Communication Has poor lines of Has established lines Establishes strong Always maintains open communication with staff of communication lines of and effective lines of members; rarely with certain staff or communication with communication with communicates with groups of staff; and among teachers staff; has developed students; is rarely communicates with and students; is effective means for accessible to students some students; easily accessible to teachers to and staff sometimes teachers communicate with each isn’t accessible to staff and other students Culture No vision of what the Some evidence of Fosters shared Fosters change through school should be like is cohesion among staff; beliefs and a sense of an effective culture; evident; there is little staff sometimes does community and staff has a clear vision sense of well-being not share an cooperation; of the future of the among staff understanding of positively influences building purpose teachers Discipline Oftentimes teaching time Teaching is Protects teachers Structures and is disrupted; instructional sometimes disrupted from issues and procedures are time is interrupted for by outside influences; influences that developed around the trivial matters instructional time is detract from their technical core of not always guarded teaching time or teaching; instructional focus time is paramount
Communication Has poor lines of communication with staff members; rarely communicates with students; is rarely accessible to students and staff Has established lines of communication with certain staff or groups of staff; communicates with some students; sometimes isn’t accessible to staff and students Establishes strong lines of communication with and among teachers and students; is easily accessible to teachers Always maintains open and effective lines of communication with staff; has developed effective means for teachers to communicate with each other Culture No vision of what the school should be like is evident; there is little sense of well-being among staff Some evidence of cohesion among staff; staff sometimes does not share an understanding of purpose Fosters shared beliefs and a sense of community and cooperation; positively influences teachers Fosters change through an effective culture; staff has a clear vision of the future of the building Discipline Oftentimes teaching time is disrupted; instructional time is interrupted for trivial matters Teaching is sometimes disrupted by outside influences; instructional time is not always guarded Protects teachers from issues and influences that detract from their teaching time or focus Structures and procedures are developed around the technical core of teaching; instructional time is paramount