Boe jeffco climate surveys 2020

1. | Matt Flores
| Carol Eaton
| Heather MacGillivary
School Climate:
Student, Family
& Educator Voice
09.09.2020 Jefferson County Schools
Board of Education

2. AGENDA
| What are we talking about today?
•Understanding why climate data matters.
•Results from:
• Make Your Voice Heard (MYVH)
• Family School Partnership (FSP)
• Teaching and Learning Conditions in Colorado
(TLCC)
•Relevancy and use of these data

3. MULTIPLE DATA POINTS
Student
Learning
∙ Standardized Tests
∙ Teacher Observations
∙ Authentic Assessments
Demographics
∙ Enrollment, attendance
∙ Dropout rate
∙ Gender, ethnicity, poverty
∙ Grade level
School
Process
∙ School Programs and
processes
Perceptions
∙ Perceptions of Learning
∙ Environmental Values
and Beliefs
∙ Attitudes and
Observations
(Adapted from Data Analysis for Continuous School Improvement, Berhardt, 2004)

4. SCHOOL CLIMATE
MEASURES
Make Your Voice Heard
(MYVH)
Family-School Partnership
(FSP)
Teaching and Learning
Conditions in Colorado
(TLCC)
Student survey (grades 2-12) Family survey (all grades) Educator survey (licensed
school-based)
Relationships (Affective):
· Student-Staff Relationships
· School Connection
· Family Support for Learning
Climate (Behavioral):
· Discipline Practices
· Safety
· Future Aspirations
Rigor/Relevance (Cognitive):
· Academic Challenge
· Teacher Feedback
· Attendance & Engagement
Standard 1: Welcoming all
families into the school
community
Standard 2: Communicating
effectively
Standard 3: Supporting student
success
Standard 4: Speaking up for every
child
Standard 5: Sharing power
Standard 6: Collaborating with
Community
• School Leadership
• Teacher Leadership
• Managing Student Conduct
• Instructional Practices &
Support
• Professional Development
• Time
• Facilities & Resources
• Community Support &
Involvement
• Overall Reflection
(satisfaction)
• New Teacher
• District Supports (admin only)

5. Remember

6. RESEARCH BASED
•Student engagement has been promoted as essential to academic achievement and
the key to preventing chronic absenteeism and dropout.
•Engagement is foundational to attaining higher level thinking and 21C competencies.
•High functioning family-school-community partnerships can enhance teacher
morale, communication (among parents, teachers, and staff), parent involvement,
and student success.
•But for this to happen family engagement needs to be aligned to school goals and
linked to learning but also requires an asset based mindset where families are seen as
co-creators of strong educational opportunities and outcomes.
•“Favorable conditions for teachers predict higher rates of student academic growth
even when comparing schools serving demographically similar groups of students.”
| Why does school climate matter?
References

7. Participation Matters
MYVH Participation FSP Participation
Response Rate
TLCC Participation

8. STUDENT SURVEY
| MYVH Highlights
• Agreement ratings of all nine constructs were above 50%
• The Future Aspirations construct had the highest percent agreement at the
secondary levels in 2019-20 (M 92%; H 91%)
• The Staff-Student Relationships construct had the highest agreement rating
in Elementary (E 94%)
| MYVH Considerations
• Participation rates (for EMH) have generally declined in the last four
administrations (with the exception of high school from 15-16 to 17-18 to
19-20)
• The Perceptions of Safety construct had the lowest agreement rating for
Elementary (E 62%)
• The School Connection (M 72%; H 73%) and Academic Challenge (M 73%; H
75%) constructs had the lowest agreement ratings for Middle and High
• FRL, minority, IEP, and non-GT subgroups generally had lower agreement
ratings than counterparts

9. STUDENT SURVEY
School Distribution by MYVH Construct - Overall Favorability Rating

10. FAMILY SURVEY
| FSP Highlights
• Participation counts for FSP increased from 2018-19 (required) to 2019-20 (optional)
• Agreement ratings of all six standards were above 70%
• The Collaborating with community standard had the highest percent agreement in
2019-20 (Standard 6; 86%)
• Over 80% reported that their school was implementing each of the Jeffco
Generations Skills
• FSP, minority, ELL, and non-GT had higher agreement ratings than counterparts
| FSP Considerations
• The Speaking up for every child standard (Standard 4; 74%) and Sharing power
standard (Standard 5; 75%) had the lowest agreement ratings and slightly decreased
• Agreement ratings of all standards decreased from 2018-19 to 2019-20
• The following questions had the lowest ratings:
○ “I am informed about how my child is doing socially at school” (S2; 62%)
○ “The school keeps me informed of the legal rights of children and families”
(S4; 67%)
○ “I know the school’s process for resolving complaints or problems” (S4; 59%)
• Only about one-third (28%) of respondents indicated that they were familiar with
the Jeffco Generations Vision

