2016 Local Control Accountability Plan Survey

Conejo Valley Unified School District

Dr. Jennifer Boone

Key Insights for Fall 2016 Surveys

• Introduction

• Methodology

• District Highlights

• Topics in Detail• Student: Elementary, Middle, and High

• Staff: Certificated and Classified

• Family

• Next Steps

Introduction

“Our school district is stronger when we engage our staff, students, parents, and community in

processes that assist with two-way communication.”

- Dr. Ann N. Bonitatibus

Survey Goals:• Understand our stakeholders’ support of our

LCAP goals

• Compare our stakeholders’ perceptions with other districts in the nation

Presentation Purpose:• Dig deeply into the results of these surveys and

provide a high-level, district summary

• Offer insights on each topic

Survey InstrumentsSurvey Respondent Designed by Panorama Designed by CVUSD

Student 3-5 School Climate

School Engagement

Technology

Student 6-12 School Climate

School Engagement

Technology

Certificated Staff School Climate

Teaching Efficacy

Technology

Classified Staff School Climate

Family School Climate

School Fit

Technology

Total Responses

Survey Respondent # of Responses

Certificated Employees 675

Classified Employees 498

Elementary School Students (4th

& 5th

) 2374

Middle School Students (7th

& 8th

) 2633

High School Students (10th

& 11th

) 2105

Family Members 5300

Methodology

Methodology

When were surveys administered?

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Launch

SurveyClosed

Methodology

How were surveys distributed?

• Staff surveys • Emailed directly to staff members

• Completed on Panorama’s survey platform

• Regular reminder emails sent to increase response rates

• Student surveys • Schools distributed survey links to students

• Completed on Panorama’s survey platform

• Family surveys• Emailed directly to family members

• Completed on Panorama’s survey platform

• Spanish paper surveys available at two schools

• Regular reminder emails sent

Methodology

How are results reported?

• At the Topic and Question Levels: Topics (like School Climate) are each comprised of several questions

• % Favorable: When a question is reported as “81% favorable,” it means that 81% of respondents selected oneof the favorable answers, usually the top two.

Methodology

How are results reported?

National Benchmarks: Show your survey results relative to Panorama’s national dataset

District Highlights

School Climate

68% or more of elementary students, certificated staff, classified staff, and family members responded favorably on School Climate overall

School Engagement

In elementary schools, 60% of students report they are engaged in their school work

• 50th percentile nationally

Middle and high school students report lower engagement, with 27% responding they are engaged in their school work

• 30th percentile nationally

Technology

• 97% of elementary students report usingtechnology at least 1-2 times per week in their school work

• 20% report using technology everyday

• 94% of middle and high school students access their grades online and 78% believe that the technology tools are effective in supporting learning

• 90% of family members report that their child uses technology to support their schoolwork

Technology

59% of certificated staff, 72% of students, and 73% of family members identify internet research as a highly used tool

Students and teachers report a wide range of technology use

in their classwork and homework.

Teaching Efficacy

Certificated staff report 78% favorable for Teaching Efficacy

• 70th percentile within the national dataset

Younger and less experienced teachers respond less favorably when reflecting on their own professional strengths.

Topics in Detail

Students

School Climate: 3rd-5th

• Elementary student results are higher than the national average, at the 60th percentile

• Students identify school energy (78% favorable) and teacher excitement (75% favorable) as areas of strength

• 49% of students report the behavior of other students hurts their

learning a little bit, some, or a tremendous amount in class

School Climate: 3rd-5th

• When looking at how schools in the district compare on school climate, there is a relatively wide range between the elementary schools with the highest and lowest score

• On average, there is an 11 percentage point difference between the schools in the top quarter compared to those in the bottom quarter

School Climate: 6th-12th

• Middle and high school student perception of school climate is at the 50th percentile of the national dataset

• 60% of students said that the energy of the school was slightly, somewhat, or very positive

• Similar to the elementary students, 6th-12th graders identified

the behavior of other students as a barrier to their own

learning, with 71% reporting that it hurts their learning a

little bit, some, or a tremendous amount in class

Student Engagement: 3rd-5th

• Elementary students respond 60% favorably, at the 50th

percentile

• The question in this topic with the most favorable response is “How focused are you on the activities in your class?”

• 78% saying “quite” or “extremely focused”.

