Dear lord and father of all thank you

for today. Thankyou for ways in which you

provide for us all. For yourprotection and
love we thank you.
Help us to focus our hearts and minds now
on what we are about to learn. Inspire us
by your holy spirit as we listen and write.
Guide us by your eternal light as we
discover more about the world around us.
We ask all this in the name of Jesus.
AMEN.
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1.SCHOOL 5. TRADITIONS
2. CULTURE 6. HONEST
3. CARING 7. TRUST
4. ROLE
    CREATING A POSITIVE SCHOOL
CULTURE
INTRODUCTION
• School culture matters. This influence to a
great extent how well students perform.
School culture is a creation of all the people in
school and in the community especially is a
creation of all the people in school and in the
communitry especially that of the school
heads. It can be positive or negative. It can
facilitate or adversely affect learning. A school
community must therefore strive to create a
positive culture.
 S of culture
Here are twelve norms of culture where people and
programs improve. Study them
1. Collegiality
2. Experimentation
3. High expectation
4. Trust and confidence
5. Tangible support
6. Reaching out to the knowledge base
7. Appreciation, recognition
8. Caring, celebration, humor
9. Involvement in decision making
10. Protection of what is important
11. Traditions
12. Honest. Open communication
 Read the following episode then identify which norm of
school culture is illustrated.
1. When high school students arrive for pre- calculus
class, they know exactly what to expect. Projected
on the screen are clear instruction for the day’s
Success starte. Everyone is expected to work on them
successfully.
2. You might not reach an answer today you might not
reach an answer tomorrow. Struggle is okay “
Students know that by the third day, they will be
expected to present their understanding and
problem solving strategy to the class.
3. You have a short memory she replies with a kind
smile “ you say this everytime we tackle a problem.
Remember the last time you stuggle and then overcome
your confusion? Remember our norms that we wrote
together? One of them was a growth mindset. And
remember I am here for you”.
4. I hear some students talking while someone is reciting.
I don’t think you will like that if you are one reciting. Can
we agree on a rule? Give me a rule “ Students suggest.
Let’s keep quiet and listen when someone is reciting.
Raise your hand if you want to recite. “ Teacher ask “
can we keep this rule?
5. Today you are going to compute your score for class
standing – witten quizzes, seatwork, performace test,
homework. These were all corrected and returned to
you. When you are done, compare your total with mine.
Should there be discrepency be ready to show your
corrected papers.
6. During the first week of school barb teacher ask her
sixth grade two question “ what question do you have
about yourself?” and “ what question do you have
about the world?” the students begin enumerating their
question “ can they be about silly, little thing?” ask one
student. If they’re your question that really want your
answered they’re neither silly nor little “ replies the
teacher. After the student list their individual question,
teacher organizes the student into the small group
where they share list and search for question they have
in common. After much discussion each group comes up
with a priority list of question, rank ordering the
questionabout themselves and those about the world.
 Back together in a whole group session, teacher solicit
s the groups priorities and works towards consensus for
the class combined list of question. These question
become the basis for guiding the curriculumn in class
one question “ will I live in 100 years old?” spawn
educational investigation into genetics family and oral
history actuarial science, statistcs and probability heat
disease, concern and hyper tension. The student have a
opportunity to seek out information from family
members, friends, expert in various fields, on-line
computer services and books as well as from the
teacher. She described what they had to do as a
becoming part of a learning activity according to
teacher “ we decide what are the most compelling
intellectual issue, devise ways to investigate those
issues.
7. The sense of community is strong, even palpable but
this sense didn’t just spring full-blown from being a
group of people occupying the same place at the same
time. It was built upon many small and specific
moments of learning the same verses to song and
sharing traditions, memories of time together and
stories often-told… some of our traditions are once a
year events; some happen every week or even
everyday. They gives us ways to greet each other to
learn about each other to sing and celebrate and say
goodbye. These events marks our comings and our
goings and affirm our common interest in time we
spend together.
8. Because they treasure health sanitation, and self
discipline St. bernadette catholic school includes the
following in their canteen policies.
FOODS THAT WILL NOT BE SOLD;
• FULLY FAT PASTRY ITEM
• CHOCOLATE CONFECTIONARY/LOLLIES/POTATO
CHIPS/ CREAM FILLED BUNS
• SOFT DRINKS
• HIGH CAFFEIN DRINKS- EG DRINKS CONTAINING
GUARANA OR COFFEIN
• DEEP FRIED FOOD OF ANY DISCRIPTION
CLAYGO “ CLEAN AS YOU GO”
Would have benefited by her telli
9. The teacher wrote a “ nice job” on my sketch of an
orange. I knew very well that my smudge mess of an
orange wasn’t a nice job. It wasn’t even a decent
representation of any fruit known to man. I would
have benefited by her telling I could do to make it
better. Maybe something like “ we are learning about
perspective. Try adding a shadow behind your sketch
“ her “ nice job” told me little about how to improve.
Knowing I received understand praise lessen to impact
or praise when it is truly earned.
10. Teacher paz remarks “ I like to attend that CPD
seminar. I like to hone my teaching skills and update
my PCK ( pedagogical content knowledge)
11. Good teaching is honored in this school.
12. My school head protects my academic time.
She keeps meeting time to the minimum.

