Measuring School Climate: Using Existing Data Tools on Climate and Effectiveness to Inform School Organizational Health

Autor/inn/en	Durham, Rachel E.; Bettencourt, Amie; Connolly, Faith
Institution	Baltimore Education Research Consortium (BERC)
Titel	Measuring School Climate: Using Existing Data Tools on Climate and Effectiveness to Inform School Organizational Health
Quelle	(2014), (46 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Educational Environment; Urban Schools; Educational Indicators; School Effectiveness; Teacher Effectiveness; Correlation; Student Surveys; Teacher Surveys; Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance; Suspension; Attendance Patterns; School Safety; Instructional Effectiveness; Interpersonal Relationship; Instructional Leadership; Teacher Administrator Relationship; Parent Attitudes; Teaching Methods; Classroom Techniques; Collegiality; Student Behavior; Elementary Secondary Education; Maryland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Educational indicato; Bildungsindikator; Schuleffizienz; Effectiveness of teaching; Instructional effectiveness; Lehrerleistung; Unterrichtserfolg; Korrelation; Schülerbefragung; Ausschluss; Schulausschluss; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Instruction; Leadership; Bildung; Erziehung; Führung; Elternverhalten; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Klassenführung; Kollegialität; Student behaviour; Schülerverhalten
Abstract	Despite--or perhaps due to--the lack of consensus on its definition, there is abundant interest in and research on school climate. Researchers have determined that improving school climate is one way to increase academic achievement, school safety, school completion, teacher retention, healthy social interactions, and student well-being (Cohen, 2010; Dynarski, Clarke, Cobb, Finn, Rumberger, & Smink, 2008). Baltimore City Schools understands the importance of school climate and deploys multiple tools every year to understand and describe it. This report follows up on a previous Baltimore Education Research Consortium (BERC) report, "Positive School Climate: What It Looks Like and How It Happens" (ED553170). In that report, examples of principal and school actions to improve school climate were highlighted and reviewed. At its conclusion, questions remained about how schools, principals, and district administrators measure school climate. This subsequent report provides an overview of the data currently being collected by City Schools related to school climate and a proposal for how these disparate data sources can be summarized to inform school organizational health. It is guided by the following research questions: (1) What data are being systematically collected by City Schools that can speak to school climate, effectiveness, and organizational health? (2) What are the strengths and limitations of each data source? and (3) How do the different data sources relate and correspond to each other? The following are appended: (1) A Climate Tool: The 12 Indicators of School Climate for All City Schools, 2012-13; (2) National Center for School Climate: The 12 Dimensions of School Climate Measured; (3) The Climate Walk Tool; (4) Baltimore City Schools School Effectiveness Framework; (5) Baltimore City Schools Instructional Framework; and (6) Instrument Item Correspondence with NSCC [National School Climate Center] Climate Domains and Organizational Health Tool. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Baltimore Education Research Consortium. 2701 North Charles Street Suite 300, Baltimore, MD 21218. Tel: 410-516-4044; Web site: http://www.baltimore-berc.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01