SCHOOL CLIMATE SURVEY

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SCHOOL CLIMATE SURVEY

• District Summary
• Presented to the
• District 97 Board of Education
• May 12, 2009

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PURPOSE

• Provide stakeholder input into the educational
  program
• Help focus the work of the School Leadership
  Teams
• Used in the principal evaluation process
• Assist in addressing the Strategic Plan

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Evolution of survey

• Fourth year of climate survey
• Yearly adjustments based on stakeholder input
• This year complete revamp of survey
• Tie to Strategic Plan
• Provide more of a 360 approach by including CO
  and Board into mix
• Participatory Management ran by staff, SIT
  teams, Ad Leadership

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methodology

• Survey format
• Quick pulse with drill-down option
• Open comment box in each section and overall
• Collection methods
• Online via surveymonkey
• Publicized via web page and listservs
• Paper copies on request in school offices
• Analysis
• Overall summary and simple cross-tabulations
  through surveymonkey
• Comments downloaded to spreadsheets

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responses

• Parent Staff
• 2007 2008 2009 2007 2008 2009
• Beye 88 95 69 36 30 37
• Hatch 87 132 93 24 19 22
• Holmes 42 155 136 51 20 55
• Irving 69 140 84 37 30 36
• Lincoln 52 146 82 40 21 46
• Long 61 118 122 52 51 48
• Mann 58 58 141 15 16 43
• Whittier 121 143 113 44 20 57
• Brooks 133 190 178 53 35 68
• Julian 125 269 209 56 23 72

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Summary of parent survey-District

• About 3000 families, 1227 responses
• Overall satisfaction 82
• Academics 86
• Climate 85
• Leadership 72
• Communication 79

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Areas of concern-District level

• Academic rigor, differences among schools
• Effectiveness, consistency of homework grade
  level, building, district
• Effectiveness, consistency of differentiation
  grade level, building, district
• Communication to home from school and district

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Summary of Whittier parent survey

• About 350 families, 112 responses
• Overall satisfaction 86
• Academics 92
• Opportunities for the whole Child 90
• Climate 89
• Overall Leadership 77
• Communication 81

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Areas of concern-School level

• Writing program
• Homework load-too much and too little reported,
  as well as type of assignments
• Multiage understanding not universal, re-ignite
  communication about philosophy
• Progress needed towards reducing paper going home

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Summary of District staff survey

• 700 staff members, 485 responded
• Overall satisfaction is 73
• Academics 97
• Opportunities for whole child 90
• School Leadership 84
• District Leadership 43
• Board Leadership 54
• School Communication 81
• District Communication 53

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Areas of concern-District level

• Need for effective, working technology
• Quantity of initiatives and programs expected at
  all schools
• More timely and complete communication at all
  levels
• Lack of appreciation, support for District and
  Board leadership

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Summary of Whittier staff survey

• 75 staff members, 57 responded
• Overall satisfaction is 81
• Academics 100
• Opportunities for whole child 95
• Climate 91
• School Leadership 82
• District Leadership 47
• Board Leadership 71
• School Communication 91
• District Communication 69

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Areas of concern-School level

• Need for effective, working technology
• Strategies and supports for working effectively
  with Hephzibah students
• More timely and complete communication at all
  levels
• Quantity of initiatives and programs leaves staff
  feeling stretched too thin at times

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Next Steps

• Reports to be shared with school communities
• Focus work of SITs-narrow focus to support roll
  out of PBIS and RtI
• Reports to be analyzed at Ad leadership Retreat
• Tie back to Strategic Plan
• Identify plan to strengthen team
• Identify plan to improve communication
• Incorporate learnings into next year
• Redo student survey for distribution next year
• Recommend distribution every 2 years

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