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School Climate Through Students’ Eyes Dr. William Preble Founder and President, Main Street Academix Co-Founder and Executive Director, Center for School Climate and Learning. To hear this webinar you will need to choose your audio mode:

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  1. School Climate Through Students’ Eyes Dr. William PrebleFounder and President, Main Street AcademixCo-Founder and Executive Director, Center for School Climate and Learning To hear this webinar you will need to choose your audio mode: Go to the control panel in the upper right hand corner of your screen and click the button to select how you will be listening: Use telephone OR Use microphone & speakers (If using microphone & speakers make sure your volume is turned up so you can hear) Technical difficulties? Contact (518) 399-2776 All participants are on mute If you are using the telephone: Dial: (484) 589-1011 Access Code: 194-492-762 Audio PIN: Unique PIN shown in audio control panel on screen

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  3. The Center For • School Climate • Through Students’ Eyes William K. Preble, Ed. D. www.msanh.com

  4. Welcome Thank you! For Working to Improve Schools and Students’ Lives

  5. School climate is: a. the level of heat, cold, or precipitation found in leaky old school buildings b. what happens when you put a thousand kids in the same space c. what happens in the teacher’s room d. what happens when grown-ups aren’t around 

  6. “School Climate is like the air we breathe, no one notices it until it becomes toxic.” Jerome Freiberg

  7. Empowering ROLES can change lives. School problems are learning opportunities to think, learn, and do. PEER PRESSURE can be a positive force for change. Introductions & Assumptions Students BRING OUT THE BEST in teachers.

  8. A respectful school is: a. a place that is quiet and children do as they are told b. a place where people know more than a single story about one another c. a place where adults treat students respectfully… first d. a school that makes AYP, no matter what

  9. The Respectful School Disrespectful, hurtful and threatening school climate can rob students of their spirit, their education, their physical and mental health, and sometimes their lives. Wessler, S. & Preble, W. (2003) ASCD

  10. Dagget’s Rigor, Relevance Framework All students deserve to interact at a sophisticated level with the content they are being taught. SSRI_Rigor/Relevance Framework ICLE

  11. It’s All About Quadrant D

  12. From Social Isolation to Magic • Six Marginalized Children • A local Minister Magician • A Set of $50. Magic Tricks • Student Voice Through ‘Patter’ • A Touring Magic Club

  13. The Transformative Power of Roles Zimbardo’s classic research on prisoners and guards at Stanford’s simulated prison. Haney and Zimbardo, (1973, 1975, 1998)

  14. What NEW teachers need to understand about ELL kids/programs Dropout Prevention at Concord HS From College Visit to College Teaching ELL Students as College Professors at NEC Transformation of ELL student roles, relationships at CHS

  15. School Climate Activity #1 Understanding School Climate

  16. PLEASE READ Finished files are the result of years of scientific study combined with the experience of many years.

  17. HOW MANY F’s ARE THERE? a. 1 or 2 b. 3 c. 4 d. 5 or 6 e. More than 6

  18. Did you have some Blind Spots? Finished files are the result of yearsof scientific study combined with the experience of many years.

  19. School Climate is about perception... If we can’t agree on the number of “F”s, then how can we agree on how safe, respectful, just, fair, rigorous, engaging, or empowering our school is for our students?

  20. Too Many Schools Only See the Problems • School Shootings • School Violence • Bullying/Cyber-Bullying • Harassment • Dropouts • Teen Suicide • Academic Failure

  21. Interviews, Focus Groups & Beepers • What are your barriers to teaching? • Adults said “There’s just no respect...” • What are your barriers to learning? • Students told us “We don’t get any respect here.”

  22. A Wise Man Said... The secret to transforming lives lies in... “The Dignity of Expertise” Bill Cumming, The Boothby Institute

  23. Superordinate Goals • Muzaf Sherif, et al, The Robber’s Cave Experiment (1954) • Classic research on group conflict and cooperation and the effects of competition and superordinate goals on group dynamics.

