School Climate Assesment essays

School Climate Assesment essays A school seems to be a small, safe, confined area. This is where a student meets new people and learns about life (life includes history, math, science... anything needed to make it outside of High School). Not many people actually think about how it is run or what all is involved in running a building filled with young minds. There is a climate in a school that involves, the community, students, and the school staff. It includes a physical environment, where a strong leadership guides the instructional programs, time is spent on task, there are high expectations that are fostered by all, expectations are clearly defined, there is a frequent monitoring and feedback, communication, trust, rewards, and a sense of community. If all of these could be graded, what would you grade the school you come from? Students from government classes in my school, Whitehall High, did such a thing. The grades were averaged by using the grading scale. Each did a class grade and an individual gr ade. My individual grade was tallied by this grading scale: A= 4.0 A- =3.7 B+ =3.3 B =3.0 B- =2.7 C+ =2.3 C =2.0 C- =1.7 D+ =1.3 D =1.0 D- =.7 and an E/F= .0. My totally GPA was 3.6. I graded category number one, physical environment with an A- because to get a grade of a full A, the school needs to be a safe and orderly atmosphere where the students and staff feel proud. Whitehall is safe place, although some of the students I do not trust. This comes with every school though and the school does punish them correctly. The reason for the mark down is because I do not feel like the rules are enforced fairly to everyone. Certain students who teachers tend to like more, get away with more. For instance, a student came in wearing a shirt that was half off the shoulder, which is not allowed, and nothing was said to her in that class. I talked to a different student who wore a shirt that resembled the one previously talked about, but with a t...