1st Edition

Culture Rules Creating Schools Where Children Want to Learn and Adults Want to Work

By Jo Facer Copyright 2022
196 Pages
by Routledge

196 Pages
by Routledge

196 Pages
by Routledge

School culture is unarguably central to a school’s success or failure. While there is no single "correct" school culture, there are lessons to be learned. Culture Rules examines the factors that create an environment where students want to learn, and adults want to teach. Culture Rules explores staff culture, student culture, team building, establishing and maintaining norms inside and... Read more

Introduction  Part I The Adults  1. How can we recruit the right teachers?  2. How can we make a school where teachers stay for the long term?  3. How can we develop teachers?  4. How can we reduce workload?  Part II The Children  5. How can we help our children lead fulfilled lives?  6. How can we help children cope with negativity?  7. How can we teach our children to be polite?  8. How can we help our children value education?  Part III Culture Change  9. Why can school cultures decline?  10. How can schools improve their culture?  Part IV Case Studies

Biography

Jo Facer is the principal of Ark John Keats Academy in London, and the author of Simplicity Rules, published by Routledge in 2019.