Select Findings from School Climate Country Studies within the Region

• In Event: The State of School Climate Studies: The Context of the Americas

Abstract

Recently, a few Caribbean scholars have begun assessing school climate as a means to inform education policy and practice. This paper reports on select findings from three of these studies. The first was a large-scale comprehensive quantitative survey study in Trinidad and Tobago aimed at determining important correlates of school climate. The second was a comprehensive two-country multiple-voices qualitative study aimed at examining principal practices and behaviors that shape the climate at various schools within St Vincent and Barbados. The third was a single-school study in Jamaica aimed at providing evaluation data to inform school improvement plans. These all have implications for the reform of policy and practice across the wider Americas.

Authors

• Kenneth A. Williams, SIT Graduate Institute

• Jerome De Lisle, University of the West Indies

• Natalie Suepaul, University of the West Indies

• Vishal Ramjattan, University of the West Indies

• Nadia Laptiste-Francis, The University of the West Indies - St. Augustine

• Anica G. Bowe, Oakland University