9CharacteristicsofHighPerformingSchools StudentSEL edition V3.2.1 ShorelinePublicSchools November2018 N=972
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Introduction EducationalEffectivenessSurvey,StudentSELEdition Whilethereisnosinglesolutionforalschools,researchoneffectiveschoolsidentifiedcommoncharacteristicsofhigh-performingschoolsknownasthe9Characteristics. Successfulschoolsengagedinimprovementactivitiesfocusonthesecharacteristicsof organizationalandeducatorcapacity tocreateandimprovethesystem(s)that ultimatelydriveperformanceoutcomes.understandingtheperceptionsofyourstudentpopulationisessentialtoinform changesforimprovement. Note:TheCharacteristics, Curriculum,Instruction,andAssessment and FocusedProfessionalDevelopment,areprofessionalactivitiesconductedamongsttheadultschool communityandarerarelyviewedbystudents.thusquestionsregardingthosecharacteristicsarenotapartofthesurveyanddonotappearinthisreport. Page1
Page2 Demographics 0% 60% 80% 100% #ofsurveyrespondents 478 460 0% 60% 80% 100% 640 184 84 0% 60% 80% 100% 469 248 202 0% 60% 80% 100% 330 256 198 179 0% 60% 80% 100% Gender Female Male TransgenderFemale TransgenderMale GenderVariant/NonConforming Prefernottoanswer 0% 60% 80% 100% PercentageofQuestionsAnswered Avg.91% 0% 100% Respondents Theheightshowsthepercentageofitemsansweredby respondent. Thecolorshowshow positiveeachrespondent was. Grade 4thGrade 5thGrade 6thGrade 8thGrade 9thGrade 10thGrade 11thGrade 12thGrade AfterHS Attendafour-yearcolege Attendacommunitycolege Attendavocationalschool Workful-time Jointhemilitary Other Don'tKnow Absences Never 1Day 2-4Days 5ormoreDays Services SpecialEducation EL(EnglishLearner) HighlyCapable Section504Plan
Page3 Demographics 0% 60% 80% 100% #ofsurveyrespondents 163 460 143 76 80 0% 60% 80% 100% 779 53 0% 60% 80% 100% 155 166 373 203 75 0% 60% 80% 100% 678 288 ExtracurricularActivities Yes No YearsAttendedShoreline Schools Lessthan1year 1to3years 4to7years 8to11years 12to15years Ethnicity Am Indian/AKNative Asian PacIsl/NativeHI Blk/AfrAmerican Hisp/Latofanyrace White Twoormoreraces Other PrimaryHomeLanguage English Spanish Amharic Chinese Korean Tagalog Tigrinya Vietnamese Other
CapacityforImprovement Page4
Page5 HighStandards&Expectations EffectiveLeadership Clear&SharedFocus SupportiveLearningEnvironment Parent&CommunityInvolvement Colaboration&Communication MonitoringofTeaching&Learning 21% 12% 21% 10% 22% 1 12% 11% 12% 1 1 2 19% 24% 3 31% 31% 32% 9% 9% 9% 9CharacteristicsSummary TheCharacteristics, Curriculum,Instruction,andAssessment and FocusedProfessional Development,areprofessionalactivitiesconductedamongsttheadultschoolcommunityand arerarelyviewedbystudents.thusquestionsregardingthosecharacteristicsarenotapart ofthesurveyanddonotappearinthisreport.
