An engaged workforce (teachers and staff) is the key to school improvement, as they
set the school climate. Therefore, the emotions of energy, enthusiasm, passion, pride
and team spirit are key to staff morale. The organisational climate has seven core
behavioural elements to improving the culture of the school. These are:
1. Supportive leadership – caring, understanding needs and effective
communication
2. Role Clarity – Staff have a clear sense of purpose, expectations and goals
3. Teamwork – collaboration and proactively supporting each other
4. Empowerment – decisions are co-constructed and co-created by the staff
5. Ownership – staff have shared and agreed goals