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- How do we define and measure school climate? What is the current climate?
- What polices do we have that address the working and learning climate of our school(s)?
- What resources/training are needed to ensure that our schools optimize teaching and learning?
- Do our students, staff, and community feel welcome, comfortable, and safe in our schools?
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- What is the role of the superintendent in relation to school climate throughout the supervisory union?
- What procedures are in place to guide climate assessment?
- What impediments to a healthy organizational climate are present?
- What is the system to ensure emergency preparedness?
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- Has the school used a survey to understand the perceptions around school climate?
- Does the school have a school-wide discipline plan that is written and communicated to the school community?
- Does the school collect and use discipline data detailing frequency of incidents?
- What are the values communicated in the mission/vision statement?
- How are the values aligned with policy and procedures for discipline, instruction, assessment, etc?
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- Review policies regarding discipline, harassment, etc.
- Request periodic reports from superintendent on current school climate and resources needed to maintain or improve the working and learning environment.
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- Encourage open communication and dialogue to clarify expectations in and among schools.
- Establish clear procedures to guide the assessment of organizational climate.
- Establish procedures to access school climate on a regular basis.
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- If the school is administering an annual climate survey, determine what is being done with the information gathered.
- Work with a team of students, parents, and teachers to review and/or develop a school-wide discipline plan.
- Include goals around school climate in the school's annual action plan and its long range plan.
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