9CharacteristicsComparison-MeanScores How doesyourschoolcompareto: 4.8 4.6 4.4 4.2 4.0 MeanScore 3.8 3.6 3.4 3.2 Characteristics 3.0 2.8 2.6 C Colaboration&Communication CSF Clear&SharedFocus HSE HighStandards&Expectations EL EffectiveLeadership SLE SupportiveLearningEnvironment PCI Parent&CommunityInvolvement MTL MonitoringofTeaching&Learning C CSF HSE EL SLE PCI MTL Page6
9CharacteristicsComparison-PercentPositiveScores 100% How doesyourschoolcompareto: 9 90% 8 80% 7 CombinedPositive 70% 6 60% 5 50% 4 Characteristics C Colaboration&Communication CSF Clear&SharedFocus HSE HighStandards&Expectations EL EffectiveLeadership SLE SupportiveLearningEnvironment PCI Parent&CommunityInvolvement MTL MonitoringofTeaching&Learning 2 C CSF HSE EL SLE PCI MTL Page7
HighLevelsofColaborationandCommunication % Answered 50% 100% 9 Igethelpfrom teachersorotheradultsinthisschool whenineedit 3 8 Myteacher(s)helpuslearninmorewaysthanjust talkinginfrontofclass 3 9% 4% 8 Adultsinthisschoolhelpmeplanandsetgoalsformy future 14% 1 9% 9 Studentsareinvolvedinsolvingproblemsinthisschool 12% 31% 3 1 9 Myteacher(s)oftentelmehow Iam doingintheirclass 11% 2 31% 1 1 Page8
ClearandSharedFocus % Answered 50% 100% 9 Myteacher(s)believestudentlearningisimportant 4 14% 99% Inmyclasses,studentsarebusydoingschoolwork 1 4 Thisschoolisdoingagoodjobofpreparingmeto succeedinmylife 1 31% 14% 11% 9 Studentsareinvolvedindecisionsaboutthingsthat affectthem inthisschool 2 39% 1 10% Page9
HighStandardsandExpectations % Answered 50% 100% 9 Myteacher(s)expectmetodomybest 4 39% 12% 9 Iunderstandtheexpectationsandstandardsofthis school 42% 3 1 9 Myteacher(s)expectalstudentstosucceed,nomatter whotheyare 3 1 9 Myteacher(s)providelessonsandactivitiesthat chalengemetolearn 22% 4 2 Page10
EffectiveLeadership % Answered 50% 100% 9 Inclassweoftenworkwithotherstudentstosolveaproblem/doa task 4 2 9 IfIwanttotalkwithmyteacher(s),he/sheisavailabletome 22% 41% 79% Theprincipalofthisschoolbelievesstudentlearningisthe#1 priority 31% 3 9% 9 Myteacher(s)listentomyideasand/orconcerns 9% 9 Iam comfortabletalkingwithmyteacher(s) 22% 31% 11% Ioftenseetheprincipaloradministratorsaroundtheschooltalking tostudents 14% 1 12% Page11
Page12 SupportiveLearningEnvironment Inthisschoolthereisatleastoneadultwhoknowsand caresaboutme Adultsinthisschoolarerespectfulofothers Thisschoolisorderlyandwelmaintained Therulesagainstbulyingareenforcedbyaladultsin thisschool Ifeelsafeatthisschool Studentsuccessiscelebratedinthisschool Therulesaboutbehaviorareequalyappliedtoal studentsinthisschool Ienjoycomingtothisschool Disciplineproblemsarehandledfairlyandquicklyinthis school Moststudentsarerespectfulofothersatthisschool WorkIdointhisschoolisusefulandinterestingtome 11% 2 21% 10% 2 19% 2 1 11% 1 1 1 10% 11% 11% 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 21% 2 2 2 32% 3 3 42% 3 3 2 2 9% 9% 8 9 89% 94% 94% 9 8 9 9 92% % Answered 50% 100%
Page13 ParentandCommunityInvolvement Myparents/familyfeelwelcometovisitthisschool Thisschoolrespectsstudentdifferences Thisschoolhasactivitiestocelebratedifferentcultures Thisschoolcommunicateswithmyfamilyabouthow Iam doing Iseepeoplelikemeinthebooksandmaterialsusedinmy classroom Myparents/familyparticipateineventsoractivitiesatthis school 1 1 1 1 14% 1 22% 24% 2 2 3 3 3 2 34% 2 1 1 11% 90% 89% 9 94% 9 90% % Answered 50% 100%
Page14 FrequentMonitoringofTeachingandLearning Iclearlyunderstandthebehaviorrulesofthisschool Myteacher(s)askquestionsofalstudents,notjust somestudents Myteacher(s)findotherwaysformetolearnthingsI finddifficult Myteacher(s)helpmelearnbychalengingmewith interestingactivitiesinclass Myteacher(s)telmethepurposeforeachlessonor activity Myparentshelpmewithmyschoolwork 10% 11% 2 10% 14% 1 1 1 1 31% 32% 3 2 34% 2 1 3 19% 1 12% 12% 1 81% 8 8 8 9 8 % Answered 50% 100%
