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The National School Climate Center promotes safe, supportive learning environments that nurture social and emotional, civic, and academic growth for all students. Educational ServicesRanging from Professional Development to School Climate Leadership Certification, NSCC is ready to help schools grow their capacity to do school climate improvement work. Measuring School ClimateNSCC has variety of measurement tools that are designed to help school communities get a quantitative understanding of their school climate. Bully PreventionNSCC offers a wide array of services to support school,district, and state educators in addressing bias and bullying to promote a community of upstanders. Policy CenterOur resources, consultation services, and more help school leaders analyze current policies through a school climate improvement lens. Research and EvaluationOur research is invested in contributing to the contemporary conversation happening in the field of school climate improvement.Our PublicationsWe have extensive research, case studies, and more to help you get a clear understanding of the school climate improvement process.Bullying is one of the most common findings that emerges from our Comprehensive School Climate Inventory (CSCI) survey data. Students report feeling less socially and physically safe than adults realize. NSCC offers a wide array of services to support school, district, and state educators in addressing bias and bullying to promote a community of upstanders. Whether you are looking to launch a school-wide campaign using free resources, access self-paced tools, hold professional development sessions, or implement a long-term anti-bullying initiative, NSCC can provide the support that youth and adults need to create safe and supportive school communities.Learn MoreOur Comprehensive School Climate Inventory (CSCI) supports whole school communities learning and working together to understand their school community's strengths, as well as areas for improvement. The CSCI is one of the nation's most scientifically sound surveys with proven reliability and validity; the data captured through the CSCI conveys how students, parents/ guardians, and school personnel perceive a school's particular climate for learning in a robust, user-friendly report.Learn MoreThe School Climate Resource Center supports education leaders and their teams' school climate improvement efforts. Our suite of resources enables school communities to build their capacity and expertise in creating and maintaining positive school climates. From surveys and protocols, to research and best practices, the Resource Center can support your work today.Learn MoreIn October 2017, NSCC and Facebook for Education hosted the Connecting Communities of Courage summit, where students and education professionals gathered to understand and address the most pressing common needs of schools across the country. After the summit, NSCC identified the core themes of the day, and traveled across the nation to visit and study districts that demonstrate those findings in action.Learn More​For a long time, social emotional learning and school climate have been seen as two separate fields, but now researchers and practitioners recognize that both benefit each other and are necessary to building healthy schools. School Climate and Social Emotional Learning: The Integration of Two Approaches issue brief, created by The Pennsylvania State University with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, describes how school climate and SEL can and should be integrated in future research and practice. Read the full brief.Read MoreMar 15, 2018 by Interdisciplinary Group on Preventing School and Community Violence ​An interdisciplinary group of 19 school violence experts developed a joint statement endorsed by NSCC, which outlines a public health approach to protect students and adults from gun violence. This statement identifies an 8-point plan involving three levels of prevention, including a recommendation for a national requirement that all schools assess school climate and maintain safe environments that protect all students and adults. You can read the full statement and sign on here.Read More​The Aspen Institute Education & Society Program released a new brief – Pursuing Social andEmotional Development Through a Racial Equity Lens: A Call to Action​. Developed withinput from a broad cross-section of education practitioners and scholars, this framework isintended to help policymakers, practitioners and communities as they work to integrate theculturally and racially responsive approach to social, emotional and academic developmentnecessary to achieve education equity for all students. While it will take a concerted, multi-sector approach to achieve full equity for all students and forsociety, schools have an important role to play. Recognizing the role of race and taking action torespond in a culturally sustaining way, is one critical piece of the puzzle. If you’d like to join in endorsing the framework and uniting behind its call to action, you can signon here.Read MoreLearn Promising Practices from 6 Diverse Districts and Key Insights from Education Leaders in the FieldDec 14, 2018 by The National School Climate Center NSCC and Facebook for Education hosted the Connecting Communities of Courage Summit, where students and education professionals gathered to understand and address the most pressing needs of schools across the country. Click to read our report.After the summit, NSCC identified the core themes of the day, and traveled across the nation to visit and study six school districts that demonstrate those findings in action. You can read our lessons from the Field Report ​here​. Read More School Climate is the way the school environment functions to nurture students' physical, mental, and emotional well-being. When a school community has a positive climate, it will experience a stronger sense of community, higher student and family engagement, and greater student academic achievement. Increasingly, schools across the country are coming to understand that for students to excel academically, they must first feel supported and validated as unique individuals in society. This article from Colorado Parent, talks about the strides school climate is making in education, and features Whitney Allgood, the CEO of the National School Climate Center. Read More"The National School Climate Center is an essential non-profit body for research and intervention not only at the national level but also the international one since their activities are well known and appreciated worldwide. We appreciate the scientific based and practice based activities, which provide rigorous background and interventions."-Dr. Catherine Blaya - Chair of the International Observatory of Violence in SchoolsAll kids deservea chance.Join us in creating a positive school climatefor every student, in every school.DONATE NOW

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