How teachers teach depends on their motivations, capacities, and the conditions under which they work If the conditions in which they work are not supportive and caring, teachers have less incentive tteach at peak levels As such, students whdnot have supportive and caring classrooms have less incentive tperform and learn at levels at which they might be capable
Based on a groundbreaking study of soft conditions (ie supportive relationships; school climate) and their effects on teachers work, well-known author, Kenneth Leithwood, offers for school leaders a path toward building this important and often hidden infrastructure of quality teaching School leaders will learn how tcraft the conditions that support all their teachers sthat teaching and learning, the work of schooling, can be conducted at maximum levels
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