v anglickém jazyce ABSTRACT This thesis aims to analyze and describe how the cooperation of pedagogical workers in selected a Little Class School, how cooperation works in practice. The theoretical part deals mainly with characteristic of Little Class school in the Czech republic, further focuses on teacher's personality, on the school climate and its environment where pedagogical employees work together. In the last chapter of theoretical part, cooperation as a topic is mentioned. It defines the basic concepts that are related to cooperation between educators. These concepts include Little Class school, teacher personality, professional development, climate and school environment, cooperation. In the theoretical part, cooperation between teacher and teaching assistant is also mentioned. The empirical part of the thesis contains a case study of a selected a Little Class school and how the cooperation takes place at this school. In the diploma thesis, these collection methods were used: observation, interview and questionnaire. Following is an analysis of the data collected and an assessment of the situation. This research showed interesting results. In the empirical part of diploma thesis are used knowledge from the theoretical part. KEYWORDS school climate, teaching staff, school management,...

California is experiencing a massive teacher shortage, and urban schools are disproportionately affected by it negatively. Retention efforts to date have not included strategies to address Compassion Fatigue (burnout and secondary trauma) teachers experience when working with traumatized students at urban schools. This dissertation explores whether Compassion Fatigue is an unaddressed reason for teacher attrition at urban schools. A mixed method practical action research approach using the Professional Quality of Life Scale Version Five (ProQOL 5) and qualitative interviews, portions of which were turned into illustrative vignettes drove the exploration. Approximately 114 teachers completed the ProQOL 5. Statistical analysis of the ProQOL 5 results showed that female teachers experience more compassion fatigue than male teachers; compassion fatigue is more acute with beginning teachers than with veteran teachers; and that teachers working at high-poverty schools experience statistically significant differences in compassion satisfaction and fatigue than teachers at low poverty schools. Correlation tests revealed statistically significant relationships between compassion fatigue and the school’s racial demographics even when controlling for the socioeconomically disadvantaged status of the school and teacher ethnicity. Linear regression models showed that the percentage of African American students in the school is a statistically significant predictor of compassion fatigue. Qualitative interview analysis showed that secondary trauma from students is not the only trauma teachers are experiencing, and that school climate and conditions matter when attempting to retain teachers. In the final phase of the action research, a policy brief was developed through a collaborative and iterative process, based both on the findings and engagement with stakeholders. If California is serious about producing and retaining high-quality teachers at all urban schools,’ efforts to mitigate compassion fatigue should be undertaken immediately.

There is an abundance of research on chronic absenteeism as well as the multi-tiered system of support (MTSS) approach, specifically the element of positive behavior intervention strategies (PBIS), at the elementary school level. A clear understanding of MTSS and PBIS at the high school level and how those approaches may impact chronic absenteeism of high school students is lacking in the recent research. The literature review provided the reader with an overview on PBIS and chronic absenteeism through the theoretical lens of Cooper’s (1982) Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) theory and explained the influence that PBIS has on chronic absenteeism at the elementary school level. The argument supporting utilizing successful policies already in place to address chronic absenteeism at the high school level is presented. This study identifies PBIS within the current research, as a means to understand how these promising practices may support improved attendance for the chronically absent high school student. The research suggests that positive behavior intervention strategies have tangentially decreased chronic absenteeism by reducing suspension rates at the elementary school level. This study sought to understand how effective, evidence-based positive behavior intervention strategies (PBIS), which have addressed and improved challenging student behavior schoolwide, can be repurposed to combat the causes associated with chronic absenteeism at the high school level. The causes associated with chronic absenteeism at the high school level fall into four categories termed school, family, environmental and personal. The objective of this quantitative program evaluation study was to evaluate the PBIS interventions that a local, small public high school used for targeted chronically absent high school students to see if their chronically absenteeism rate decreases. This study hypothesizes that the PBIS approach to behavior intervention can successfully transfer to decrease chronic absenteeism at the high school level. Additionally, this study discusses the extent to which results may be generalized to high school students across school districts. The results of this research study affirm the research questions that PBIS strategies can be repurposed to address chronic absenteeism at the high school level and having an effective attendance intervention program can improve attendance rates between and within attendance tiers in high school students, resulting in reduced chronic absenteeism. The most effective tier in improving attendance rates and reducing chronic absenteeism was both Tier 3 and Tier 4, with each tier resulting in 50% of participants increasing their attendance rates and reducing chronic absenteeism.

