How can we make our schools safer, smarter, and a better place to be for our students? In Dr. Preble's new presentation, "Six Core Strategies for Improving School Climate," you can learn 6 simple and decisive "core" strategies to improve your school today!

1. The Center for
school climate
and Learning
Core
Strategies
for Improving
School Climate
Bill Preble, Ed.D.
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The Center for
School Climate and Learning
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Main Street Academix
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William K. Preble, Ed. D.
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The Center for
School Climate and Learning
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5. OUR
learning
TARGET To help
educators and schools
recognize and strengthen
the relationship between
positive school climate,
culture, and learning
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6. six core
STRATEGIES
1/ work from data
2/ connect climate and learning
3/ design empowering roles
4/ build positive teacher culture
5/ use engaging
instructional methods
6/ teach beyond academics
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7. 1/ work
from data
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STRATEGIES

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CLIMATE SURVEY
ITEMS
Average Com-
pass
Students are willing to step
forward & help when they
see bullying
35 79
Students work is often
displayed and celebrated by
our teachers
43 93
Students help to make
decisions about school rules
and discipline
12 94
Students sometimes work
together on projects that
make us feel proud and help
us get to know each other
48 96
WHICH SCHOOL WOULD YOU WANT YOUR CHILD TO ATTEND?

9. 2/ connect
climate and learning
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STRATEGIES
“It’s hard to learn much…when your
pants are on fire!”
- anonymous

10. 3/ design
empowering roles
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STRATEGIES

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“AS A TEACHER,
I learned from
SAMANTHA SMITH.”
How one girl challenged the
status quo and showed
everyone
what was possible.

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design EMPOWERING ROLES
The power
of roles
in shaping
human
behaviorng
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13. 4/ build
positive
teacher culture
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six core
STRATEGIES

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PRINCIPLES
of adult
LEARNING
Malcolm Knowles,
a pioneer in
the study of adult learning,
observed that adults
learn best when:
• They understand why something is important to know or do.
• They have the freedom to learn in their own way.
• Learning is experiential.
• The time is right for them to learn.
• The process is positive and encouraging.

15. the
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Glassner’s CHOICE THEORY
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The Seven
Deadly Habits
1/ Criticizing
2/ Blaming
3/ Complaining
4/Nagging
5/ Threatening
6/ Punishing
7/ Bribing or
Rewarding to
Control
The Seven
Caring Habits
1/ Listening
2/ Supporting
3/ Encouraging
4/ Respecting
5/ Trusting
6/ Accepting
7/ Always
negotiating
disagreements

16. CLASSROOM LEARNING
environments support
STUDENT LEARNING
" Colleagues work together
for the growth of the
students."
" I feel like there are some
people who find something
negative about EVERY
situation. Teachers need to be
able to make changes”
" Everyone works extremely
hard with the kids’best
interest at heart."
” The morale of our staff is
plunging. We have lived
through many new initiatives
and do not feel that our
opinions are respected. We
live under a 'just do it'
regime.”
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17. 5/ use engaging
instructional methods
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six core
STRATEGIES

18. Many students are learning
more at home than in school.
Will Richardson, 2014
Use student choices, interests,
strengths, service learning,
problem-based learning,
inquiry based learning.
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student
as worker
teacher
as coach

19. 6/ teach
beyond academics
“What do you want your child
to be capable of doing?”
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STRATEGIES

20. 21st CENTURY:
more rigorous, relevant
content and skills
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Critical Thinking &
Problem Solving
Creativity & Innovation
Digital Literacy
Communication & Collaboration
Global Awareness

21. SEVEN
habits of
MIND
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22. six core
STRATEGIES
1/ work from data
2/ connect climate and learning
3/ design empowering roles
4/ build positive teacher culture
5/ use engaging
instructional methods
6/ teach beyond academics
Conditions for Learning Conference, Murfreesboro, TN, 05/09/14
www.BillPreble.com

23. “If you are thinking
a year ahead,
sow a seed….
If you are thinking
ten years ahead,
plant a tree…
If you are thinking
one hundred years ahead,
educate the people."
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24. Resources at
theCSCL.com
Books and Z-Books
White Papers
Videos and Presentations
Blogs and Podcasts
Technical Assistance
Education Consulting
NEC Graduate Classes Online
NEC Summer Institute June 24-27
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25. Thank You
so much
for all you do!
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