Recorded live with an Islamic school's staff a month before moving into a new building. Collective teacher efficacy, what the research says about strict school cultures (Michaela and the international discipline study), the three features of a strict culture, a guided reading of the five principles of classroom culture from Teach Like a Champion, a frank staff debate about free Fridays and reward charts, and three hadith to anchor schoolwide values. (Source video is private on YouTube; set it to Unlisted to play here.)

Video 1.1 — A New Building, a Visible Reset, and Dreaming Big

Knowledge Check 1.1 — A New Building, a Visible Reset, and Dreaming Big

Video 1.2 — Collective Teacher Efficacy (Effect Size 1.5): The Belief That Makes Schools Work

Knowledge Check 1.2 — Collective Teacher Efficacy (Effect Size 1.5): The Belief That Makes Schools Work

Video 1.3 — What 'Strict' Actually Means: Michaela, the Discipline Research, and Warm Strictness

Knowledge Check 1.3 — What 'Strict' Actually Means: Michaela, the Discipline Research, and Warm Strictness

Video 1.4 — Five Words to Define, and Where This Comes From: Teach Like a Champion, Tools for Teaching, Envoy

Knowledge Check 1.4 — Five Words to Define, and Where This Comes From: Teach Like a Champion, Tools for Teaching, Envoy

Video 1.5 — Three Features of a Strict Culture: Adult Authority, Sweating the Small Things, Character Building

Knowledge Check 1.5 — Three Features of a Strict Culture: Adult Authority, Sweating the Small Things, Character Building

Video 1.6 — Discipline as Teaching: 'If They're Not Doing What You Asked, You Haven't Taught Them'

Knowledge Check 1.6 — Discipline as Teaching: 'If They're Not Doing What You Asked, You Haven't Taught Them'

Video 1.7 — Management and Its Diminishing Returns: Desensitized to Consequences, Machiavellian About Rewards

Knowledge Check 1.7 — Management and Its Diminishing Returns: Desensitized to Consequences, Machiavellian About Rewards

Video 1.8 — The Free-Friday Debate: Loose Days, the Musalla, and Where the Line Goes

Knowledge Check 1.8 — The Free-Friday Debate: Loose Days, the Musalla, and Where the Line Goes

Video 1.9 — Rewards, Motivation and the Sticker Chart: Intrinsic vs Extrinsic in Elementary

Knowledge Check 1.9 — Rewards, Motivation and the Sticker Chart: Intrinsic vs Extrinsic in Elementary

Video 1.10 — Control: Benign, Enlightened, and Interpreted Through Non-Verbals ('Be Calm')

Knowledge Check 1.10 — Control: Benign, Enlightened, and Interpreted Through Non-Verbals ('Be Calm')

Video 1.11 — Influence, Purpose, Competition and the Three Hadith Values

Knowledge Check 1.11 — Influence, Purpose, Competition and the Three Hadith Values

Video 1.12 — Engagement: 'Change from the Outside In', and the Alternating Principle

Knowledge Check 1.12 — Engagement: 'Change from the Outside In', and the Alternating Principle

Module 1 — End-of-Module Assessment

Module 1 - Creating a Strict (Warm) School Culture: Staff Development Session

Recorded live with the faculty of an Islamic school a month before moving into a new building, this session is Michael Abraham’s case for a strict — but warm — school culture, and a framework for building one. It is chunked into short video lessons with a knowledge check after each and an end-of-module assessment.What it covers: why collective teacher efficacy is the most impactful factor in a school (Hattie, effect size 1.5); what “strictest school in the UK” Michaela and the international discipline research actually show; the three features of a strict culture (adult authority, sweating the small things, character building); a guided reading of the five principles of classroom culture from Teach Like a Champion — discipline as teaching, management and its diminishing returns, benign control, influence through purpose, and engagement; a frank staff debate about free Fridays, reward charts and the musalla; and three hadith to anchor schoolwide values.Pairs with Real Deal Teaching (the non-verbal and instructional skills) and Interactive Modeling (how to teach the routines this culture depends on).

A staff-development session for Islamic school leaders and teachers: what the research says about strict (warm) school cultures, collective teacher efficacy, the five principles of classroom culture, rewards vs. motivation, and purpose.

Creating a Strict School Culture: Discipline, Management, Control, Influence & Engagement

Creating a Strict School Culture: Discipline, Management, Control, Influence & Engagement

Michael Abraham

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