C1- Diverse faculty and staff -✔✔Diverse student population require diverse teaching and
administrative staff.
- Diverse faculty motivated to work with disadvantages minority students
- Higher academic expectations of minority students, results in increased academic and social growth
among students
- Diverse student population achieve more academically when engaged by own racial and ethnic groups
- Exposure to variety of ethnicities help reduce stereotypes and promotes cross-cultural social bonding
C1- Diverse student population -✔✔Effective leaders train teachers and provide resources to support a
sustainable focus on cultural responsiveness.
- encourage ongoing PD
- collaborate with diverse members of the staff
- provide recourse and time needed to support a robust diversity plan that is aligned with school goals
C1- Interviews -✔✔Asking the right questions reveals information pertinent to the profession.
- Use scenarios to drive questioning. Scenarios help the leader determine if the teacher is prepared for
the classroom.
- Infuse cultural responsiveness into the process.
C1- Interview Validity -✔✔Determines whether the interview prompts and questions truly measure
what they are intended to measure.
, C1- Interview Reliability -✔✔The extend to which results are considered over time adn an accurate
representation of the total population.
- Structuring all the interviews so each candidate receives the same questions will ensure interview
reliability.
C1- Organizational Culture -✔✔System of shared orientations that hold the unit together and give it a
distinctive identity: values, norms, and tacit assumptions.
**religion is to individual as culture is to organization
C1- Organizational Climate -✔✔Set of internal characteristics that distinguish one school from another
and influence behavior of its members.
** Personality is to individual as climate is to organization
C1- School Climate and Hiring Teachers -✔✔Consider culture and climate of the school to strategically
place teachers. Consider the needs of the student population and focus on student achievement.
- use committees during interviews
- stay "plugged in" by being visible and getting into classrooms
- develop collaborative structures in decision-making process
- provide leadership opportunities to teachers and students
C1- Leading a School Culture -✔✔The culture will never change without buy-in from the faculty.
- start with small group of willing teachers to try new initiative