TheYouthDevelopmentfor EducationResultsworkgroup oftheroadmapprojectinking County,Washingtondeveloped thestudentengagement, motivation,and21stcentury skilssurveyitemsbasedonthe workgroup sresearchabout studentmotivationand engagementandtheskilsand dispositionsthatmattermost toschoolsuccess.thecenter foreducationaleffectiveness wascontractedbythe workgroupastheleadresearch partnerinthedevelopmentof theitems,thepilottesting, item refinement,and implementationofthesurvey items.fordetailsaboutthe RoadMapProjectandthis work:http:/ydekc.wordpress.com. Page15
Page16 FutureOrientation AcademicBehaviors SelfManagement Self-EfficacyandMindsets Perseverance/Grit BelongingandIdentity 1 1 22% 21% 2 3 3 34% 3 42% 3 32% 34% 3 4% 4% 4% MotivationandEngagement InterpersonalSkils Creativity CriticalThinking 19% 2 34% 3 3 39% 32% 2 21stCenturySkils SocialEmotionalLearningSummary
SocialandEmotionalLearning-MeanScores MotivationandEngagement 5.0 How doesyourschool compareto: 4.5 MeanScore 4.0 3.5 3.0 2.5 AB FO SM GRIT BELONG SE 21stCenturySkils MeanScore 5.0 4.5 4.0 3.5 3.0 Characteristics AB AcademicBehaviors FO FutureOrientation SM SelfManagement GRIT Perseverance/Grit BELONG BelongingandIdentity SE Self-EfficacyandMindsets IS InterpersonalSkils CREATE Creativity CT CriticalThinking 2.5 IS CT CREATE Page17
SocialandEmotionalLearning-PercentPositiveScores MotivationandEngagement 100% How doesyourschool compareto: 80% MeanScore 60% AB FO SM GRIT BELONG SE 21stCenturySkils 100% MeanScore 80% 60% Characteristics AB AcademicBehaviors FO FutureOrientation SM SelfManagement GRIT Perseverance/Grit BELONG BelongingandIdentity SE Self-EfficacyandMindsets IS InterpersonalSkils CREATE Creativity CT CriticalThinking CREATE CT IS Page18
AcademicBehaviors % Answered 50% 100% 8 Icompletemyschoolworkregularly 42% 3 1 4% 8 Iam aresponsiblestudent 3 3 1 8 Iworkhardatschool 3 3 1 4% 8 Iconcentrateonmyschoolwork 32% 3 22% FutureOrientation 8 Iknow Iwilgraduatefrom highschool 6 21% 9% 8 Iam hopefulaboutmyfuture 4 1 4% 8 Itakeresponsibilityforworkingonmygoals 39% 3 1 8 IhaveaplanforwhatIwanttodoafterhighschool 39% 2 21% 8 Iam goodatstayingfocusedonmygoals 24% 3 4% Page19
SelfManagement % Answered 50% 100% IcanresistdoingsomethingwhenIknow Ishouldn'tdoit 1 8 Ipayattentiontohow Ifeel 3 32% Icancalm myselfdownwheniam excitedorupset 24% 3 Perseverance/Grit Iam ahardworker 42% 3 1 Iam diligent(hardworkingandcareful) 3 39% 1 4% IfinishwhateverIbegin 2 3 32% 8 Setbacksdon'tdiscourageme 1 32% 3 11% Page20
Self-EfficacyandMindsets % Answered 50% 100% 8 It'simportanttomethatIimprovemyskilsthisyear 5 11% IcandoalmostaltheworkinclassifIdon'tgiveup 34% 1 Icanlearnthethingstaughtinschool 34% 41% 1 81% How smartiam issomethingthaticanchange 3 19% OneofmygoalsinclassistolearnasmuchasIcan 2 4% ItrythingsevenifImightfail 2 3 2 8 Whatwedoinschoolwilhelpmesucceedinlife 1 31% 1 10% Page21
BelongingandIdentity % Answered 50% 100% 8 Ifeelgoodaboutmyculturalorethnicbackground 49% 14% Ihaveaclearsenseofmyfamily'sethnicbackground 44% 1 4% 8 Inmyschool,IfeelthatIbelongtoagroupoffriends 2 8 Iam treatedwithasmuchrespectasotherstudents 3 2 4% There'satleastoneadultinthisschoolIcantalktoifI haveaproblem 3 2 19% 9% 9% 8 Iam comfortableaskingmyteacher(s)forhelp 2 32% 2 9% 8 Ifeelproudofmyschool 2 31% 2 10% 10% Page22
InterpersonalSkils % Answered 50% 100% Iam comfortableinteractingwithpeoplefrom a differentracialorethnicbackground 6 22% 8 Irespectotherpointsofview,evenwhenIdisagree 44% 3 14% Ifeelbadwhensomeonegetstheirfeelingshurt 50% 14% 4% 82% Icandiscussaproblem withafriendwithoutmakingit worse 2 4 22% 8 Iworkwelinagrouporteam 2 2 Itiseasyformetocommunicatemythoughtsandideas 10% Page23
Creativity % Answered 50% 100% Icancomeupwithnew ideas 3 Iam acreativeperson 3 2 Iliketoimaginenew waystodothings 2 CriticalThinking 8 Whenmysolutiontoaproblem isnotworking,itryto figureoutwhatwentwrong 41% 2 ItrytothinkofmanysolutionswhenIhaveaproblem 2 3 8 Iam goodatfiguringoutthebestsolutiontoproblems I'm facing 21% 8 Isolveproblemsbyfirstbreakingthem intosmaler steps 21% 34% 31% 10% 4% Page24