{"data":{"ID":621,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1452544804,"CreatorID":4735,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"The Intangibles: What It Really Takes To Manage An Effective School","Handle":"the_intangibles--what_it_really_takes_to_manage_an_effective_school","ShortDescription":"","Description":"During our childhood, there were moments when we felt particularly\r\nsafe (or unsafe) in school, when we felt particularly connected to a\r\ncaring adult, when we felt particularly engaged in meaningful learning\r\n(or not). These are the school memories that we all tend to vividly\r\nremember: good and\/or bad. It is not surprising that these kinds of\r\nexperiences shape learning and development.\r\n\r\nHowever, effective schools are larger than any one person's experience.\r\nWhen the schools community work together, a group process emerges that\r\nis bigger than any one person's actions. A comprehensive assessment of\r\nschool climate and culture includes major aspects of school life such\r\nas safety, relationships, teaching and learning, and the environment\r\nas well as larger organizational patterns (e.g. from fragmented to\r\nshared; healthy or unhealthy). How we feel about being in school and\r\nthese larger group trends shape learning and student development. A\r\npositive school climate is associated with academic achievement,\r\neffective risk prevention efforts and positive youth development.","Link":["http:\/\/slabeeber.org"],"Audience":["All School Levels"],"Practice":"","Presenter":["Chris Johnson"],"PresenterAffiliation":[],"PresenterEmail":["cjohnson@scienceleadership.org"],"ScheduleSlotID":63,"ScheduleLocationID":16,"SubmitterID":4735,"AdditionalComments":null,"LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":5}}