• School Culture Recharged: Strategies to Energize Your Staff and Culture, Feb/2017

School Culture Recharged: Strategies to Energize Your Staff and Culture, Feb/2017

Author(s) Steve Gruenert, Todd Whitaker
ISBN10 1416623450
ISBN13 9781416623458
Format Paperback
Pages 200
Year Publish 2017 February

Synopsis

Do you wonder why some schools succeed and others struggle? Or why some policies and programs fail to deliver what they promise? This insightful follow-up to School Culture Rewired: How to Define, Assess, and Transform It helps you discover ways to reinvigorate your school’s culture and staff. Specifically, School Culture Recharged clarifies the difference between culture and climate and zeroes in on key school improvement efforts. Learn how to 

  1. Move from the culture you have to the culture you want. 
  2. Use your school’s culture to improve teaching, job satisfaction, and morale. 
  3. Develop organizational habits that can contribute to positive change. 

Supported with practical advice and strategies from this thought-provoking guide, education leaders at all levels will find it easier to understand and to harness the transformative power of school culture.

About the Authors:

Steve Gruenert is a professor at Indiana State University. He has studied organizational culture and climate for more than 20 years and continues to learn and collaborate with other researchers as these concepts evolve. Steve is the coauthor of School Culture Rewired: How to Define, Assess, and Transform It and Minds Unleashed: How Principals Can Lead the Right-Brained Way. He and his wife have three daughters, Jennifer, Mackenzi, and Madison. His wife Emily also works at Indiana State University as a student advisor.

Todd Whitaker has been fortunate to be able to blend his passion with his profession. He is a leading presenter in the field of education. Todd is a professor of educational leadership at the University of Missouri and professor emeritus at Indiana State University. He has worked as teacher and a principal and is the author or coauthor of more than 40 books, including School Culture Rewired, What Great Teachers Do Differently, Your First Year, and Shifting the Monkey. Todd and his wife Beth have three children: Katherine, Madeline, and Harrison.