Building Trust for Better Schools : Research-Based Practices.

Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Chapter 1 - Introduction: Making a Case for Trust -- Why is Trust in Schools So Important? -- Efficient Schools as Network Organizations -- How is Trust Defined in Schools? -- What Do We Know about Building Trust? -- Social Similarity as a Predisposition to Trust -- The Limitations of Contracts in Establishing Trust -- The Inefficiency of Trust Based on Social Symbols -- Repeated Social Exchanges Support the Growth of Trust -- Summary -- Chapter 2 - Trust Building as a Developmental Process -- Setting the Stage for Positive Interactions -- Communicating a Vision of Doing What is Best for Children -- Reshaping the Faculty to Create a Cohesive, Competent Team -- Fostering Low-Risk Exchanges -- Engaging in Small, Successful Activities as a Forum for Positive Low-Risk Interactions -- Promoting Small-Group Interactions to Ease Vulnerabilities -- Using Daily Social Interaction to Ease Vulnerabilities -- Modeling Behavior to Promote Successful Low-Risk Interaction -- Planning Special Events to Promote Positive Low-Risk Interactions -- Creating Opportunities for High-Risk Interactions -- Implementing Formal Structures of High-Risk Interaction -- Using the Development of a School Mission to Promote High-Risk Interactions -- Pursuing a Strategic Plan of Action to Further Induce High-Risk Interactions -- Shifting Control from Administrators to Teachers -- Illustrating a Model with Case Studies -- Chapter 3 - MacNeil Elementary School: Improving a High-Trust School -- The Principal in the Office -- New Leadership: The People's Principal -- Refining Relationships for Higher Levels of Trust -- Summary -- Chapter 4 - Mills Elementary School: Starting from a Lack of Trust -- A School in Conflict -- A Principal Under Siege -- Developing Relationships from the Lowest Levels of Trust.

Summary -- Chapter 5 - Cole Magnet Elementary School: Coming Back to Trust -- A Temporary Intrusion -- Returning to Normal: The Maintenance Principal -- Shared Governance, Facilitated Relationships, and a Lack of Direction -- Summary -- Chapter 6 - An Examination of Trust Building through Quantitative Analyses -- How Does a Low Base State of Trust Affect the Effectiveness of Trust-Building Strategies? -- In Schools with Growing Parent-Teacher Trust, How Does Parent Involvement Vary with the Economic Level of the Parents? -- How Important is a Buffer between Teachers and Parents in Schools Where Parental Involvement is Strong? -- Does the Growth of Teacher-Principal Trust Lead to a Growth in Teacher-Teacher Trust? -- Summary -- Chapter 7 - Implementing Trust-Building Strategies in Your School -- Which Strategies are Effective in Building Trust? -- Put Others at Ease -- Remove Barriers to Trust -- Provide Opportunities for People to Interact -- Provide Guidance and Support for Continued School Improvement -- Conclusion -- Resource A: CCSR Relational Trust Measures -- Resource B: Measures of Key Concepts of Trust Building -- References -- Index.

Kochanek links the growth of trust with positive outcomes that benefit schools, such as increased participation, greater openness to innovations, boosts in parent outreach, and higher academic productivity.

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