This study used a phenomenological design to discover how middle school teachers in northern California perceived the effectiveness of Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) in improving school climate and lowering office discipline referrals. PBIS is a school-wide initiative implemented in schools across the United States as an approach for addressing discipline and promoting a positive school climate. The researcher examined teacher perceptions on effectiveness of PBIS at the middle school level. The district implemented PBIS to align with district initiatives to lower exclusionary discipline practices (office referrals, suspensions, and expulsions) for students, with an emphasis on African American males, students with disabilities, and foster youth. The study used transformative learning theory and teacher self-efficacy to guide the research. The overarching research question explored was: What are middle school teachers’ perceptions about the effectiveness of PBIS? Data were collected from individual semi-structured open-ended interviews; concern statements; and examination of the trends of suspension, expulsion, and office discipline referrals pre-PBIS and post-PBIS. Data analysis revealed that all participants used positive terms to describe their school’s climate. Participants also experienced shared benefits and barriers when discussing PBIS in their school settings. The results of this study support PBIS in middle schools and addressed barriers. The results could be used to guide the decision-making process of those responsible for PBIS at the local school district level as well as at the individual school and classroom levels.

This diploma thesis deals with the school climate in the context of pupils with different mother tongues and the process of integrating pupils with different mother tongues into the school. The practical research examines a specific Prague primary school, which is attended by a large number of pupils with different mother tongues, and the school has therefore long-term been involved in the integration and education of pupils with different mother tongues. The aim of the thesis is to describe the process of integration and to monitor the support in education and adaptation of pupils with different mother tongues. The aim of the thesis is to find out what help is beneficial for these pupils and also to find out what is the view of teachers, parents and pupils of a specific school on the presence of pupils with different mother tongues in the school. The empirical part of the work uses methods of quantitative and qualitative research. The research was conducted using the interview method with the coordinator of pupils with different mother tongues and selected pupils with different mother tongues. A questionnaire survey was conducted among teachers, pupils and parents at the school. The questionnaire was distributed to parents in Czech, Chinese and Vietnamese. Based on the research results, specific...

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The purpose of this quantitative study was to determine if there is a significant relationship between student achievement and teacher perceptions of school climate. An additional purpose of this study was to determine if there is a significant difference in teacher perceptions between Title 1 and non-Title 1 schools. The final purpose of this study was to determine if there is a significant difference in teacher perceptions of school climate among the schools according to overall student achievement. A series of Spearman’s Correlation analyses were used to analyze data to determine if there was a significant relationship between TVAAS composite scores and teacher perceptions of school climate. A series of independent t-tests were used to determine if there was a significant difference in teacher perceptions of school climate between Title 1 and non-Title 1 schools. Finally, a series of one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) were conducted to evaluate the relationships among teacher perceptions of school climate and TVAAS composite scores. The data that were analyzed included TVAAS composite scores of elementary students from the Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program (TCAP), Title 1 and non-Title 1 school status, and data concerning school climate that were provided by licensed elementary teachers on the annual statewide educator survey administered by the Tennessee Department of Education in 205 elementary schools across Tennessee. The results of this study revealed, there was a significant difference in teacher perceptions of engagement between Title 1 and non-Title 1 schools. The results also revealed, there was a significant difference in the means of teacher perceptions of environment between schools that scored 2 and 3 on TVAAS. In general, teachers in non-Title 1 schools had a significantly more positive perception of engagement and environment than teachers in Title 1 schools. In addition, schools with TVAAS composite scores of 3 scored significantly lower than schools with TVAAS scores of 2 on the measure of perception of school environment.

Den psykiska ohälsan i skolan är hög både bland lärare och elever. I arbetsmiljöarbete kan fokus antingen vara på att främja hälsa eller förebygga ohälsa. De organisatoriska och sociala arbetsmiljömålen syftar till att arbeta för hälsa. Hur skolor arbetar med föreskriften om organisatorisk och social arbetsmiljö är relativt obeforskat. Syftet med denna studie var att beskriva vilka handlingar i praktiken som genomförs utifrån skolors organisatoriska och sociala arbetsmiljömål samt hur rektorer tror att detta arbete kan främja skolklimatet för eleverna. Fem semistrukturerade intervjuer med rektorer på kommunala högstadieskolor har genomförts och analyserats med kvalitativ innehållsanalys. Skolorna arbetade aktivt med att uppnå målen, två explicit och tre skolor integrerade målen i verksamhetens kontinuerliga arbete och måluppfyllelse. Handlingar som skolorna genomförde var nya sätt att organisera, nya professioner som heltidsmentorer för att avlasta lärare, brobyggande inom och mellan professioner, tid för reflektion samt Vi-skola utifrån ”vi-känsla” för att främja god stämning och trivsel. Rektorernas tankar kring arbetsmiljöarbetets kopplingar till elevernas skolklimat var att eleverna gynnas av en varm stämning på skolan, tryggheten och goda relationer i skolan ökar, lugn och ro på lektioner och raster minskar stressen hos eleverna samt minskat våld, skolk och kränkningar. Studien visade ett organisatoriskt och socialt arbetsmiljöarbete som fungerade i praktiken och främjade lärarnas arbetsförhållanden. Dessutom främjade arbetsmiljöarbetet skolklimatet för eleverna. / This purpose of this study is to explore the types of practical interventions that are carried out in schools based on their organizational and social work environment goals, and how principals believe that this work can promote the school climate for students. In endeavoring to answer these questions, five semi-structured interviews were conducted with principals at municipal lower secondary schools and were then analyzed with qualitative content analysis. The results of the research demonstrated that schools implemented new ways of organizing, new professions as full-time mentors to relieve teachers, build relationships within and between professions, allow time for reflection and “We-school” based on a "we-feeling" to promote an inclusive atmosphere and general well-being. The principals considered the work environment connection to the students' school climate as beneficial by advancing a warm atmosphere at school, a sense of security and good relationships, peace and quiet during lessons and breaks reduce stress for the students and reduce violence, truancy and violations. The study showed an organizational and social work environment that functioned in practice and promoted the teachers' working conditions and also the student’s school climate.

