Solution-Focused Strategies for K–12 Leaders: Improving School Climate, Teacher Confidence, and Student...

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Marcella D. Stark Linda Metcalf

Solution-Focused Strategies for K–12 Leaders

Improving School Climate, Teacher Confidence, and Student Wellness

Marcella D. Stark, Linda Metcalf

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Routledge
24 June 2025

Teaching staff; Schools; Teaching of special educational needs

Solution-Focused Strategies for K–12 Leaders provides K–12 principals, administrators, and district-level professionals with powerful, flexible strategies to build and sustain a school climate in which teachers and students co-construct solutions together. School leaders today face an intimidating variety of challenges, from teacher shortages and administrative overload to political battles and complex family relationships. Driven by the evidence-based Solution-Focused approach, this book will support practitioners in empowering students based on their personal hopes, strengths, and motivations instead of focusing on deficits and punishment. Intuitive instructions, real-world vignettes, and additional online resources further bring the book’s tenets to life. With foundations in therapy, positive psychology, and school counseling, these broadly applicable response-to-intervention techniques will help education leaders to improve climate, develop teacher–student relationships, refine trauma-informed practices, manage conflicts with parents, and more.

Edited by: Marcella D. Stark, Linda Metcalf
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
ISBN: 9781032732916
ISBN 10: 1032732911
Pages: 220
Publication Date: 24 June 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Marcella D. Stark is Associate Professor of Counseling and the Counseling & Human Services Program Coordinator at Texas Christian University, USA, and a licensed professional counselor and supervisor (LPC-S) in the state of Texas. Linda Metcalf is Professor of Graduate Counseling Programs at Texas Wesleyan University, USA, and a licensed marriage and family therapist and a certified school counselor. She is the creator and owner of Solution Focused Schools Unlimited.