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KnowledgeBases > The Writing Successful Grants KnowledgeBase > Element 1 > Activity 1 > Task 6: Study School Context and Organization

Guideline:

Factors impacting a school's environment include leadership, student mobility and retention, facility quality, and a safe and drug free environment. The resources offered addresses some of these topics. Depending the on nature of the grant sought assessing how these factors impact the school and students may be essential.

Tools Safe & Drug Free Schools and Communities Needs Assessment _EXTERNAL_LINK

This worksheet may be useful in developing objective data about drug and violence problems in a school and the community it serves. Though the document is from the Indiana Department of Education, the content may be useful for all schools.

Tools School Safety Profiler _EXTERNAL_LINK

As noted at its website, "The School Safety Profiler is a free tool to measure perceived safety at your school, so you can reduce or prevent violence. The Profiler is designed to help you meet needs assessment requirements for school safety funds, as well as to guide you in creating a positive school environment."

References 15 Effective Strategies to Prevent Dropouts _EXTERNAL_LINK

This link is to strategies developed by the National Dropout Prevention Center/Network having the most positive impact on high school dropout rates.

References School Culture/Climate Resources _EXTERNAL_LINK

This link is to ASCD resources on school culture and climate. ASCD members can access the full text of all articles upon logging-in to the ASCD website. According to its website, "ASCD (formerly the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development) is an educational leadership organization dedicated to advancing best practices and policies for the success of each learner."

References The Challenge of Assessing School Climate _EXTERNAL_LINK

This article from the December 2008/January 2009 edition of ASCD's Educational Leadership publication explores issues associated with measuring school climate.

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