Happiness Advantage: The Impact on School Culture

<p>The purpose of this evaluation is to analyze the implementation of the Happiness Advantage principles (Achor, 2011) to address the mental well-being for all school district employees. In addition to Happiness Advantage Training (Achor, 2011), the study seeks to determine if the implementation of positive psychology principles affects school culture, teacher engagement and student achievement. The program design incorporates whole district training, ongoing professional development for employees and the autonomy to generate new ideas to sustain a positive mindset for individual schools sites and classrooms. The findings indicate that when positive psychology principles are implemented across a school district, teacher satisfaction and engagement in their work improves.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Ed.D. Doctor of Education

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation - Public Access

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Educational Leadership

Year dc:date.available

2019

Author dc:creator

• Sagan, Jillian

Contributors dc:contributor

• Geri Chesner

• positive psychology
• school culture
• Happiness Advantage
• student achievement
• teacher engagement
• teacher satisfaction
• Adult and Continuing Education
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• Other Teacher Education and Professional Development
• Teacher Education and Professional Development

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.nl.edu/diss/424

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.nl.edu:diss-1454