Building a Positive School Culture: Connected, Protected and Respected

Building a Positive School Culture provides busy leaders with practical, tested approaches to consider and adopt in their various leadership settings. Chapters offer a common language for school leaders to assess and view school culture using the CPR framework and are informed by research and evidence from hundreds of school leaders and thousands of students. This guide serves as the foundation for connected professional learning options, such as masterclasses and school leadership formation programs, applicable from a system level to individual schools.

Stephen Brown and Andrew Fuller present a compelling case for the need for an unrelenting focus by school leaders and school communities to shape, enable, and nurture school environments in which everyone thrives―students, staff, parents, and the broader community.

Stephen Brown is Managing Director at The Brown Collective and an internationally renowned thought leader, scholar practitioner, a highly respected education system executive and consultant. He is at the cutting edge of research, practice and development of school leaders. Dr Brown has an outstanding reputation for leading and supporting sustainable cultural change from whole system to individual schools.

Andrew Fuller is a clinical psychologist, family therapist, author, speaker and creator of Learning Strengths™. Andrew started working in mental health crisis teams with people who were at their last hopes and that inspired him to create with people, futures they can fall in love with. His work with over 5,000 communities and with more than 500,000 young people has identified the concepts of NeuroAdvantage, The Resilient Mindset, and also the three main components of resilience- connect, protect and respect (CPR). Andrew is an Hon. Fellow at the University of Melbourne and a scientific consultant for the ABC. He is the Chairperson of Generation Next, an ambassador for Adolescent Success, and Lion’s Wellbeing and is a regular presenter on Radio National, Australia.