Author Identifier (ORCID)
Geoffrey Lummis: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1632-6676
Julia Morris: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4481-8050
Abstract
The Industry Collaboration Project, ‘Supporting Positive School Culture Through Interpersonal Engagement’ is a joint project between Edith Cowan University, Hampton Senior High School, Kinross College and Mindarie Senior College. The project aims to empower school leaders to co-create, implement and evaluate professional learning programs that promote enhanced staff relationships. Supporting school leaders to improve staff relationships is important because staff (both teaching and school support) are key stakeholders in children’s educational outcomes (Stringer, 2013). Ensuring school staff feel valued in their school community is also of ongoing importance, particularly as staff accountability and burnout rises in the teaching profession both within Australia and internationally (Gurd, 2013; Sterrett & Irizarry, 2015).
The project has two phases. Phase One included collecting and analysing baseline data across the three participant schools, as each school presents a different context, school community and organisational structure. This report outlines the findings from Phase One and the recommendations for the school based on these data.
Non-Traditional Research Output
Report for External Body
Document Type
Report
Date of Publication
2016
Location of the Work
Joondalup, Western Australia
Publisher
Edith Cowan Institute for Education Research, Edith Cowan University.
School
School of Education / Edith Cowan Institute for Education Research
RAS ID
46887
Funders
Edith Cowan University
Hampton Senior High School
Kinross College
Mindarie Senior College
Copyright
This work is copyright. You may download, display, print and reproduce this material in unaltered form only (retaining this notice) for your personal, non-commercial use and use within your organisation. All other rights are reserved. Requests and inquiries concerning reproduction and rights should be addressed to Associate Professor Geoffrey Lummis, Chief Investigator, School of Education, Edith Cowan University, 270 Joondalup Drive, Joondalup, WA 6027.
Comments
Lummis, G., Morris, J., & Lock, G. (2016). Supporting positive school culture through interpersonal engagement: phase one report: Mindarie Senior College April 2016. Joondalup, Australia: Edith Cowan Institute for Education Research, Edith Cowan University.