The demands and desires of today's schools are changing every day. As an administrator, you face countless challenges striving to build and maintain a strong sense of pride in your school community.

Working as a partner in education for over 100 years, Jostens recognizes the demands of your position. That's why we've created The Pride Factor, a systematic approach designed to help understand the issues of your school and provide customized solutions to appropriately address your specific issues and instill lasting pride in your entire school.

As the demands placed upon education continue to increase, the issues you face become more complex and challenging. Through our extensive examination of research from professional educational organizations including NASSP, the US Department of Education, and the National PTA, we have classified these issues into four critical areas: culture; motivation; performance; recognition.

These four areas are comprised of some or all of the following characteristics:

• Culture - School safety, low attendance, alcohol and drugs, gangs, hazing and bullying, uninvolved students and parents with little or no affiliation
• Motivation - Student/teacher apathy, little or no school spirit, low teacher and student morale
• Performance - declining academic performance, decreasing standardized tests scores, dropping graduation rates, increasing number of at-risk students, growing financial limitations
• Recognition - Students' efforts are going unnoticed, teachers and staff feeling undervalued and unappreciated

Nationwide, school pride is suffering as a result of these issues. Reverse this trend by forming a partnership with Jostens and addressing these issues with our proven programs and product solutions.

The Pride Factor model is comprised of 4 interlocking rings _ Culture, Motivation, Performance, and Recognition, _ from which Pride originates.

View The Pride Factor Model In Action

Taking the next step together The first step to building school pride is to complete the Jostens Pride Factor Assessment. After you complete your school's assessment, your Jostens representative will sit down with you to discuss the results and work with you to customize solutions based on your school's needs. Jostens will be with you and your school community every step of the way as you plan and implement your new Pride Factor solutions package. After implementation, we'll continue to measure the impact that your customized solutions package has on the pride within your school community.

The Jostens Pride Factor has been proven to work in numerous schools already. Put us to work for your school. We are committed to see this through. You deserve it. Your students and parents deserve it. Your teachers and administrators deserve it. We promise to make The Pride Factor work effectively for your school because we care enough to make a difference.

The Pride Factor has been established by Jostens as a result of research concerning the key issues affecting schools as identified by key professional organizations, including:

• CCSSO - Council of Chief State School Officers
• US Department of Education Legislation: NCLB - No Child Left Behind
• Breaking Ranks - study by the Commission on the Restructuring of the American High School
• NASSP - National Association of Secondary School Principals
• NSDC - National Staff Development Council
• ASCD - Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development
• ISTE (Intl Society for Technology Education's NETS - National Education Technology Standards)
• ISTE (Intl Society for Technology Education's TSSA -Technology Standards for School Administrators)
• NEA - National Education Association
• NSDC - National Staff Development Council's
• NBPTS - National Board of Professional Teaching Standards
• NCATE - National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education
• PTA - Parent Teachers Association

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