Dare Greatly to Enhance Your School’s Climate: Through Acceptance, Relational Trust, and Creating a Sense of Belonging

Abstract

A social studies teacher shared the unique experience of leading one of the most profound changes in the culture of a junior high school. This manuscript includes the context of the work that had a significant impact at a Western New York junior high school. Moreover, pragmatic strategies and approaches to enhance school climate in any school are expanded upon.

Citation

Schoenfeld, R.S. and Dinse, J. (2015), "Dare Greatly to Enhance Your School’s Climate: Through Acceptance, Relational Trust, and Creating a Sense of Belonging", Living the Work: Promoting Social Justice and Equity Work in Schools around the World (Advances in Educational Administration, Vol. 23), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 265-282. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1479-366020140000023013