1. Survey Results Snapshot
A Quick Scan Activity to begin looking at your school’s data results
Allocate minutes for completion

2. Survey Results Snapshot
Designed for educators with limited time to capture a quick initial scan of their teaching conditions
By the end of this session, participants will have:
Examined the summary results of the Survey
Identified specific teaching conditions that exceed or fall short of district averages
Considered specific areas for closer examination
Explored Individual Item prompts to begin collaborative discussion of identified areas

3. Keep In Mind Teaching conditions are complex and take time to address
This training is designed only to begin conversations about the presence of positive teaching conditions in your school
Not intended to represent the entirety of staff development for improving school conditions
For a more comprehensive process for exploring your teaching conditions over time, please examine other resources located in the ‘Tools’ section of the survey website

4. Materials You Will Need
A printout copy of your school’s survey summary results
Locate your school’s summary report on the survey website by clicking on this icon:
Will be about 6 pages in printed length
A writing implement, preferably two of different colors
Internet access

5. On the summary report, each of the columns represents a different group of schools and the percentage of educators that either agree or strongly agree with the condition examined
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State District Level School

6. The different columns of data
District: Numbers in the ‘district’ column are educators from all grade levels (elementary, middle, and high) across your district averaged together
Level: All educators across the entire district working in a school of similar grade level to your own school averaged together (elementary, middle, or high)
School: All the educators in your school that participated in the survey averaged together

7. Directions Examine questions related to the construct of Time first
Compare your school’s agreement on each question with that of the district average
Circle in one color the items where your school is above the district average by more than 3% Circle in a different color the items where your school is below the district average by more than 3%
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State District Level School
60.2%

8. Directions
If you don’t have different colored pens, consider using shapes
Your Your Similar Your
State District Level School
60.2%

9. Directions
Review the highlighted questions and make an additional mark next to the two questions with the greatest positive and negative differences between your school and the district
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State District Level School
60.2%

10. Directions Repeat this analysis for each of the construct areas
This process quickly identifies the most positively viewed conditions and the most challenging conditions your educators perceive relative to the district average

11. For those specific conditions your educators identified as more positive than the district:
Reflect on specific policies/activities/decisions you and your colleagues made that might have enabled these particular conditions to thrive
Consider different ways you might celebrate some or all of these findings with your staff, parents, and/or the community
Explore how the enabling characteristics of your policies/activities/decisions in these areas may be expanded to support school improvement planning for other aspects of your teaching conditions

12. For those specific conditions your educators identified as more challenging than the district:
Reflect on existing policies/activities/decisions in place in your school which may be contributing to these conditions
Explore ways you can engage your school colleagues about these conditions and consider ways for school improvement

13. A Next Step
Survey results are a valuable initial marker of how educators view their teaching conditions
To get a more detailed and holistic perspective of conditions and the factors that contribute to them, collaborative discussions with educators across the school are critical for school improvement planning
To support productive, efficient initial conversations, a series of individual item prompts for most of the conditions explored in the survey are available in the ‘tools’ portion of the website

14. Some tips for successful collaboration
Establish some conversational norms to protect the safety of all participants and keep conversations focused on the topic
Assign a recorder to capture emerging thoughts and ideas in the room
Limit your improvement planning to only one or two conditions to maximize your effort
Be inclusive in the collaborative process. Work to capture as many educators voices as possible
Allocate time for follow up and school improvement planning