Greenhouse Schools: How Schools Can Build Cultures Where Teachers and Students Thrive

Institution	TNTP
Titel	Greenhouse Schools: How Schools Can Build Cultures Where Teachers and Students Thrive
Quelle	(2012), (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	School Culture; Teachers; Principals; Educational Environment; Teacher Persistence; Academic Achievement; Teacher Attitudes; Teaching Conditions; Instructional Leadership; Faculty Development; Teacher Salaries; Student Behavior; Leadership Responsibility; High Schools; New York + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulkultur; Schulleben; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Principal; Schulleiter; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Schulleistung; Lehrerverhalten; Lehrbedingungen; Unterrichtsbedingungen; Instruction; Leadership; Bildung; Erziehung; Führung; Lehrerbesoldung; Lehrervergütung; Student behaviour; Schülerverhalten; High school; Oberschule
Abstract	Successful teachers make successful schools. Yet some schools are better than others at accelerating student learning by developing and keeping great teachers, even compared to schools that serve the same population of students and have access to the same resources. These schools are called "greenhouse schools"--schools with carefully fostered cultures that help teachers and students reach greater heights. What are they doing differently? The short answer is that greenhouse schools accomplish what others only claim to do: they prioritize great teaching above all else. That's TNTP's conclusion after surveying more than 4,800 teachers in almost 250 schools across the country over the past two years. Although other surveys have helped describe certain elements of school culture, TNTP's researchers focused on two questions that they felt had not yet been answered: What kind of school culture is most likely to increase retention of the best teachers and improve student learning? And what concrete steps can principals take to create that culture in their own schools? This paper explains what the researchers have learned from greenhouse schools across the country, and how principals can put those lessons to use in their own schools right now. A technical appendix that provides additional details on the scope of TNTP's study of school culture, the Insight index, and third-party validation of the index by American Institutes for Research (AIR) is included. (Contains 7 endnotes.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10