School Culture Audit
Diagnostic tool for assessing school belonging infrastructure (10 pages)
This comprehensive self-assessment helps students evaluate how their school builds—or fails to build—belonging for all students. Students carry it around their school, observing and reflecting on: who gets celebrated, who feels invited to participate, how classrooms function, how newcomers are welcomed, and where gaps exist.
Use cases:
- Belonging Alliance Clubs – Identify priority areas for club action
- Action Civics Projects – Ground classroom projects in real school data
- Student Government – Inform policy proposals with student perspective
- Youth Participatory Action Research – Collect baseline data on belonging
- School Improvement Teams – Add student voice to institutional planning
Key features:
- Anonymous format encourages honest assessment
- Prompts consideration of multiple perspectives (“like you” and “different from you”)
- Covers classroom dynamics, community spaces, language access, cultural celebrations, and newcomer experiences
- Structured reflection questions lead to actionable insights
How to use:
- Findings feed directly into action planning (see Student Action Plans tool)
- Individual students can complete independently
- Small groups can conduct walkthroughs together
- Classrooms can analyze patterns across multiple audits