From Power Struggles to Conflict Resolution: Transform your School's Culture Today

Positive school culture is at the heart of effective teaching and learning. As such, improving a school’s culture is a critical component to school transformation. This resource provides school leaders with a concrete professional development plan for staff and students designed to eliminate power struggles in order to improve school culture. The author provides six alternatives to power struggles. The six are then applied to a series of vignettes that provide specific examples of how power struggles play out in your school setting and how they can be avoided. From power struggles in the classroom, to power struggles with parents your school team will be better equipped to handle the nuances of all of the relationships that are at the core of your school culture.

Janice Case has been an educator for more than twenty years. She currently consults with schools, districts, and state and national organizations to support school leaders and teachers in the work of enhancing and transforming schools.