School culture: 06M209

This collection of resources, from Hamilton Grange Middle School, lays out the school's approach to collaborative problem solving and a school culture that creates opportunities for students to grow both academically and socially. The resources detail how the school creates a positive school culture through the development of traits known as Hamilton Habits, the Collaborative Problem Solving (CPS) model, and extracurricular clubs, as well as how arts and sports clubs and CPS improve student-teacher relationships. Educators can use these resources to inform how they go about improving their own school culture and design clubs and other structuers to support students' social, emotional, and academic development.

Included Resources

This resource, developed by the Literacy Team at the Hamilton Grange School, is a template for teacher discussion and reflection. The template focuses on reflecting on text choice and reading identity, specifically why student choice is important in literacy development. Educators can use this template as a source of discussion during team meetings that focus on student engagement in literacy instruction. This template can also be used for an individual teacher to reflect independently.