Outcomes
Social Harmony eases the stress of teaching and makes it more enjoyable. It empowers parents with knowledge and skills to parent more effectively, and helps children grow into kind, confident, compassionate young adults who are well-equipped to face the challenges of the 21st century. Specific benefits schools enjoy after implementing a Social Harmony program include:
Enhanced Student Well-Being and Academic Performance
Social Harmony provides an unparalleled service to students insofar as it enhances school culture and climate. School culture and climate have a profound impact on well-being, behavior, and academic achievement. Researchers define school climate as how students and staff feel about their school. School culture is why they feel the way they do. A school’s culture is determined by the values, beliefs, and behavior of all community stakeholders and reflects a school’s social norms. To ensure that schools provide all students with a supportive and safe environment in which to grow and thrive academically and socially requires attention to various facets of a school community, including the social and behavioral environment, expectations, and supports.
Professional Enrichment and Decreased Burnout
Social Harmony offers school staff professional development and decreased burnout. School staff are often, understandably, wary of invitations to invest time in the “program du jour,” promising to solve whatever challenges their school may be facing. A key benefit of a Social Harmony training is that, by the end, participating staff generally feel their investment of time was worthwhile as they gain valuable insights and skills that can serve them across personal and professional relationships. The skills attained by staff through this process will not only benefit them personally, but also empower them to interact in a more productive manner with colleagues and students and serve as more effective leaders in school communities. Social Harmony gives teachers easy, effective tools for handling conflict as it arises on a daily basis and a clear, constructive protocol for addressing behavior issues in a consistent manner. The program also provides opportunities for the faculty to support each other and share ideas. Together, these approaches help teachers worry less about behavior management so they can rediscover the joy of teaching.
Better School Relations With Parents and Sustainable Impact
Social Harmony gives schools better relations with parents and a sustainable impact. Our program involves parents to help establish positive social norms in classrooms and manage conflict when it arises. The program’s conflict resolution process also provides a venue for disgruntled parents to resolve issues constructively with school staff. These approaches increase the likelihood that parents will speak highly of their experience with the school and foster increased student retention. Social Harmony provides the entire school community with a toolkit for managing power relations and conflict resolution. Through this ecosystemic approach, all community members become empowered to intervene when conflict arises and model desirable behaviors. And because community members “learn by doing,” they gain skills that can be utilized in the home and workplace, expanding the benefits of Social Harmony beyond school walls.
Enhanced Student Well-Being and Academic Performance
Social Harmony provides an unparalleled service to students insofar as it enhances school culture and climate. School culture and climate have a profound impact on well-being, behavior, and academic achievement. Researchers define school climate as how students and staff feel about their school. School culture is why they feel the way they do. A school’s culture is determined by the values, beliefs, and behavior of all community stakeholders and reflects a school’s social norms. To ensure that schools provide all students with a supportive and safe environment in which to grow and thrive academically and socially requires attention to various facets of a school community, including the social and behavioral environment, expectations, and supports.
Professional Enrichment and Decreased Burnout
Social Harmony offers school staff professional development and decreased burnout. School staff are often, understandably, wary of invitations to invest time in the “program du jour,” promising to solve whatever challenges their school may be facing. A key benefit of a Social Harmony training is that, by the end, participating staff generally feel their investment of time was worthwhile as they gain valuable insights and skills that can serve them across personal and professional relationships. The skills attained by staff through this process will not only benefit them personally, but also empower them to interact in a more productive manner with colleagues and students and serve as more effective leaders in school communities. Social Harmony gives teachers easy, effective tools for handling conflict as it arises on a daily basis and a clear, constructive protocol for addressing behavior issues in a consistent manner. The program also provides opportunities for the faculty to support each other and share ideas. Together, these approaches help teachers worry less about behavior management so they can rediscover the joy of teaching.
Better School Relations With Parents and Sustainable Impact
Social Harmony gives schools better relations with parents and a sustainable impact. Our program involves parents to help establish positive social norms in classrooms and manage conflict when it arises. The program’s conflict resolution process also provides a venue for disgruntled parents to resolve issues constructively with school staff. These approaches increase the likelihood that parents will speak highly of their experience with the school and foster increased student retention. Social Harmony provides the entire school community with a toolkit for managing power relations and conflict resolution. Through this ecosystemic approach, all community members become empowered to intervene when conflict arises and model desirable behaviors. And because community members “learn by doing,” they gain skills that can be utilized in the home and workplace, expanding the benefits of Social Harmony beyond school walls.