How To Diagnose School Climate: Pinpointing Problems,Planning Change

Abstract

School climate assessments are valuable tools for principals. Climate assessments by themselves will solve no problems, but they are useful goads to action that help keep program development on the right track. Some steps to take in plan ning such an improvement program are outlined here, and in the article by Rachel and Myers that follows.

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