Transforming School Culture provides a school improvement plan for leaders to overcome staff division, improve relationships, and transform toxic cultures into healthy ones.Dr. Anthony Muhammad contends that in order to transform school culture, we must understand why teachers continue to hold on to models or beliefs contrary to those put forth by their school or district. He explores the human behavior, social conditions, and history that cause the underlying conflict among the four different types of teachers in a school.The second edition of this best-selling resource delivers powerful new insight into the four types of educators—Believers, Fundamentalists, Tweeners, and Survivors—and how to work with each group to create positive school culture. The book also includes Dr.
Presenter Anthony Muhammad sheds new light on understanding the complicated and dynamic relationships among school professionals to create a cohesive and positive culture. In this course he identifies four general archetypes: The Believers, The Tweeners, The Survivors and The Fundamentals. If not working harmoniously these types on your staff can be highly resistant to change and prone to interpersonal discord. This course will provide insight coupled with practical strategies for understanding and working with each type to dramatically improve school culture. Practical guidance from an expert on how to transform school culture. Convenient, flexible online format.
45 PD hours or 3 graduate creditsSkills You'll LearnIn this course, you'll learn why transforming school culture is essential to educational reform. You will learn the characteristics of four groups of teachers and the impact of each group on school culture.
You will also explore the role of school leaders in creating conditions that motivate people to change. Course OverviewAbout the InstructorDr. Anthony Muhammad is a much sought-after educational consultant.
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Muhammad, a practitioner for more than 20 years, served as a middle school teacher, assistant principal, middle school principal, and high school principal. Muhammad’s tenure as a practitioner has earned him several awards as both a teacher and a principal. His most notable accomplishment came as principal at Levey Middle School in Southfield, Michigan, a National School of Excellence, where student proficiency on state assessments more than doubled in 5 years.