School improvement and leadership for a resource-oriented school culture. Research-practice-partnership in “Schule macht stark (SchuMaS)“

Balanced research and practice

SchuMaS is a joint project that provides research-based and practice-oriented support for 200 schools serving disadvantaged communities in all German states. One of the main focuses of the SchuMaS topic cluster School Development and Leadership is on developing and testing, in partnership with the schools involved, approaches that promote an empowering, resource-oriented school culture with a growth-mindset.The development of a resource-oriented culture in the participating schools is supported with a web-based professional learning platform and a design-based school improvement workshop. These tools will be presented in detail at the conference.