, the
document is in PDF format and you will need a copy of Adobe
Acrobat Reader. Orientation Guide for Whole Schooling Renewal.This document provides a guide and several resource tools for using the Five Principles of Whole Schooling to guide deliberations and study regarding school improvement.
Six Principles of Whole Schooling. One page description of the Six Principles of Whole Schooling. Useful as a summary handout for school staff and parents.
Creating
Schools That Work: Promoting excellence and equity for a democratic
society through Whole Schooling. This
paper
discusses
key problems in schools that lay the foundation for the need for Whole Schooling
approaches. This is followed by a brief discussion of the
Six
Principles
of
Whole
Schooling
and a description of how they may look in practice.
Key
Elements in Building Whole Schools Illustrates in summary form how
Whole Schooling
looks in practice in a school (5 pages).
Whole Schooling Principles and Practices. This tool provides a description of school-wide and classroom-based practices associated with each of the Six Principles of Whole Schooling. This information is the basis for other tools listed below.
Whole Schooling Assets and Capacity Survey. Any school improvement must build on the strengths of individuals in the school. It is very helpful to identify the assets and capacities that school staff and parents possess which they will be willing to share with others. This simple survey provides an open-ended request that can be used to develop a School Catalog of Assets.
Whole Schooling Strengths and Needs. This simple tool asks teachers (and other school staff) to assess the strengths and needs of the school and individual classrooms organized by the Six Principles of Whole Schooling. This open-ended survey has proved to be a powerful tool for gathering information on school assets as well as school needs. A two-page version of this same tool is available as well.
Whole Schooling: Towards a Guide for Action Planning This document provides detailed descriptions, for each principle, regarding what we would hope FOR, and hope NOT to see in schools working to implement Whole Schooling principles and practices. This can be used as an assessment tool for the entire school or a team. Additionally, the tool can provide a menu of potential options for school improvement and fertile ground for staff dialogue.
Quality Teaching for ALL: Self-Assessment Rating Scale. This tool is designed as a Self-assessment for individual teachers. It can be used as a source of staff dialogue and as a way to identify both team strengths and needs. The tool is particularly useful in assisting teachers in articulating and setting professional development goals.
Powerpoint Presentations. We have available two powerful powerpoint presentations that can be used from a brief 15 minute overview of Whole Schooling to a 1-2 day seminar with staff. Please send an email to the Whole Schooling Consortium office to request a copy of these two presentations on a CD. The following presentation provides an introduction to the Six Principles of Whole Schooling: Whole Schooling - An Introduction. This presentation discusses ways to link the use of the 6 Principles of Whole Schooling with school improvement processes as required by states, NCA, and as part of implementation of Professional Learning Communities: School Improvement for ALL.
Michael Peterson, 2006