School Staff Culture - Knowledge-Building, Reflection and Action

A powerful school culture can unite staff, shape positive behaviours, and create conditions for the staff body to work as one. This book explores how schools can develop a culture where individuals take pride in their work and actively seek and embrace development, seeing the big picture of the school and cherishing their role in it.

List of contents

Introduction Part 1: What you need to know 1. The way it feels to work here and the way we do things here 2. How culture arises and how we can influence it 3. Why developing good staff culture is hard Part 2: So what should we do? 4. Knowledge-building 5. The nature of work 6. Shared understanding 7. Interactions 8. Example timeline

About the author

Ruth Ashbee is a teacher, senior leader and blogger, and has worked in state comprehensives since qualifying as a teacher of physics in 2005. Specialising in curriculum, teacher development and school improvement, her interests include philosophy, the professionalisation of teaching and the destruction of ivory towers.

Summary

A powerful school culture can unite staff, shape positive behaviours, and create conditions for the staff body to work as one. This book explores how schools can develop a culture where individuals take pride in their work and actively seek and embrace development, seeing the big picture of the school and cherishing their role in it.

Product details

• Authors: Ruth Ashbee, Ashbee Ruth
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.12.2023
• EAN: 9781032121949
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3212194-9
• No. of pages: 126
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; EDUCATION / General, EDUCATION / Leadership, Organization & management of education, Secondary Schools, Educational administration and organization, Primary & middle schools, Primary and middle schools, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Elementary, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Secondary