We define a School Culture Leader as the individual who creates a strong, vibrant school culture in which students thrive. This role has many names: Dean of Students, Assistant Principal, a House or Hall Principal, Dean of Culture—it can even be the job of the Principal. Whatever the name it takes in a given school, the School Culture Leader’s (SCL) role is vital to student and teacher success. It entails ensuring that all classrooms have a strong foundation to enable rigorous and engaging academic instruction to thrive. The SCL’s role ensures that stakeholders experience and uphold a culture that is warm, supportive and inclusive.
As schools work to define, establish and/or strengthen their schools’ culture, we are offering this workshop which is designed to build the capacity of School Culture Leaders, Deans, Assistant Principals and/or their managers to lead strong school culture.
TRAINING WILL INCLUDE:
- Insights into the effective application of techniques by school culture leaders
- Practice activities that will strengthen school culture leaders’ capacity to apply effective techniques in their schools
- The opportunity to plan how you will implement these techniques in your school’s professional development program
- Feedback during practice to help school culture leaders master the techniques
- Cohort building among school culture leaders to promote networking and future collaboration
WE WILL ANALYZE AND PRACTICE:
- Crucial culture-building moments that deans own including: Public Deaning, Private Deaning, Family and Stakeholder Communication, and Coaching Development
- Artifacts submitted by participants focused on culture building moments
WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
This workshop is for school culture leaders, deans, and other key personnel who shape and build school cultures. In addition to our interactive learning sessions, cohort participants who choose to license the materials can also expect the following resources:
- Access to a selection of session videos, PPTs, participant handouts, practice activities and our entire School Culture Leader/Deans PD implementation suite upon purchasing the licensing agreement. Please note: In order to protect privacy, some videos may not be shared as a part of your licensing agreement.
- Access to a selection of lessons from our School Culture Curriculum.
- Optional: 30-minute follow-up call to answer your questions or provide feedback on your ideas for implementation of the content back at your schools.
COST:
- Training Fee: $1,000 ($200 non-refundable deposit per person is required to register, applied towards your final invoice).
- Implementation toolkit license fee: $1,000 per school for materials (optional), with signed license agreement.
DATE AND TIME:
May 8th and 9th, 2025
8:00am – 4:30pm CDT (end at 3:30 on day two)