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ELC PRINCIPLE 1: DEVELOP SHARED PURPOSE AND IDENTITY....................341. Build a unified school culture around excellence and ethics bypromoting high expectations for learning and behavior. ............34• The Power of Connectedness (box) .......................................342. Create a touchstone or motto that expresses the school’scommitment to excellence and ethics. ........................................35• The Place Way (box)...............................................................35• The Roosevelt Way .................................................................36• The Power of a Touchstone to Build the Peer Culture (box) .....363. Develop an honor code. .............................................................37• Research on Honor Codes (box) ............................................374. Develop school traditions that express and strengthenthe commitment to excellence and ethics. ..................................38• Welcoming Freshmen: One School’s Tradition (box)..............385. Make a character compact with parents. .....................................39• A Character Compact with Parents (box)................................39ELC PRINCIPLE 2: ALIGN PRACTICES WITH DESIRED OUTCOMESAND RELEVANT RESEARCH.....................................................................401. Engage staff in aligning practices................................................402. Encourage parents to align their parenting practiceswith relevant research. ................................................................40ELC PRINCIPLE 3: HAVE A VOICE; TAKE A STAND. .....................................421. Develop student voice in the classroom......................................43• Maximize all students’ responsibility for participatingin academic discussions. .........................................................43• The Character Benefits of Giving StudentsGreater Voice (box) ................................................................43• Hold class meetings that seek and act uponstudent feedback. ...................................................................432. Develop student voice in the school. ..........................................44• Use surveys to seek students’ input on school improvement.....44• Structure small-group discussions of whole-school issues. ......45• Create a democratic schoolwide governance system that givesstudents a voice in decisions affecting the whole school.........45• Representative democracy ......................................................45“The Leadership Team”: A Representative SchoolDemocracy (box) ..............................................................46• Direct democracy....................................................................46School-Within-A-School model ..............................................47Whole-School “Town Hall” Model ........................................47Cluster Model.......................................................................473. Develop faculty and staff voice...................................................474. Develop parent voice..................................................................47• The Parents Advisory Board: One Principal’sExperience (box)....................................................................475. Develop community voice...........................................................47ixSmart & Good High Schools
ELC PRINCIPLE 4: TAKE PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR CONTINUOUSSELF-DEVELOPMENT..............................................................................481. Promote the value of striving for excellence and ethics ascentral to a fulfilling life in school and beyond. .........................48• Communicate the school’s vision to incoming students. .........49• Invite graduates back to speak................................................492. Promote ongoing self-reflection on the quest for excellenceand ethics. ..................................................................................493. Challenge students to move outside their comfort zone.............494. Create a culture of excellence in classrooms, and aschoolwide system that monitors and supports achievement. .....49• Creating a Culture of Excellence: Five PedagogicalPractices (box)........................................................................50• Develop schoolwide support systems that hold all studentsaccountable for learning.........................................................515. Foster personal responsibility for excellence and ethicsamong faculty and staff, parents, and the wider community. ......51• Help parents become their best..............................................51• 10 Ways to Start a Conversation With Your Teen (box)...........52• Create communities of character. ...........................................52• Collaborate to create career opportunities. ............................53ELC PRINCIPLE 5: PRACTICE COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITYFOR EXCELLENCE AND ETHICS...............................................................531. Model care-frontation as adults. .................................................542. Create a school norm of collective responsibility andstructures that institutionalize it. ................................................55• Brother’s Keeper ....................................................................55• Discovery Group.....................................................................55• Discovery Group Journaling Questions (box).........................55• Concern Meeting ....................................................................55ELC PRINCIPLE 6: GRAPPLE WITH THE TOUGH ISSUES—THE ELEPHANTSIN THE LIVING ROOM...........................................................................561. Identify the elephants.................................................................56• What Are the Elephants in Our Living Room? (box)...............57• Use a special survey to get data on a particular elephant........572. Create study groups to grapple with high-priority issues.............583. Help families confront their issues.............................................58CHAPTER 4: The Professional Ethical Learning Community (PELC): Facultyand Staff Collaborating to Integrate Excellence and Ethics ........61The Interdependence of Excellence and Ethics ...................................62PROMISING PRACTICES FOR THE 6 PRINCIPLES OF A PROFESSIONALETHICAL LEARNING COMMUNITY (PELC) (box)...................................64PELC PRINCIPLE 1: DEVELOP SHARED PURPOSE AND IDENTITY. ..................651. Develop a school mission that has excellence and ethicsxSmart & Good High Schools
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