- Jun 2018
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Individuals often definetheir affiliations in terms of some subgroup and have weaker ties to the larger organization
Departments in the high schools. I wonder if the school reorganization in two years will help with this.
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because of the class and race differences between school professionals and parents inmost urban areas, conditions can be ripe for misunderstanding and distrust
How many teachers in a high-poverty school look like their students?
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where necessary, counseling out those whose practiceremains inconsistent with the school's mission and values.
Finding the right people for the vision means having hard conversations about commitment to the vision in general.
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Even simple interactions, if successful, can enhance collectivecapacities for more complex subsequent actions
Foster moments for small trust building. Over time, it becomes the de facto mechanism for interacting with each other.
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On average, these improving schools recorded increases in student learning of8 percent in reading and 20 percent in mathematics in a five-year period
Significant change, but not immediate. Change takes time, culture needs to gain momentum over institutional inertia.
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In schools in which relational trustwas improving over time
This is a plastic cultural indicator. It can be built among faculty with strong leadership and a commitment to reform.
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elational trust fosters the necessary social exchanges amongschool professionals as they learn from one another. Talking honestly with colleagues aboutwhat's working and what's not means exposing your own ignorance and making yourselfvulnerable.
Open and honest conversations about practice can only happen with participants trust one another not to make personal comments or attacks.
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Collective decision making withbroad teacher buy-in, a crucial ingredient for reform, occurs more readily in schools with strongrelational trust
Tackling large problems in education require buy-in from all people in order for those solutions to be successful.
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they are constantlydiscerning the intentions embedded in the actions of others
Clear communication about expectations and rationale helps alleviate confusion and prevent conflict based solely on misinterpretation.
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Such dependencies create a sense of mutual vulnerability for all individualsinvolved.
Eroding this sense of vulnerability through isolated goal or agenda setting ultimately hurts students (Iannaccone, 1991)
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Each party in a relationship maintains an understanding of his or her role's obligations and holdssome expectations about the obligations of the other parties
We all know what we need to do, but we also have to trust other people to do their jobs.
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social trust among teachers,parents, and school leaders improves much of the routine work of schools and is a key resourcefor reform
Before you can do anything, you have to trust the people you work with.
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