Solution-focused Strategies For K–12 Leaders (improving School Climate, Teacher Confidence, And Student Wellness)

Solution-Focused Strategies for K–12 Leaders provides K-12 principals, administrators, and district-level professionals with powerful, flexible strategies to build and sustain a school climate in which teachers and students co-construct solutions together.

Solution-Focused Strategies for K–12 Leaders provides K–12 principals, administrators, and district-level professionals with powerful, flexible strategies to build and sustain a school climate in which teachers and students co-construct solutions together. School leaders today face an intimidating variety of challenges, from teacher shortages and administrative overload to political battles and complex family relationships. Driven by the evidence-based Solution-Focused approach, this book will support practitioners in empowering students based on their personal hopes, strengths, and motivations instead of focusing on deficits and punishment. Intuitive instructions, real-world vignettes, and additional online resources further bring the book’s tenets to life. With foundations in therapy, positive psychology, and school counseling, these broadly applicable response-to-intervention techniques will help education leaders to improve climate, develop teacher–student relationships, refine trauma-informed practices, manage conflicts with parents, and more.

1. Introduction to the Solution-Focused Approach in Schools 2. Facilitating Solution-Focused Meetings 3. Solution-Focused Strategies for Managing Conflict with Parents 4. Solution-Focused Teacher Supervision 5. A Solution-Focused Approach to Trauma-Informed Practices 6. Lessening Frequent Flyer Student Returns and Student Discipline Referrals 7. Working with Students in Crisis 8. Successful Students with Autism and Intellectual Disabilities 9. Involving Students and Families in Solution Building 10. Exemplar: Strategies to Get Started in Your School

Marcella D. Stark is Associate Professor of Counseling and the Counseling & Human Services Program Coordinator at Texas Christian University, USA, and a licensed professional counselor and supervisor (LPC-S) in the state of Texas.

Linda Metcalf is Professor of Graduate Counseling Programs at Texas Wesleyan University, USA, and a licensed marriage and family therapist and a certified school counselor. She is the creator and owner of Solution Focused Schools Unlimited.