Promoting Healthy and Positive School Climates 2017 – 2018 Pilot Kickoff Webinar December 7, 2017

The "Promoting Healthy and Positive School Climates" Pilot Kickoff Webinar was held on December 7, 2017 to provide the following information to Pilot districts/schools:

  • What is school climate?
  • Why measure school climate?
  • How has school climate been included in NY's draft ESSA plan?
  • What do the USDE School Climate surveys measure?

What are the expectations for Pilot districts/schools? 

  • Develop a school climate mission statement and choose a School Climate Framework
  • Establish a Community Engagement Team that is focused on school climate improvement
  • Administer the US Department of Education climate surveys to students, staff (instructional and non-instructional), and parents in Spring 2018
  • After the close of the survey window, generate reports that summarize the survey response data, review and analyze the survey data (and other pertinent data such as chronic absenteeism data, school discipline or violent incident data, etc.) with the Community Engagement Team
  • Create and implement an action plan and framework with the Community Engagement Team to address areas of need
  • Provide feedback to NYSED on all of these things that will be used to inform the process for the 2018-2019 school year when it becomes a statewide initiative

What are the next steps for Pilot districts/schools?  

  • Districts/Schools participating in the pilot should review the materials from USDE, discuss internally and ask SED questions
  • Districts/Schools may choose to contact their Regional Information Center (RIC) for assistance with Survey Implementation
  • Please submit contact info for your district/charter survey coordinator to NYSED via an email to schoolclimate@nysed.gov

Future webinar/meeting schedule: 

  • Technical Implementation for Survey Administrators: January 18, 2018 @11:00 am
  • Survey Administration for Survey Coordinators: January 25, 2018 @ 11:00 am
  • Interpreting Survey Results and other data: TBD (late spring)

Click here to view the presentation materials from NYSED's Pilot Kickoff Webinar held on December 7, 2017.

Have you reviewed the USDE surveys?  Please share your thoughts below.

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