A school's culture can have a significant impact on staff, students, and families. If a school has a strong, positive, healthy culture, staff members will trust one another, work together, and feel comfortable approaching each other for help and resources. Staff will be excited to come to "work" every day to see one another and the students. If the school's culture is warm and welcoming, students and families will be motivated and eager to come to school and be involved in their education. I have seen first-hand at the school I have been at for the past ten years both a healthy and unhealthy school culture. If the culture of a school is "unhealthy," staff will have the mentality of showing up, checking things off a list, trying to make it through the day, and leaving. Nothing more. Students will not receive a high-quality education because teachers will not be invested and motivated in their academic success. I believe leadership and administration of a school directly impacts the direction the school culture will go. The Professional Standards for Educational Leaders is a wonderful resource for educational leaders (and future leaders), for what an effective leader will seek to accomplish in the school.

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