1. CREATING AND SUSTAINING A VISION FOR CLIMATE Diplomas Now Team

2. School Climate Looks Like  If you took a picture of the school on a day of positive school climate, what would you see? Sounds Like  If you recorded for two minutes, what would you hear?

3. Goals for the day DN SCHOOLS MUST WORK TO ADDRESS THE MANY FACETS THAT CREATE A COMMON VISION FOR CLIMATE AND THE IMPETUS TO REACH THAT VISION.  AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PARTICIPANTS TO DISCUSS THE IMPACTS OF THE DIFFERENT APPROACHES TO BUILDING SCHOOL CLIMATE  HOW THE DN MODEL AND DN PARTNERS (TDS, CY, CIS, AND SCHOOL) EACH PLAY A ROLE IN BUILDING THIS SCHOOL-WIDE CULTURE FOR STUDENT SUCCESS

4. Agenda  Warm-up: What is School Climate?  Why Climate matters?  Framework for Climate in a Diplomas Now School  Rotations of Climate practices  Team Planning time/reflection

5. Climate Blueprint – Pillar IV Can do Climate and Culture School-wide Culture of Success  Common Vision and mission  High expectations  Common expectations with clear consequences  School, academy and team plans (attendance, climate, achievement, communication)  Personalized environments for students and staff Highly Engaging Learning Experiences  Relevant courses and materials  Instructional techniques  Out-of-class opportunities Building Student Strengths  Strengthening self- directed repertoire  Teaching behaviors  Resiliency, grit, motivation Sufficient Opportunity for Student and Teacher Voice  Structures and practices to support  Decision making closest to students  Collaboration among teachers Initiatives to Recognize Student Progress and Teacher Accomplishments

6. Climate Blueprint – Pillar IV Can do Climate and Culture School-wide Culture of Success  Common Vision and mission  High expectations for students and staff  Common expectations with clear consequences  School, academy and team plans (attendance, climate, achievement, communication)  Personalized environments for students and staff What from your picture or recording is evidence of these practices?

7. Climate Blueprint – Pillar IV Can do Climate and Culture Building Student Strengths  Strengthening self- directed repertoire  Teaching behaviors  Resiliency, grit, motivation What from your picture or recording is evidence of these practices?

8. Climate Blueprint – Pillar IV Can do Climate and Culture Highly Engaging Learning Experiences  Relevant courses and materials  Instructional techniques  Out-of-class opportunities What from your picture or recording is evidence of these practices?

9. Climate Blueprint – Pillar IV Can do Climate and Culture Sufficient Opportunity for Student and Teacher Voice  Structures and practices to support  Decision making closest to students  Collaboration among teachers What from your picture or recording is evidence of these practices?

10. Climate Blueprint – Pillar IV Can do Climate and Culture Initiatives to Recognize Student Progress and Teacher Accomplishments What from your picture or recording is evidence of these practices?

11. What evidences of these practices do you see? ComponentStation #___ School-wide Culture of Success Highly Engaging Learning Experiences Building Student Strengths Sufficient Opportunity for Student and Teacher Voice Initiatives to Recognize Student Progress and Teacher Accomplishments

12. Site Team Debrief With your site team  Are there items that you would add to your vision for climate?  Are there ideas that you would like the team to bring back to the school?  What next steps would you like to take?

13. Rotations  Student voice  Success Highways  Resource Mapping  MMG lesson  CIS – Jeremy Video  Suspensions article

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