[pt] presente tese intitulada Gestores escolares e sistemas de administração e avaliação em Minas Gerais: uma proposta de modelo de análise do uso de dados buscou compreender as diferentes articulações entre os fatores organizacionais e os atores educacionais perante o processo de uso pedagógico dos dados na gestão das escolas. Para tanto, inicialmente, realizamos uma revisão bibliográfica na qual mapeamos sete fatores que influenciam no processo de uso pedagógico dos dados, a saber: o contexto organizacional, os sistemas de gestão, o suporte e acesso à tecnologia, a formação para uso dos dados educacionais, a racionalidade do diretor, o clima escolar e a liderança do diretor. Diante disso, em cada um dos capítulos desta tese discutimos teoricamente cada um desses fatores conjugados com os dados empíricos dos estudos de caso realizados em duas escolas estaduais de Minas Gerais sob a jurisdição da Superintendência Regional de Ensino de Juiz de Fora (MG). Após os processos de análise desenvolvidos durante a pesquisa e a partir da experiência da pesquisadora nas escolas, apresentamos no capítulo final da tese um novo fator a ser agregado como um potencial influenciador no uso de dados para fins pedagógicos na escola: a confiança nos dados. Isso porque o fato de os gestores educacionais confiarem ou não nos dados provenientes dos sistemas de administração e avaliação faz com que os dados educacionais sejam ou não utilizados pedagogicamente na escola. Como resultado final desta tese apresentamos uma proposta de modelo de análise do uso de dados. / [en] The present thesis entitled School managers and administration and evaluation systems in Minas Gerais: a proposal for a model of analysis of data use sought to understand the different articulations between organizational factors and educational actors before the process of pedagogical data use in the management of data. schools. To this end, initially, we performed a bibliographic review in which we mapped seven factors that influence the process of pedagogical use of data, namely: the organizational context, management systems, support and access to technology, training for the use of educational data , the director s rationality, the school climate and the director s leadership. Therefore, in each of the chapters of this thesis we theoretically discuss each of these factors combined with the empirical data of the case studies carried out in two state schools in Minas Gerais under the jurisdiction of the Regional Teaching Superintendence of Juiz de Fora (MG). After the analysis processes developed during the research and from the experience of the researcher in schools, we present in the final chapter of the thesis a new factor to be added as a potential influencer in the use of data for pedagogical purposes in the school: trust in the data. This is because the fact that the educational managers trust or not the data of the administration and evaluation systems makes the educational data to be used pedagogically in the school. As a final result of this thesis, we present a proposal for a model of analysis of the use of data.

Abstract Adverse Childhood Experiences and Trauma-Informed Schools: Restorative Practices for Social and Emotional Behavior Issues in Education by Heather Easterling The purpose of this study was to determine whether factors in school climate and culture and the educator's role in evaluating adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), trauma-informed situations, and disruptive classroom behaviors, enable a school to generate interventions needed to help students succeed. This qualitative study evaluated the ACEs and the relationships traumatic incidents had on disruptive classroom behaviors that teachers experienced with students. Although there is emerging research regarding ACEs and trauma-informed schools, there are multiple factors that facilitate the relationship between ACEs and disruptive classroom experiences. Data collection strategies included the use of interview procedures and document review. This evidence was gathered from teachers who provided their experiences with disruptive classroom behaviors and their experiences with behavior intervention programs such as RTI2B (Response to Instruction and Intervention for Behavior) and trauma-informed practices. Analysis of data occurred in three phases: (a) categorization based on emergent themes from the interviews, (b) constructing the explanation in narrative form, and (c) re-examination of the collected data concerning discipline referrals, school climate surveys, and attendance surveys. This research study provided insight into experiences teachers had with disruptive classroom behaviors. The experiences showed implementation of trauma-informed practices, a positive behavior program, and the need for a support system for teachers to be able to better reach students who have experienced ACEs that are related to disruptive classroom behaviors. The results revealed that there were direct factors that determined that the relationship between ACEs and trauma were consistent with disruptive classroom behaviors.