional learning, and compensatory supports
• Positive Behavior Support
• Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS)
• Positive Behavior Interventions And Supports
• Personalize the learning environment and instructional process to foster belonging
• Teach Positive Actions

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Voight, A., Austin, G., and Hanson, T. (2013). A climate for academic success: How school climate distinguishes schools that are beating the achievement odds (Report Summary). San Francisco: WestEd. http://www.wested.org/cs/we/view/rs/1310