EdCPC 108 The Teacher in the School Community Culture and Organizational

Leadership
Module 6 Creating a Positive School Culture

Dr. Teresita Paed- Pedrajas,Ed.D.

Professor
 •a. Define the term : Positive School Culture

• b. Explain the components of a positive school

culture

• c. Analyze how to develop a Positive School

Learning Culture
Outputs: • d. Decide wholeheartedly the concrete steps in
creating a

• positive School Culture

• e. Come up with concrete steps in creating a

Positive School
• Culture
 The Public School ? or the Private School? Why?

Three years
from now , If you intend to go to the public school, be sure that
you have passed the Licensure Examination for
you will be Teachers
going to teach and be ready to go through the government process
in a school to of application
your liking!
and if you pass all the requirements to be assigned
Which school anywhere around your residential area
do you intend
to teach? or where there are vacancies in the town or city .
 be sure that you are very much
ready to assume your
If you responsibilities as a school teacher
intend to
and at the same time focus to take
go to the and pass the Licensure Examination
private for Teachers within the year
school ,
to proclaim yourself as a
Professional Teacher.
 You have to know the Philosophy or Vision , Mission
and Objectives of the School.

You also have to get major information as to the

Wherever quality of the school, environment, leadership,
you go to faculty and feedback about this particular school.

teach, you Then if you are satisfied with your introductory data,
go through the procedures for Teacher Application.
are expected
to be a By then, you will experience various leadership
professional management style of the school.

teacher. Observe how the school staff and others around

treat you, inform you of the preparatory procedures
for Teaching application.
Be ready with all your paper requirements, be ready
to take any tests, interview sessions, demonstration
lessons and further skills to demonstrate like writing ,
listening, responding, clarifying ,questioning, critical
 you start to begin your entry to the School Culture .

The term school culture generally refers

to the beliefs,
As soon perceptions,
as you are
taken as relationships,

the Attitudes

teacher and written and unwritten rules

that shape and influence every aspect of how a school

functions,
but the term also encompasses more concrete issues such
as the physical and emotional safety of students , the
 The glossary of Education of Education Reform claims that
school's culture is always at work, either helping or
hindering learning.
How does
school It influences every decision and action in a school, from the
leadership style of the principal to the way teachers choose
culture curriculum materials and interact with students.

affect Thus, culture matters in education as quoted from

teaching aesimpact.org. because students can learn from each other
and imagine the ways that other people live, or have lived,

and their lives.

This encourages a greater ability for people to understand
learning? and learn from others’ experiences as well as about
themselves
 •are : “ Heroes and Heroines ,
•Communication Network;Rites and Rituals;
•Lore and Myths;
•Rules, Rewards , and Sanctions;
•and Physical Environment.”

Furthemore , the
elements of school •Moreover, a good school culture according
culture according to to us.corwin.com in 2018 ” is composed of
annwalkerwea.wordpre beliefs, values ,and actions will spread the
ss.com in 2017 farthest and be highly reinforced when
everyone is communicating with everyone
else
•. In a strong school culture , leaders
communicate directly with teachers,
administrators , counselors and families ,
who also all communicate directly with each
The that teachers learn about students cultures from the
following protocols:
Harvard interviews with family members,
Graduate
School in assignments asking students to write about learning
Education experiences that occur outside of school,

in 2016 and assignments involving family stories and traditions

further
mentions all can play a significant role in discovering information
about a students’ cultural heritage.
 to understanding your students’ culture from
www.theeadvocate .org which are as follow:
Search for:
How can teachers learn about students culture
s?
There are Search Results

6 step
guide
Featured snippet from the web
 Establishing set times to sit down with
a student

School can give them a chance to speak about

themselves in a more personal setting. .
Culture
.. Creating a culturally responsive classroom is
all about creating an environment in
which students of all cultures feel
comfortable and ready to learn. Aug 11, 2017
 Overcoming Stereotypes

To engage students effectively in the learning process,

teachers must know their students and their academic abilities

individually,
Feedback
rather than relying on racial or ethnic stereotypes or prior
experience with other students of similar backgrounds.

Many teachers, for example,

admire the perceived academic prowess and motivation of

Asian American students

and fail to recognize how even a "positive" stereotype isn't positive if it

 speak about Look For:
how she works
with other • What are some of
teachers to the myths about
Hear disabuse Asian American
students in the
stereotypic
elementary notions of Asian classroom that
Diane speaks
American
school students' about?
abilities. • How does Diane
teacher, suggest teachers
Diane reach out to Asian
students?
Holtam
 You're Asian, How Could You Fail at Math?
In this essay from Rethinking Schools, Benji
Chang and Wayne Au unmask the myth of the
"model minority."

