School Climate and Culture vis-à-vis Student Learning

The purpose of School Climate and Culture vis-à-vis Student Learning is to describe a reform that improves test scores, reduces dropouts and decreases bullying behavior. There are six areas that must be improved in order to accomplish this purpose. These six areas are the following: discipline, basic needs of humans, culture and climate, control, parent and community involvement, and levels of openness and trust. Discipline is one of the main problems in classrooms across the US. The authors describe a comprehensive school reform approach that addresses the six areas and reduces resistance to school reform. Creating a "high-performing" school is an organizational approach to school reform that creates a distinctly different school culture and climate than can be found in existing schools. The authors detail a vision and mission for a comprehensive school reform that involves all stakeholders and leads to high performance.

Dr. Cletus R. Bulach is a career educator with experience as a teacher, school administrator, and university professor of educational leadership. His research and numerous publications have been on school culture and climate, bullying behavior, character education, and leadership development.
Dr. Fred C. Lunenburg is a career educator with experience as a teacher, school administrator, and university professor of educational leadership. He has authored or co-authored 26 books and more than 200 journal articles in the areas of educational leadership and supervision.
Dr. Les Potter is a career educator with experience as a teacher, school administrator, and university professor of educational leadership. He has over 90 publications in books, chapters, book reviews, and articles educational journals.

PrefaceIntroduction
Phase One
Chapter 1: Four Types of School Culture
Phase Two
Chapter 2: A Four-Step Process for Identifying and Reshaping the Culture of a School
Chapter 3: Implementing a Plan to Improve the Climate and Culture of the School Phase Three
Chapter 4: Power and Authority: Nine Techniques for Motivating Faculty and Students
Phase Four
Chapter 5: A Character Education Program That Is the Foundation of a High Performing School
Appendix A: Supervisory Climate Behaviors
Appendix B: A Report of Caring Behaviors
Appendix C: School Climate Graph
Appendix D: Measure of School Culture and Climate
Appendix E: Selected Character Traits and Their Corresponding Behaviors
About the Authors