What is school culture? Edglossary.org 2014, defines it as beliefs, perceptions, relationships, attitudes, and written and unwritten rules that shape and influence every aspect of how a school functions. School culture is a vital component of what makes you school tick. If you have a bad school culture you will deal with problems that are self-inflicted by the school. However, a positive school culture can lead to easier resolve with conflicts throughout your school’s dynamic. What is my school culture? My school culture would encompass a safe, student focused, community involved, career and college ready environment for my students and my staff to reach their potential. Throughout this paper we will look more in-depth at what these four things
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It is easy to ignore community involvement especially in a community that sometimes forgets about your school. The saying no news is good news isn’t always accurate. No news sometimes means there is a disconnect between your school and the community funding it. Resources are being wasted when you ignore the community and the community ignores you. I would make sure to invite the community member into our schools and to function throughout the school year. Also, I would use services in my community, such as, the United Way, to direct students towards resources our school may not be able to provide. I would work closely with the food pantry, clothing closet, and parenting education center in my county to have even more resources for students in my …show more content…
This is important especially if there is a disconnect between your school and your community. You may find that your main focus of sending all students to a four year college doesn’t correlate with the community’s expectations, because the community is made up of blue collared jobs and families where historically 40-50 percent of your schools graduates go right from high school to a job in the community. This doesn’t mean you have to completely shift your focus, however, it is a means to understanding your community and allowing for open conversation about additional curriculum that might be available for job training that matches the jobs in the community, (Green 2011, p.
It is easy to ignore community involvement especially in a community that sometimes forgets about your school. The saying no news is good news isn’t always accurate. No news sometimes means there is a disconnect between your school and the community funding it. Resources are being wasted when you ignore the community and the community ignores you. I would make sure to invite the community member into our schools and to function throughout the school year. Also, I would use services in my community, such as, the United Way, to direct students towards resources our school may not be able to provide. I would work closely with the food pantry, clothing closet, and parenting education center in my county to have even more resources for students in my …show more content…
This is important especially if there is a disconnect between your school and your community. You may find that your main focus of sending all students to a four year college doesn’t correlate with the community’s expectations, because the community is made up of blue collared jobs and families where historically 40-50 percent of your schools graduates go right from high school to a job in the community. This doesn’t mean you have to completely shift your focus, however, it is a means to understanding your community and allowing for open conversation about additional curriculum that might be available for job training that matches the jobs in the community, (Green 2011, p.