Go
Deeper: Reflect On:

• How are Asian students and their non-Asian counterparts

affected by inappropriate teacher expectations and
stereotypes?
• Which of the strategies that the authors offer to overcome
this "model minority" myth can you use in your
classroom? Can you think of other ways to build cohesion
and understanding in your classroom?
Ready Resources:

Common Beliefs Survey

Test yourself for hidden biases
Common Beliefs
 Curriculum, in its most simple, essential, commonly
understood form, is the "what" of education.
It is crucial to academic performance and essential to
culturally responsive pedagogy.
Even the most "standard" curriculum decides whose
Culturally history is worthy of study,
Relevant whose books are worthy of reading,
Curriculu
whimultiple ways of knowing, ch curriculum and text
m selections that include myriad voices and
experiencing, and understanding life can help students to
find and value their own voices, histories, and cultures.
Hear high school creative writing teacher, Foster Dickson,
talk about text selection and the importance of a diverse
selection
Look For: of authors.
Hear high •talk about text selection and the importance of a
diverse selection of authors.
school •Look For:
 What does Foster say about including authors of
creative different backgrounds and the message it sends to
his students?
writing  How does he think reading authors from different
backgrounds will impact his students?
teacher, •Go Deeper:

Foster •Learning Lakota

For a high school on South Dakota's Rosebud
Reservation, culturally responsive curriculum is
Dickson proving a hefty antidote to the violence, poverty and
growing cultural disconnect hindering student success.
 How do the teachers at Todd County High
School use culturally relevant teaching
methods to connect with their Lakota
students? How do the students
Reflect interviewed say this makes them feel
about themselves and their studies?
On: Does the disconnect between student
cultural background and teacher cultural
background that exists in the story, exist in
your school? How can you bridge this
disconnect?
Ready
Resources:

• Foster's Reading List (PDF)

Find great books with the
searchable database from the
Center for Cultural Fluency
Find additional resources using
Otter Cross Cultural Center
from Cal State Monterey Bay
 Teachers are often a young It's a relationship that can
immigrant's first regular, provide the emotional
ongoing contact with scaffolding necessary to
Honoring someone outside their home
cross the linguistic and
cultural divide between
community and culture.
Home country of origin and
country of residency.
Language
s With a hearty mix of creativity,
cultural acumen, and Listen to elementary
professional expertise, teachers
can help English language
teacher, Diane Holtam,
learners acquire language skills talk about bridging the
more rapidly — and foster gap between her newly
inclusion in the school arrived immigrant
community. students' home language
and English.
  What techniques did Diane use to help
her ELL students learn English more
quickly?
 How might you replicate some of her
strategies in your classroom? Even if
you are a monolingual English speaker,
Look for what outreach or other work might you
do?
•Go Deeper:
•Crossing Borders/Borders Crossing
The depth and clarity of a teacher's
multicultural lens can make — or break
— immigrant students' ability to learn.
  What does the author mean by
"multicultural lens" and what is its
importance in working with students
from backgrounds different from your
Reflect own?
 What role does teacher attitude play in
On the development of linguistically
inclusive classrooms? How is that
attitude conveyed through teacher
behavior in the article? In your school?
•Diane's Flashcards
(PDF)
Hear Korean vowel sound
s
like those on Diane's
Ready
flashcards Resources:
Creating
ELL-friendly classrooms
Teaching through
conversation
  Breaking the Prejudice Habit by Patricia G. Devine
Additiona  Preparing for Culturally Relevant Teaching by

l Geneva Gay
 Multicultural Education: Strategies for Linguistically
Resource Diverse Schools and Classrooms
by Deborah Menkart

s  Effective Literacy and English Language Instruction f

or English Learners in the Early Grades

Papers •Books
 Nene and the Horrible Math Monster ($16.95), by
Marie Villanueva and Ria Unson, is about Nene, a
Filipino girl who confronts the minority myth that all
Asians excel at mathematics. Nene faces her fears
about doing math and overcoming ..
 •1.What is school culture?
•
•2. How does school culture affect education ?
•
•3. What are the components of School Culture?
•
Reflections: •
•4. What are the ways to know the Students’
culture and how do we manage them?
•
•
•5. What are your responsibilities in knowing
and maintaining the school’s good culture?
•
•6. What are the most important lessons learned
in this module?
 •
•8. Come up with a visual imagery about your pride to
maintain the positive school culture.
7. What are •
your •
•References:
responsibilities • www.edglossary .org>school-culture
to maintain the • www.gse.harvard.edu>news>what-makes -good-school
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good school • www.theeadvocate.org>teachers -here’s -to-step-guide-
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• annawalkerwea.wordpress.com>2013/01/17>why-does-
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• alfredadler.edu.>library>masters>sara-confield
• uscorwin.com>upm-assets>7068-book-item-7068
• aesumpact.org>teachers-heres-to-step-guide.com…
•SDCA Library on the heroes of Cavite Province