Creating Conditions for Trust: Lessons from Tarter & Hoy (1988)

🏥 What Makes a School Healthy?According to Tarter & Hoy (1988), healthy schools share these key traits:

✨ Committed TeachersThey set high (but achievable) goals and care deeply about student learning.

📚 Academic EmphasisStudents are motivated, work hard, and respect their peers' success.

📦 Resource SupportTeachers have access to the tools and materials they need to teach well.

💛 High MoraleFaculty enjoy working together, feel proud of their school, and support one another.

When these conditions are present, trust grows — and so does success.#FacultyTrust #HealthySchools #SchoolCulture #LeadershipMatters #OceanBlvdInsights

Tarter, C. J., & Hoy, W. K. (1988). The context of trust: Teachers and the principal. The High School Journal, 72(1), 17–24.