Success Favors Well-Prepared Teachers: Developing Routines & Relationships to Improve School Culture

Relationship, rapport, routine, respect, and responsiveness are often times the most difficult to facilitate and manage in school settings. However, these concepts are often connected to student achievement, student motivation, and overall school success. Success Favors introduces the Relationship Management System (RMS) ™. It is a collection of proven strategies, techniques, and approaches developed to impact a school’s culture and climate in a positive way. RMS is research-supported and designed to improve the intentionality of the interactions, positive guidance approaches, and the disciplinary practices within school settings.
The book is written to engage the reader by presenting Alexander Crummell Academy. Crummell Academy is reflective of many schools across the country. The teachers, administrators, and other professionals of Crummell Academy, are faced with relational and classroom management issues common to many schools and classrooms. As the school’s story evolves, the reader will experience how these educators use the RMS strategies in context.

Todd Scott Parker, M.AT, M.Ed., is aveteran educator, coach, and CEO of Parker Education & Development, LLC. He is inspired to help adults and young people develop their relationships, rapport, and responsiveness to impact positive interactions with others.

Candice Dowd Barnes, Ed.D., is the COO of Parker Education & Development, LLC and serves as an associate professor at the University of Central Arkansas. She is an accomplished author and educator who has worked in both the public and non-profit education sector.

Patty Kohler-Evans, Ed.D., is an associate professor at the University of Central Arkansas. She has nineteen years of experience as a special education administrator in the largest district in Arkansas, serving urban students with numerous needs stemming from poverty, disability, and race.