View in EDS

Improving School Learning Environments: A Resource Manual of Knowledge and Strategies.

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Title: Improving School Learning Environments: A Resource Manual of Knowledge and Strategies.
Language: English
Authors: Butler, E. Dean, Memphis Univ., TN. Center for Research in Educational Policy.
Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 18
Publication Date: 1995
Sponsoring Agency: Tennessee State Dept. of Education, Nashville.
Document Type: Information Analyses
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Organizational Climate, School Effectiveness, School Restructuring, State Action
Geographic Terms: Tennessee
Abstract: This paper presents information to be used by school-leadership teams engaged in the development of school-improvement plans. It reviews recent literature on shared leadership and collaborative schools, school-improvement teams, school culture, and effective schools/positive learning environments. The paper also identifies school-level and class-level characteristics of effective schools. The Positive Attitudes in Tennessee Schools (PATS) program, implemented in 1989 as part of the school-decentralization movement in Tennessee, is also described. The program seeks to build school capacities for transforming learning environments through regular and systemic assessments and school-leadership teams. The school-climate audits are used to identify and strengthen or modify school-climate dimensions. (Contains 66 references.) (LMI)
Entry Date: 1996
Accession Number: ED386787
Database: ERIC
Description
Abstract:This paper presents information to be used by school-leadership teams engaged in the development of school-improvement plans. It reviews recent literature on shared leadership and collaborative schools, school-improvement teams, school culture, and effective schools/positive learning environments. The paper also identifies school-level and class-level characteristics of effective schools. The Positive Attitudes in Tennessee Schools (PATS) program, implemented in 1989 as part of the school-decentralization movement in Tennessee, is also described. The program seeks to build school capacities for transforming learning environments through regular and systemic assessments and school-leadership teams. The school-climate audits are used to identify and strengthen or modify school-climate dimensions. (Contains 66 references.) (LMI)