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Standard Seven (Culture): Community of Care and Support

The effective educational leader develops and sustains positive partnerships with and among students, staff and stakeholders to create a safe and caring school environment.

ODEW Essential Question for the Standard: Do I effectively advocate on behalf of all students and create a positive environment for meeting the needs of the whole child?

OLAC Focusing Questions for Principals’ Self-Reflection: By Standard-

1. Would I benefit from learning more about effective advocacy skills and concepts?

   • New Leaders: How Strong K12 Principals Are “Lead Relationship Builders”
   • Ohio Department of Education and Workforce: Integrated Student Supports
   • Ohio Department of Education and Workforce: School Wellness
   • OLAC Video: Teams as the Framework for Improving Educational Equity
   • OLAC Module: Educational Equity: Understanding Why It's So Important
   • OLAC Module: Learning Supports
   • National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP): Culturally Responsive Schools
   • NextGen Learning: School Culture: Restorative Practices

2. Would I like access to resources that can help staff, students, and stakeholders learn more about effective advocacy skills and concepts? Resources include:

   • OLAC Module: Family and Community Engagement
   • OLAC Module: Trauma Informed Practice
   • OLAC Module: Learning Supports
   • Ohio Department of Education and Workforce: Integrated Student Supports
   • Education Next: How Schools and Teachers Can Get Better at Cultural Competence (Farmer, 2020)
   • National Association of School Psychologists: Resources and Podcasts: Diversity
   • International Journal of Education Policy & Leadership: Principal Influence: A Catalyst for Positive School Climate
   • SchoolSafety.gov: School Climate Resources
   • NextGen Learning: Designing for Equity: Discussion Protocols
   • NextGen Learning: School Culture: Restorative Practice

OLAC Focusing Questions for Principals’ Self-Reflection: By Indicator-

7.3: The effective educational leader develops and sustains a school environment in which students, staff, and stakeholders are valued, trusted, respected and cared for.

1. Would I like access to resources that help all students, staff and stakeholders in a school to build a safe, trusting, respectful, caring learning environment? Resources include:

   • SchoolSafety.gov
   • OLAC Module: Learning Supports
   • OLAC Module: Family and Community Engagement
   • OLAC Module: Trauma Informed Practice
   • OLAC Module: Educational Equity: Understanding Why It's So Important
   • OLAC Video: A Place They Go to Feel Safe, Dr. Melinda Wolford
   • Ohio Department of Education and Workforce: Integrated Student Supports
   • The Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL)
   • TIES Center, University of Minnesota: Inclusive Education
   • IRIS Center Module: Understanding Special Student Populations: Educational Impact and Strategies for Success

2. Would I like to know more about formalizing organizations around care, trust, and respect? Resources include:

   • American Institutes for Research (AIR) Education Policy Center: Creating Healthy Schools: 10 Key Ideas for the Social and Emotional Learning and School Climate Community
   • National School Climate Center
   • Ohio Leadership for Inclusion, Implementation, and Instructional Improvement (OLi4)
   • OLAC Module: Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports
   • Ohio Department of Education and Workforce: Integrated Student Supports
   • OLAC Webinar: Social Emotional Learning
   • Change: making it happen in your school and district (Fullan, 2013)
   • SchoolSafety.gov: School Climate Resources
   • National Equity Project