Companion vol. to: Shaping school culture / Terrence E. Deal. 1st ed. c1999.
Includes bibliographical references (page 135) and index.
Understanding school culture. The importance of culture. Vision and values : the bedrock of culture. Ritual and ceremony : culture in action. History and stories : the importance of the past. Architecture, artifacts, and symbols : the visual scene -- Shaping school culture. Assessing and transforming toxic cultures. Eight roles of symbolic leaders.
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The Shaping School Culture Fieldbook provides a variety of sources of information, inspiration, and suggestions and includes more than forty field-tested exercises. Each chapter begins with a discussion of the features of culture and the symbolic roles of leaders and is followed by a set of examples that clearly illustrate the ideas. The book is filled with activities. Many are specifically designed as group activities with suggestions for how to organize the session, while others are meant to stimulate reflection and are often posed as questions.