1. Principles that Promote a Culture For Learning Understanding the WHY and the WHAT
Chuck Salina Ph.D.
Suzann Girtz Ph.D.
Gonzaga University

2. WHY/WHAT/HOW WHY WHAT HOW
Equity In Learning - OSPI & District Analytics
WHAT
Themes and Related Principles that define the work
HOW
Learning New Behaviors – The Coaching Process

3. School Change Requires:
Effective leadership demonstrates new behaviors
to change old beliefs
NEW
BEHAVIORS
BELIEF
CONSISTENT
MESSAGE

4. Clarifying the WHAT Before moving to the HOW
Culture
Leadership
Data
Systems
Collaborative Inquiry/Instruction

5. Principle 1 Ensure Success for Everyone
Connect to the School
Adults and students understand how they contribute to the well being of the school, which provides a sense of self worth.
Build Powerful Relationships
Adults and students support each other
in achieving individual and group goals that result
In a sense of belonging.
Envision Their Future
Adults and students have a clear understanding and
A positive outlook for what their future holds that
Leads to sense of hopefulness.

6. Principle 2 Organizing our Work is Foundational
Supports
Academic Press
Relational Trust

7. Principle 2 Organizing our Work is Foundational Supports
Supports are grounded in structures that support students, parents and staff, in being successful.

8. Principle 2 Organizing our Work is Foundational
Academic Press
Academic press is grounded in the belief and the related expectations that parents, staff, and students are capable and are involved in doing the work.

9. Principle 2 Organizing our Work is Foundational
Relational Trust
Feeling Safe
Having Something to Offer
Putting in Time to Help
When teachers feel supported through systems that lead to actions, they are more likely to engage in the real work of teaching and learning.

10. Academic Press Supports
Relational Trust
Feeling Safe
Having something to offer
Providing time and expertise
Academic Press
Provides specific direction embedded in high standards, goals and belief of success for everyone
Supports
Provides assistance/
help in meeting expected standards/goals
LEARNING C U L T R E F O R
Push for more academic press – higher and higher standards
Define each person
Social Support – we can have systems in place to help students – it is the spirit if intent
Do we use data to punish or to diagnose how we might help
If this is the only spotlight – scores go DOWN
Just social support score slight increase
Student to Student is the most powerful
Relational Trust is the missing link – it is the clues that holds systems together
Salina, Girtz, Eppinga

11. Principle 3 Change Begins With Systems Implementation
District & School-wide Systems
Department/Grade Level Systems
Starting points in change
Classroom
Systems
Salina, Girtz, Eppinga

12. Change Begins With Systems Implementation
Principle 3
Change Begins With Systems Implementation
PROGRAM
AND
ACTIVITY DRIVEN
Current Reality
*Academic Achievement Systems
*Behavior Management Systems
*Social/Emotional Systems
Our Ideal
Integrated Systems
Social Support,
Academic Press,
Relational Trust

13. Change Begins With Systems Implementation
Principle 3
Change Begins With Systems Implementation
District & Schoolwide systems allow teachers and students to understand that the organization is intentional in supporting their work – which leads to a willingness to reengage in the school.

14. Change Begins With Systems Implementation
Principle 3
Change Begins With Systems Implementation
Behavioral Management
Social-Emotional
Academic Achievement

15. Principle 4
A Culture For Learning is Developed through the interaction of Leadership, Data, Systems and Collaboration

16. Themes from Outlier Schools Clarifying the WHAT
Culture
Establish an environment with a clear belief that through a collaborative process and systemic supports each student and staff will be successful in doing the work.
Leadership
Implement a vision of success for staff and students by reengaging them to their missions through the use of data, collaboration, systems of supports, and resources.
Data
Continuously collect, analyze, and report evidence using an inquiry process to inform the work at all levels of the district in implementing change that aligns to the mission of helping each student be successful.

17. Themes from Outlier Schools Clarifying the WHAT
Systems
Provide supports to students and teachers by meeting academic, social- emotional, and behavioral management needs in an integrated and leveled manner.
Collaborative Inquiry & Instruction
Engage in collaborative action research to improve teaching and learning through inquiry.

18. Clarifying the WHAT
The Leadership team acts on the planning process; Data is monitored and used to implement and connect teachers and students to Systems; teachers act on their instructional goals through their Collaborative work.

19. Collaboration& Instruction Team
Clarifying the WHAT
Leadership Team
Leadership action plan that integrates each of the described factors below
Data Team
Evidence-based processes that assist in monitoring and connecting systems, and collaborative inquiry that supports teaching and learning
Schoolwide Systems
Behavior Management Social Emotional Achievement
Collaboration& Instruction Team
Collaborative practice engaged in action research
CULTURE FOR
LEARNING

20. New Behaviors and Strategies By Leaders Actualize the Four Principles THE HOW