11. FAMILY SURVEY
School Distribution by FSP Construct - Overall Favorability Rating

12. EDUCATOR SURVEY
| TLCC Highlights
• The Instructional Practices and Support (85%) and Community Support and
Involvement (85%) constructs had the highest percent agreement in
2019-20
• The New Teacher Questions (72%), Managing Student Conduct (78%), Time
(59%) constructs increased slightly from 2017-18 to 2019-20
• Two items regarding safety earned high ratings:
o “The school is a safe place for students to learn” (Managing Student
Conduct; 92%)
o “Our school is a safe place to work” (Facilities and Resources; 94%)
| TLCC Considerations
• For the following constructs, Jeffco had a lower agreement rating than the
state:
o New Teacher Questions (72% Jeffco; 73% State)
o District Supports (78% Jeffco; 83% State)
• The Time construct (59% Jeffco; 58% State) had the lowest agreement rating
• The ratings of the Overall Reflection and District Supports constructs
declined by at least five percentage points from 2017-18 to 2019-20

13. EDUCATOR SURVEY
School Distribution by TLCC Construct - Overall Favorability Rating

14. TLCC State Comparables
| Notable Trends
● Poudre, Dougco, and Littleton have more constructs in the upper quartiles
than Jeffco.
Comparable Districts

15. Resources
DIG DEEPER
Interactive Data Displays
• TLCC Interactive Dashboard of State Data (CDE)
• FSP & MYVH Interactive District Summary
BOE Updates
• FSP BOE Update May 2020
• MYVH BOE Update May 2020
• TLCC BOE Update May 2020
All research publications available here.
Next Steps:
• Continued analyses and reporting to support deeper understanding of school and
district climate in order to inform improvement processes this fall
• Provide professional learning opportunities for schools and district staff

16. Thank you
| Questions?

17. | APPENDIX

18. BACKGROUND
•Student engagement has been promoted as essential to academic achievement and
the key to preventing chronic absenteeism and dropout.
•Engagement is foundational to attaining higher level thinking and 21C competencies
(Arreaga-Mayer & Perdomo-Rivera, 1996; Connell, Spencer, & Aber, 1994; Finn, 1989;
Fredericks, Blumenfeld, & Paris, 2004; Furlong, Whipple, Jean, Simental, Soliz, &
Punthuna, 2003; Henry, Knight, Thornberry, 2012;Libbey, 2004; Marks, 2000; Skinner,
Wellborn, & Connell, 1990; Wang & Eccles, 2011).
•High functioning family-school-community partnerships can enhance teacher
morale, communication (among parents, teachers, and staff), parent involvement,
and student success ( National Standards for Family-School Partnerships).
•But for this to happen family engagement needs to be aligned to school goals and
linked to learning but also requires an asset based mindset where families are seen as
co-creators of strong educational opportunities and outcomes (Partners in Education:
A Dual Capacity-Building Framework for Family-School Partnerships).
•“Favorable conditions for teachers predict higher rates of student academic growth
even when comparing schools serving demographically similar groups of students.”
(Moore-Johnson, Kraft, & Papay, 2012)
| Why does school climate matter?

19. TLCC QUARTILE CUTPOINTS

20. Comparable CO Districts
District
Total
Enrollment %FRL %IEP %ELL
%Mobility
(2018-19) %Minority
Number of
Similar
Elements
to Jeffco
Poudre 29,751 30% 8% 8% 6% 27% 4
BVSD 30,112 20% 12% 11% 4% 32% 4
Dougco 65,221 12% 11% 6% 5% 28% 4
Cherry Creek 53,743 30% 13% 13% 7% 49% 4
Littleton 14,390 17% 10% 5% 4% 27% 3
DPS 86,918 64% 12% 36% 9% 75% 3
Adams 12 37,448 39% 11% 22% 8% 53% 2
Aurora PS 37,146 77% 13% 48% 12% 86% 1
Jeffco 81,236 31% 10% 9% 6% 33%
Sources:
CDE Dashboard (Note: all groups exclude PK)