In a recent I&P article, ISM recommended that schools consider adding “Core Values” to their Purpose and Outcome Statements because it is becoming more difficult for schools to avoid a core values position. There are several reasons for such a recommendation. They include protecting the school’s value perception, safeguarding the faculty culture, and assuring that institutionally agreed-on values, rather than individual values, are the public norm.
      Five Steps to Invest in Your Faculty and Increase Retention
    
    
  
  Develop a better understanding of your faculty’s needs and identify strategies—using Folio’s values as a framework—to improve your leadership and your teachers’ experiences.
How do you build a school culture that helps teachers thrive and feel supported, and encourages them to stay? Especially as you approach all that comes with hiring season?