Why do some schools succeed while others struggle? Why do policies and programs often fail to deliver what they promise? In this follow-up to their insightful School Culture Rewired: How to Define, Assess, and Transform It, authors Steve Gruenert and Todd Whitaker offer practical advice and strategies that help you build positive energy to reinvigorate your school's culture and staff. Written as a standalone guide, School Culture Recharged clarifies the difference between culture and climate and zeroes in on key school improvement efforts, including Moving from the culture you have to the culture you want; Using the school's culture to improve teaching, job satisfaction, and morale; Maximizing the intentions of professional learning communities; and Developing organizational habits—rules and rituals—that can contribute to positive change. For education leaders at all levels, this book delivers a compelling message: Understanding and harnessing the transformative power of school culture can propel your school into the kind of place where teachers want to work, administrators can focus on what matters most, and students can thrive.

Exploring the people-culture dynamic -- Hacking culture to recharge schools -- Building an intentional culture -- Harnessing culture to energize and enrich people -- Using culture to enhance teaching -- Empowering student voices -- Understanding the layers of culture -- Disrupting the people-culture balance -- Settling the blame; it's never policies or programs -- Solving problems with professional learning communities -- Leading by the numbers -- Developing new organizational habits -- Allowing culture to manage -- Cultivating culture to improve job satisfaction and morale -- Developing a culture where teaching is cool again -- Concluding thoughts.