Student Engagement: 6th-12th

• Middle and high school students are below the national average for Engagement, at the 30th

percentile with 27% responding favorably

• As students get older, they report

being less engaged, with 35% of

7th graders responding favorably

on the topic overall and 21% of

11th graders

Technology: 3rd-5th

• 97% of elementary students report they use the computer at school at least once a week

• 20% report using technology everyday

• 57% of students use the program Go Math for homework

• 30% of students use Google Apps, the second most frequently used

• 12 other programs were used by smaller groups of students, with 5 programs (Edmodo, Wikis, Blogs, Raz-Kids, and Rosetta Stone) each used by fewer than 6%

Technology: 6th-12th

• 94% of middle and high school students access their grades online

• 78% believe that the technology tools they use are effective in supporting learning

• 10th graders (83%) and 11th graders (84%) respond more favorably, suggesting that older students are more likely to use technology with efficacy

• However, 57% of students report using technology for more than half of their classwork or homework assignments

Topics in Detail

Staff

School Climate: Certificated Staff

• Overall, 73% of Certificated staff rate school climate favorably

• 70th percentile nationally

• 88% identify student-teacher relationships as “quite” or “extremely respectful”

• 59% report their colleagues are quite or extremely supportivewhen new teaching initiatives are presented at their schools

School Climate: Certificated Staff

• Of the three topics, school climate has the largest variation

• There is a 17.8 percentage point difference between the schools in the top quarter compared to those in the bottom quarter

School Climate: Classified Staff

• 77% of classified staff rate school climate favorably

• 98% report they understand their role in supporting student learning

• 56% said they are “quite” or “extremely optimistic” that their school/department would improve in the future

School Climate: Classified Staff

Classified staff members’ perception of school climate decreases the longer a classified staff member has worked at their current site

Teaching Efficacy: Certificated Staff

• For teaching efficacy, or staff’s perception of their own professional strengths, 78% of certificated staff respond favorably

• 70th percentile nationally

• More than 85% of certificated staff are “quite” or “extremely confident” in their ability to have productive conversations with upset parents (89%) and to explain the most complicated content to their students (86%)

Teaching Efficacy: Certificated Staff

• Certificated staff express the least confidence in their ability to meet the needs of more challenging students

• 62% are “quite” or “extremely confident” they can help their most challenging students learn

• 63% are “quite” or “extremely confident” they can engage students who are typically not motivated

Technology: Certificated Staff

• 95% of Certificated staff say the technology tools they use are effective for supporting student learning

• 61% of Certificated staff have students directly interact with computers / interactive whiteboards during lessons

• Teacher are most likely in grades TK-2 (84%), followed by grades 3-5 (76%)

• For middle and high schools, English and Science teachers respond 62% favorably

• Math teachers report the lowest average usage, at 29%

Technology: Certificated Staff

• Certificated staff report communicating with parents largely by email (95%)

• A large percentage also use phone calls (73%) and classroom websites (51%)

Topics in Detail

Family

School Climate: Family

• Family results are lower than the national average, at the 40th percentile

• 81% of family members report that children have quite a bit or a tremendous amount of respect for school staff

• 55% of family members say that classroom lessons are quite or extremely motivating

School Fit: Family

• 53% of family members report that their child is quite or extremely comfortable asking for help from school adults

• Family results are lower than the national average, at the 40th percentile

• 83% of family members say that their child’s school is a quite or very good fit

Technology: Family

• 90% of family members report that their child uses technology to support their schoolwork

• Parents of middle and high school students have more favorable perceptions about technology overall

• Their perceptions of school fit and school climate are lower than the average district result

Next Steps

Areas of Strength

• School climate is strong in elementary schools, with students excited to come and work at school

• Student technology use in high schools is common and effective

• For staff, teaching efficacy and school climate in the district overall compare favorably to the national dataset

Areas for Growth

• Engagement for students in middle and high school is low compared to elementary students and to the national dataset

• Though technology is used effectively, there is a wide range of tools in use and opportunity for more consistency across schools

• For staff climate, there is a large variationbetween the highest and lowest performing schools/sites

Reflection Questions

• What specific actions are the schools with more favorable perceptions doing to impact their stakeholders’ results (particularly staff climate)? What can be replicated across other schools in the district?

• What needs to happen to ensure consistent use of technology across all schools, especially the elementary grades?

• How can the district empower younger teachers with less favorable perceptions of their own teaching efficacy?

• What more can the district learn about student engagement in the secondary schools? How useful would be follow-up conversations be to improve perceptions of this topic?

• What follow-up should occur to get more specific information from parents regarding their perceptions?