Florence-Griffith Elementary  Gardena High  Carver Middle  Gompers Middle  Hillcrest Dr Elementary  Markham Middle  Maywood Academy  Stevenson Middle  Jefferson High

/ SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT GRANT
EDUCATOR EFFECTIVENESS

SMALL GROUP ACTIVITY

Stakeholder Input—Staff, Student, and Parent Surveys

(2 hours)

INTRODUCTION: The federal School Improvement Grant (SIG) involves developing improved data on the many factors that affect learning and creating more comprehensive systems for evaluating schools, school leadership, and teaching. As part of this grant, a series of new surveys of classroom and school environments are being developed and piloted at the nine SIG schools in the LAUSD. These surveys measure practices and conditions that are not currently incorporated in the School Experience Surveys, and provide a source of feedback in School Improvement Grant efforts.

This small group activity is the second stage in the survey’s development, feedback, and revision process. The first stage involved getting feedback from representatives of UTLA, AALA, Central Office, and Community-Based Organizations, as well as teachers nominated by UTLA and teachers from schools characteristically different from SIG schools. In this second stage of development, we are asking survey participants to give feedback not only on the type, format, and content of the questions, but also on the survey experience itself. The feedback will be collected through this small group activity and researcher-facilitated focus groups. The information that we collect will help hone the survey instrument for the 2011-2012 school year, when we have 2 cohorts of SIG schools.

PURPOSE: To learn about the limitations of the surveys and the survey administration process so that we can improve the surveys for administration in SIG schools next school year.

ACTIVITY SUMMARY:

  1. Student Surveys
  2. Review Secondary Student Surveys
  3. Review Elementary Student Survey
  4. Review Staff Survey
  5. Group leader submits feedback through online form

ACTIVITY 1a: Review Secondary Student Survey (by educators from secondary schools to review and provide feedback)

  1. Go to the SIG website and download the Secondary Student Surveys (English, Math, Science, and History): -->
  2. Evaluate the following aspects of the surveys:
  3. Clarity of items and response options
  4. Organization
  5. Useful of the current items in covering key concepts related to classroom and school environment that in turn impact student learning outcomes
  6. The degree to which the surveys cover key concepts (is there anything missing that you would have expected to see?)
  7. Administration process (if applicable)
  8. Summarize your findings in the worksheet on page 3.

ACTIVITY 1b: Review Elementary Student Survey (for educators in elementary schools to review and provide feedback)

  1. Go to the SIG website and download the Elementary Student Survey: -->
  2. Evaluate the following aspects of the survey:
  3. Clarity of items and response options
  4. Organization
  5. Useful of the current items in covering key concepts related to classroom and school environment that in turn impact student learning outcomes
  6. The degree to which the surveys cover key concepts (is there anything missing that you would have expected to see?)
  7. Administration process (if applicable)
  8. Summarize your findings in the worksheet on page 3.

ACTIVITY 2: Review Staff Survey

  1. Go to the SIG website and download the Staff Survey: -->
  2. Evaluate the following aspects of the survey:
  3. Clarity of items and response options
  4. Organization
  5. Useful of the current items in covering key concepts related to classroom and school environment that in turn impact student learning outcomes
  6. The degree to which the surveys cover key concepts (is there anything missing that you would have expected to see?)
  7. Administration process (if applicable)
  8. Summarize your findings in the worksheet on page 3.

Stakeholder Input—Student, Staff, and Parent Surveys

SMALL GROUP ACTIVITY WORKSHEET

ACTIVITY 1a: Feedback on Secondary Student Survey
ACTIVITY 1b: Feedback on Elementary Student Survey
ACTIVITY 2: Feedback on Staff Survey

Florence-Griffith Elementary  Gardena High  Carver Middle  Gompers Middle  Hillcrest Dr Elementary  Markham Middle  Maywood Academy  Stevenson Middle  Jefferson High