By Raymond L. Calabrese
University directors have to identify secure educational environments. Emphasizing potent concepts and practices that emerge from collaborative, community-building efforts, Calabrese indicates how directors, lecturers, mom and dad, and scholars can interact to make sure actual and emotional protection. The approach of verbal exchange brought through management for secure Schools--which makes a speciality of optimistic actions, and constructing a standard reason between varied teams of individuals--can be designed to fill the original wishes of each institution.
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Page 5 The teacher has the responsibility for cultivating this relationship. The teacher, as the primary deliverer of instruction, links intellectual pursuits to the student's experience. By moving into the student's world, the teacher creates a psychological link embracing physical, spiritual, intellectual, and emotional components. Teachers who integrate moral development into their classroom operate from sound psychological learning perspectives. These teachers understand that well-prepared classes that integrate the students' context maintain the students' interest and provide the basis for moral and social formation.
According to Kouzes and Posner, “Your capacity to strengthen and empower others begins with the degree of power that you hold — your connection to lines of supply, information, and support. ”20 The school leader draws from the members of the school community to form the safe school planning team. She analyzes the prospective team member's potential contribution, ability to communicate effectively with constituents, and willingness to make a long-term commitment while building a history to work constructively toward consensus.
21 The school community instinctively trusts these people. These people will be responsible for the flow of information to the school community and for constructive feedback. Use the following chart to identify potential team members: Identification of Prospective Team Members Name of Member Skills Respect Positive Force Rating (1 = low; 10 = high) Y N Y N Y N Y N Y N Y N Y N Y N Y N Y N Y N Y N Y N Y N Y N Y N Note: Respect refers to whether the prospective member has the community's respect; Y = yes, N = no.