TOPIC: Classroom Climate/Culture and School Climate/Culture and Environments that Support Learning
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Center Developed Documents, Resources, and Tools
Relevant Documents, Resources, and Tools on the Internet
School/Class Size
Learning Environment
Classroom/School Climate
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Assess the Environment of a High School or Junior High School Classroom
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California Healthy Kids Survey
- Comprehensive School Climate Inventory
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Creating a Positive School Climate for Learning
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Creating
an Effective Physical Classroom Environment
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Developing School Connectedness in Diverse Youth through Extracurricular Programming
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Differentiating Classroom Climate Concepts: Academic, Management and Emotional Environments
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Improving Middle School Climate Through Teacher-Centered Change
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Keeping Students Learning: School Climate and Student Support Systems
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Measuring and improving school climate: A strategy that recognizes, honors and promotes social, emotional and civic learning The foundation for love, work and engaged citizenry
- Positive Climate Brainstorming Activities
- Positive School Climate: Students and Staff Relations
- Provide a positive and safe school climate
- Safe School Climate Ambassadors Improve School Climate
- School Climate Assessment Instruments for Middle School and High School Students
- School Climate: Building Safe, Supportive and Engaging Classrooms & Schools.
- The School Climate Challenge
- School Climate Enhancement Through Parental Involvement
- School Climate Matters newsletter
- School Climate Predictors of School Disorder: Results from a National Study of Delinquency Prevention in Schools
- School Climate Reform and Teen Dating Violence
- The School Environment and Adolescent Well-Being: Beyond Academics
- School Size, School Climate, and Student Performance
- Social, emotional, ethical and academic education: Creating a climate for learning, participation in democracy and well-being
- Some Simple and Yet Overlooked Common Sense Tips For A More Effective Classroom Environment
- Teachers as Builders of Respectful School Climates: Implications for Adolescent Drug Use Norms and Depressive Symptoms in High School
- What is School Climate and Why is it Important?
Standards and Guidelines
Video Clips
Related Agencies and Websites
Relevant Publications That Can Be Obtained Through Libraries
- A School for Each Student: Personalization in a Climate of High Expectations (Paperback) by Nelson Beaudoin (2008). Pub: Eye on Education.
- Building Strong School Cultures: A Guide to Leading Change by Sharon D. Kruse and Karen Seashore Louis (2008). Corwin Press.
- Bullying Prevention: Creating a Positive School Climate And Developing Social Competence by Pamela Orpinas and Arthur M. Horne (2005). American Psychological Association.
- Finding the Heart of Your School: Using School Climate Data to Create a Climate for Learning. By Cohen, J., Shapiro, L, & Fisher, M. (2006). Principal Leadership (The journal of the National Association of Secondary School Principals), Vol. 7(4), 26-32.
- Making your school safe: Strategies to Protect Children and Promote Learning. By Devine, J. & Cohen, J. (2007). New York: Teachers College Press
- The new standards for learning. By Cohen, J. (2010). Principal Leadership, Vol. 10(1), 28-32
- Safe & Caring Schools Grades 6-8: Hundreds of Ways to Improve Academic Success and School Climate by Katia Petersen (2008). Free Spirit Publishing.
- Violence Prevention for Adolescents: A Cognitive-Behavioral Program for Creating a Positive School Climate: Leaders Manual (Paperback) by Diane De Anda (2007). Research Press.
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