WCSD Student Climate Survey:

What do YOU have to say about your school?

Envisioning School Climate

Learning Intentions • Build our understanding of the

purpose and intention of the Climate Survey

1

• Decompose the data to find trends 2

• Discuss how we can support the students and school to enhance school climate

3

What is the Student Climate Survey?

WCSD Climate Surveys• All students in grades 5 – 9 and 11

– Climate Survey (N = 11,822)– Safety Survey (N = 12,119)– Online only

• All parents in district– Paper or online– N = 12,091

• All school staff in district– Online– N = 3,651

Did you know?

We have 5 years of data from the three

surveys!

STUDENT-STAFF RELATIONSHIPS CULTURE OF

RESPECT

SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL

SKILLS

EDUCATION ATTITUDES

Student Climate Survey

• Student Respect

• Staff Respect

• Self-Awareness• Social

Awareness• Self-

Management• Relationship

Skills• Decision-

Making

• Adult Caring• Academic

Support

• Utility of Education

• Self-Efficacy• Participation• Student

Engagement

FEELINGS OF SAFETY

RISK-TAKING BEHAVIORS

DRUG/ ALCOHOL

ATTITUDES

Student Safety Survey

• Drugs• Alcohol• Skipping

Class• Bringing

Weapon

• Fighting• Teasing/

Rumors• Sexting/

Electronic• Property

Damage

• Safety In/Out of School

• Safety Procedure Knowledge

• Parent Attitudes• Peer Attitudes• Student Attitudes

You guys say that people take [the Climate Survey] every year, but it doesn’t really make a difference. Like, when you ask questions about bullying, you think, ‘Okay, then maybe the school’s gonna do something about the bullying.’

But every year you still take the same survey with the same questions, and nothing ever happens. I feel like just, after a while, people get tired of it, and it’s like, ‘Maybe I saw bullying, maybe I didn't—yeah, I did, it’s not a big deal.’

-Damonte Ranch HS Student

http://www.washoeschools.net/

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Understanding the Data Using the Y Activity

Understanding Data: Writing Narrative Statements

• Overall, XX% think that adults at this school care about them.

• XX% of students believe _______________.• XX% of students do not agree that

___________________________.• Students were most likely to agree that

_____________________.• Students were most likely to disagree that

_________________________________.

Why? WorksheetNarrative Statement:___% of students at this school disagree that adults at this school care about them. Why do you think that __% of students feel this way?

Because students…

Because staff…

Because schools…

Action Planning with Students

What issue do we want to address?• [fill in issue students want to tackle]

More or Less ActivitySchools/Staff/Students should do MORE of this…

Timeline Who will make sure this happens

Schools/Staff/Students should do LESS of this…

Timeline Who will make sure this happens

3, 2, 1 Activity

• 3 things you found interesting about the data

• 2 things you want to know more about after looking at the data

• 1 thing you want to do right now as a result of the data

For more information about student voice…

• Student voice toolkit with other strategies:(https://relwest.wested.org/resources/31)• Contact Laura Davidson at

ldavidson@washoeschools.net