DOCUMENT RESUME ED 479 930 EA 032 257 AUTHOR Peterson, Kent D.; Deal, Terrence E. TITLE The Shaping School Culture Fieldbook. The Jossey-Bass Education Series. ISBN ISBN-0-7879-5680-5 PUB DATE 2002-00-00 NOTE 146p. AVAILABLE FROM Customer Care Center, 10475 Crosspoint Blvd., Indianapolis, IN 46256 ($29). Tel: 877-762-2974 (Toll Free); Fax: 800-597- 3299 (Toll Free); e-mail:
[email protected]; Web site: http://www.josseybass.com/. PUB TYPE Books (010) Guides Non-Classroom (055) EDRS PRICE EDRS Price MF01/PC06 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Administrator Guides; *Educational Environment; Elementary Secondary Education; *School Administration; *School Culture ABSTRACT This guide is designed to help educational leaders reflect on their actions, intentions, and understanding to hone leadership skills as they work to improve their students' learning environment. It provides activities to develop cultural leadership, and deepens and makes concrete the concept of school culture by connecting it to school and student success. Three key processes for shaping cultural ways and traditions underlie the chapters. Leaders must:(1) read the culture;(2) assess the culture; and (3) reinforce or transform the culture. Each chapter begins with a discussion of the features of culture and roles of symbolic leaders. These discussions are often followed by a set of examples to illustrate the ideas. Next, the book provides specific activities that individuals or a team of teachers or other group can use. Some are specifically designed as group activities, with suggestions for how to organize the session. Others are meant to stimulate reflection; they are often posed as questions for the reader.