LETS ANALYZE
1. Which of the twelve elements of a positive
culture were illustrated by the given
episodes vigettes? Which element was
illustrated by describing the opposite?
2. Is there any element left out? If there is can
you as a group supply an episode or a
vignette? A vignette is a short description of
an episode in school like the 9 given above.
 The meaning of school culture
School culture is one of the most
complex and important concept in education ( shein
1985 ). It generally refersto the beliefs, perception,
relationship, attitudes and written and unwritten
rules that shape and influence every aspect of how
a school functions. However, the term also
encompasses more concrete issues such as the
physical and emotional safety of students, the
oderliness of classroom and public spaces or
degree to which a school embraces racial,
ethnic, linguistic and cultural diversity.
 culture as a social construct
Culture is a social construct not a
genetic construct. This means that school
culture is, therefore, something that we do
not inherit or pass on through the genes.
Rather, it is something that we create and
shape. It is shaped by everything that all
people in school see, hear, feel and interact
with. It is a creation of the school head,
teacher, parents, non-teaching staff students
and community. Sean slades ( 2014 )
elaborates.
 School climate and school culture
How does school climate differ from
culture? These terms are frequently used
interchangeably but school climate is more
relational; it is illustrated by the attitudes
and behaviors of the school staff and is
focused on the style of the school’s
organizational system. School climate refers
to the school’s effects on students, including
in teaching practices., diversity and the
relationships among administrators,
teachers, parents and students.
 the role of school culture in learning
School culture matters. Research confirms
the central role of culture to school success.
School culture can be positive or negative or
toxic. A positive school culture fosters
improvement, collaborative decision making,
professional development and staff and
students learning. A negative culture foster
opposite.
 elements of a positive culture
As given in the activity phase of this lesson a positive school
climate is characteristized by the following

1. Collegiality- The school atmosphere is friendly. You work in an

atmosphere where responsibility and authority are shared by
everyone.
2. Experimentation- The atmosphere encourages experimentation and
so will welcome mistakes as part of the learning process.
3. High expectation- It has been said one’s level of achivements is
always lower than one’s level that aspiration.
First, expectation are subtle aid difficult to change. Teachers may be
unaware that they have low expectations for some students;
Second, what actually communicates expectations to students. Is teacher
behavior.
4. Trust and confidence- Students, teachers school heads and parents relate
well and work well when relationships are solidly built on trust and
confidence.
5. Tangible support- Everyone in the school community gets concrete
support for the good that they do. Support comes in not just in words but
in action.
6. Reaching out to the knowledge base- Teachers care to grow
professionally to update themselves on content knowledge and
predagogy, the first domain in the philippine professional standards for
teachers.
7. Appreciation and recognition- Certainly words of appreciation and
recognition make classroom climate highly favorable. A reminder to
teachers “ you are not made less when you praise others.”
8. Caring, celebration, humor- Kids don’t care what you know until they
know that you care. They don’t listen to teacher when teacher doesn’t
care.
9. Involvement in decision making- involving others who are concerned
with decisions to be made enhances sense of ownership. They also feel
important.
10. Protection of what is important- what school consider important must
form part of their traditions and so must be protected by all means.
11. Traditions- A school must have an intentional culture based program
on shared values, beliefs, and behaviors. This strengthens sense of
community.
12. Honest and open communication- no one gets ostracized for speaking
up his mind. The atmosphere is such that everyone is encouraged to
speak his mind witout fear.