Table Of Contents:

• Foreword by Raymond J. McNulty
• Acknowledgments
• About the Authors
• Introduction: Bringing Our Schools Into Balance
• Beyond Bullying, Beyond Compliance
• Getting Beyond Piecemeal Problem Solving
• The Rational for This Book: School Climate as a Key to School Safety, Student Motivation, and Academic Achievement
• Guideposts for School Leaders: Administrators, Teachers, AND Students
• Organization of the Book
• Why Read This Book?
• Students and Teachers as Partners in Transforming School Climate
• 1. School Climate: The Heart and Soul of a School
• Making Meaningful Improvement in Schools
• Why Is School Climate Important?
• School Climate and Effective Schools
• Essential School Climate Factors
• We All Want Respectful Schools
• What Teachers and Students Mean by Respect
• Beeper Studies: Our Original Research on Respectful Schools
• The Respect Continuum: A Practical Theory of Respect
• The Disrespect Side of the Continuum
• The Respect Side of the Continuum
• How Schools Use the Respect Continuum
• Initial Success in One District
• Looking Beyond Stopping Misbehavior
• Making It Real: A Real-Life Respectful School
• Conclusion
• Book Study Questions
• 2. The SafeMeasures Process: A Student-Led, Collaborative Action Research Process
• Sarason's Research on School Change
• Balancing Adult and Student Leadership
• The SafeMeasures Process: An Overview
• Bandura's Research on Self-Efficacy
• Looking Deeply at Collaborative Action Research
• Emancipatory Research
• Making It Real: School Climate Improvement
• Conclusion
• Book Study Questions
• 3. Stage One: Everyone Is a Leader: Empowering Students and Teachers
• The Dignity of Expertise
• Getting Started
• Administrative Support Is Essential
• The Adult Design Team: Membership and Roles
• National School Climate Standards as a Guide to Action
• Selecting a Diverse Team of Student Leaders
• Challenges to Choosing a Diverse Team of Student Leaders
• Making it Real: Student Leadership Training
• Conclusion
• Simple Summary: Stage One
• Book Study Questions
• 4. Stage Two: Including All Voices: School Climate Data Collection
• The Importance of Data
• What Gets Measured Is What Gets Done
• Some Potential Problems With School Data Collection
• What and How to Measure
• What to Do With Data
• When Students Become School Climate Researchers
• The Power of Qualitative Data
• The Value of Quantitative Data
• Making It Real: Elementary School Student Researchers
• Conclusion
• Simple Summary: Stage Two
• Book Study Questions
• 5. Stage Three: Thinking Together: Data Analysis and Goal Setting
• Internal or External Locus of Control: Whose Responsibility
• Cognitive Dissonance: Wrestling With Data to Construct Meaning
• No Fault, No Blame
• Words or Numbers? Analyzing Data With Students
• Using Quantitative Data Effectively
• Goal Setting With Student Leaders
• Why Students Lead the Way: Student and Teacher Data Analysis and Goal Setting
• Faculty Data Analysis and Goal Setting
• The Work of Goal-Based Action Teams
• Making It Real: Data Analysis and Goal Setting With Chain Reaction
• Conclusion
• Simple Summary: Stage Three
• Book Study Questions
• 6. Stage Four: Making Change Happen: Action Planning and Project Development
• Action Planning: Where Change Begins
• No One Best System
• School Climate Action Teams: Working Effectively With Colleagues
• Action Planning Steps
• Using the Respect Continuum as a Guide to Action
• Moving Toward the Positive
• Respectful Teaching
• Balanced Leadership: Adults and Students Joining Forces for Change
• Making It Real: The Backpack Project
• Conclusion
• Simple Summary: Stage Four
• Book Study Questions
• 7. Stage Four Specifics: Action Projects to Promote Respectful Teaching and Learning
• Changing School Climate Through Respectful Teaching
• Engagement Strategies That Work
• Providing Students With Choices
• Authentic, Applied, Real-World Learning
• Altering the Schedule to Provide Learning Opportunities
• Making It Real: Sugata Mitra's Hole-in-the-Wall Project
• Conclusion
• Simple Summary: Stage Four Specifics
• Book Study Questions
• 8. Stage Five: Moving Forward Together: Sustainability and Continuous Improvement
• Change Is a Process, Not an Event
• Key Elements of Sustainable Change
• Closing the Gaps
• Dignity and Respect
• The Best People Working on the Problem
• Socially Based and Action-Oriented Change
• Enhance, Extend, and Empower
• Make a Multiyear Commitment
• Formative Assessment: A Critical Part of the Process
• Aligning School Climate and Learning: Demonstrate a Balanced Approach
• Guideposts for Sustainability
• Making It Real: Talking Walls
• Conclusion
• Simple Summary: Stage Five
• Book Study Questions
• 9. The Road Ahead: Transforming School Climate and Learning
• When Will the Time Be Right?
• Continued Resistance, Growing Hope
• School Climate As a Coherent Framework for Understanding Schools
• Implications for School Leaders, Teachers, and Students
• Conclusion
• Book Study Questions
• List of Appendices
• Appendix A: From Violence to Empowerment: A Respect Continuum
• Appendix B: Sample School Climate Data Summary
• Appendix C: Example of Student Goals and Evidence of Need: Elementary School Data (Grades 3–6)
• References
• Index