KEYNOTE: Personal Climate and Culture...It's Up to You

The focus on student achievement should always start with climate and culture. When a school has a positive climate and culture, student achievement goes hand in hand with those characteristics. Test scores do not change climate and culture. Climate and culture changes test scores. Gerry uses his videos to develop a strategy for making the workplace a pleasant place where faculty, administrators, and support staff all maintain mutual respect, regardless of personal differences, resulting in more efficient and fulfilled workers. Gerry will share policies that he has incorporated that promote a healthy respectful working relationship even when opinions differ. He will also share ideas that maximize opportunities to get to know staff members and create camaraderie, taking advantage of 15 seconds here and there throughout the day. Gerry will inspire educators with personal stories to remind them of the reason they endure the trials of working in education today. They will leave refreshed and encouraged.