Schools with welcoming, supportive and inclusive environments not only have happier students, they also have more successful students. 

“When schools pay attention to the culture and climate of a building, people want to be there,” says Whitney Wagner, a program administrator at Northwest Regional Education Service District. 

Good culture and climate leads to a host of better outcomes -- better attendance, higher reading scores, more students graduating, fewer incidents of bullying and other behavior issues and happier teachers. 

That’s why we’re offering a professional learning series all about improving your school or district’s school culture and climate using research-based strategies and techniques. 

The series includes three sessions that are designed to be taken in succession by a team of people from a school or district. We are offering each session in Seaside and Hillsboro to accommodate educators from around our region. 

These are the session dates:

• Session 1: Sept. 23 in Seaside and Sept. 25 in Hillsboro
• Session 2: Dec. 9 in Seaside and Dec. 11 in Hillsboro
• Session 3: March 10 in Seaside and March 12 in Hillsboro

Register for our Behavior, Attendance and Social Emotional Systems professional learning series. 

These events are free for educators working in Clatsop, Columbia, Tillamook or Washington counties. Lunch will be provided, and substitute reimbursement may be available.