  24. Join the Club: How Peer Pressure Can Transform the World Tina Rosenberg How to harness the power of peer power, youth REBELLION, and BRANDING to affect social change. HIV-Aids prevention in South Africa Fighting the oppression of women and girls in India Anti-Smoking Campaigns in the US Recent popular uprisings in Tunisia, Egypt, Syria, and Iran

  25. Collaborative Action Research • Ask important questions • Discuss the questions with everyone • Collect and analyze baseline data • Set improvement goals • Try something new • Collect more data - discuss what happened - try again • Keep working to improve

  26. The Safe Measures Process™ A Student-Led, Collaborative Action Research Process • Enlist principal, teachers & diverse student leaders • Collect school climate data from all students & teachers to compare what they say. • Identify issues & set goals for improvement • Develop goals through action planning • Monitor progress, adjust actions, and sustain change

  27. National School Climate Standards Cohen & Pickeral, National School Climate Council, 2010 • Collect School Climate Data & Develop Plans • Policies, Infrastructure and Student Supports • Teaching and Learning • Safe & Welcoming Environment for ALL • Civic Engagement & Social Justice

  28. How we use data to change perceptions

  29. David’s Story

  30. Ash’s Story of Empowerment “ I have changed since I was asked to be on this leadership team. I enjoy coming to school now because of this. I am trying to help make this school work for kids like me and my friends who get treated like we are nothing. This has given me something to work on that I feel proud of.” Self described ‘goth’ student, Sullivan County, TN 2010

  31. Connections Between School Climate & Learning • Research on the importance of providing a safe and orderly school environment (Edmonds, 1979; Walberg, 1984; Newman, & Welhage, 1995) • A review of 40 major studies between 1964 & 1980 reported important effects of school climate on student achievement. (Anderson, 1982) • Our research in Sullivan County showed a nearly 10% increase in academic performance in those schools that made significant improvement in school climate (Preble, W.K., & Newman, A., 2006)

  32. Clemson Evaluators Found... When students are involved as partners in school reform, adults implemented reform efforts with greater fidelity and sustained their effortsmore fully than adults did when students were not involved as partners. Students bring out the best in us adults!

  33. Improving Teacher Efficacy • “When it comes right down to it, a teacher really can’t do much to prevent bullying and harassment, because most of this depends on a student’s upbringing and home environment.” • “If I try really hard, I can get through to even the most difficult students and help them understand and accept others who are different from them.” 2008 Teacher Efficacy Score - 46% 2009 Teacher Efficacy Score - 75%

  34. Effective Strategies • Develop DIVERSE teams of student EXPERTS to help adults improve school climate, student engagement, and learning. • ACTION RESEARCH- Collect data, disaggregate these data to examine group differences, take action to improve your numbers. • Develop PLC’s -Adult Teams working with students on school needs. • Need ADMINISTRATIVE LEADERSHIP and vision to change the perspective from at-risk youth as the problem, to kids as leaders and change partners.

  35. School Climate Environment Engagement Safety school & emotional safety physical environment relationships academic environment respect for diversity physical safety School participation wellness substance abuse Office of Safe & Drug Free Schools disciplinary environment

  36. Successful Action Plans • Balance School Climate and Academics • Balance School Climate and Academics • Challenge Adults to Improve Using Data • Invite Students to be Partners • Address Climate & Learning in Classrooms • Tweak Power Relations • RIGOROUS , RELEVANT ROLES & RELATIONSHIPS

  37. Making A Commitment • Balance School Climate and Academics • What is ONE THING that you will do? • Work together to make a great school. • The journey itself can change everything.

  38. The Center For Thank you for participating and for working to make your school is a safe, respectful, and engaging place for all students. William K. Preble, Ed. D. wpreble@msanh.com

  39. Q & A with Dr. William Preble • This is the end of the presentation portion. • Submit questions at this time and stay on to hear the answers. • If you are logging off, thank you for attending and we will email you with follow-up information. For more information www.LeaderEd.com

  40. 19th AnnualModel Schools Conference From Theory to Reality: Creating the Schools We Need Now NASHVILLE June 26-29 2011 www.modelschoolsconference.com

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