The Creating a Culture for Learning (CCL) Scale

As a school leader working in a challenging educational landscape, I understand only too well how vital children’s happiness, behaviour for learning, sense of belonging, and teacher wellbeing are to building a successful and thriving school. I have also experienced firsthand how challenging it can be to embed wellbeing consistently into classroom practice. Grounded in research, the Creating a Culture for Learning in Classrooms (CCLiC) Scale provides staff with the tools to foster wellbeing and create the conditions in which every child can flourish academically, personally, and socially. It delivers a consistent approach that has the potential to transform classroom culture, positively impacting pupil outcomes and teacher retention. I strongly endorse this book as an invaluable resource for school leaders committed to building environments where happy, healthy pupils and staff can thrive.

Lousie Muller. Head teacher Westrise Primary School, East Sussex

Educators who are technicians teach as they always have taught, often as they were taught themselves as schoolchildren. Educators who are professionals learn as they teach. As a continuing effort they endeavor to incorporate guiding principles of the profession into their viewpoints, approaches, and practices. In the guidebook, Creating a Culture of Learning in the Classroom (CCLiC) scale, Kingston, Siraj, and Barrett provide a clear statement of key education principles integrated with a self-reflection tool for making progress toward the competent and kind professionals all teachers want to be. Through the book, the authors present a concise and useable guide for teacher self-improvement, valuable in Great Brittain and other countries as well.

Dr. Dan Gartrell

Professor Emeritus

Minnesota State University - Bemidji

(Noted author in the field of early childhood education)

The authors have succeeded in creating a versatile self-evaluation tool that supports schools and individual teachers in developing a culture for learning. Through the 7-point scoring method, the scale provides a comprehensive profile of practice that captures both strengths and areas for development and enables effective action planning. The CCliC scale is a very welcome addition to the field of school improvement.

Simon Ellis, Education Consultant