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GALLUP STUDENT SURVEY. Fall 2012. BACKGROUND INFORMATION. Student surveys were administered previously in the Fall of 2009 and 2011 Accreditation Recommendation from 2009 Administered October 16-November 2, 2012 Tuesday-Friday Gallup Student Survey was free to our district Researched Based
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GALLUP STUDENT SURVEY Fall 2012
BACKGROUND INFORMATION • Student surveys were administered previously in the Fall of 2009 and 2011 • Accreditation Recommendation from 2009 • Administered October 16-November 2, 2012 • Tuesday-Friday • Gallup Student Survey was free to our district • Researched Based • For students in grades 5-12
ABOUT THE SURVEY • Designed to measure Hope, Engagement, and Wellbeing • Predictors of students’ grades, achievement scores, retention, and future employment • 20 Questions • Approximately 480,000 students participated representing 1751 schools from 37 states • Approximately 39,000 students from KY participated • 1566 students participated from Bowling Green Schools
HOPE • Hope—Ideas and energy that students have for the future • Hopeful--students possess numerous ideas and abundant energy for the future • Stuck—students generate little momentum toward the future • Discouraged—students lack ideas and energy for the future
ENGAGEMENT • Engagement—Involvement in and enthusiasm for the school • Engaged—students are highly involved with and enthusiastic about school • Not Engaged—students are present but not involved with or enthusiastic about school • Actively Disengaged—students undermine the educational process for self and others
WELLBEING • Wellbeing—How students think about and experience their lives • Thriving—students think about present and future life in positive terms; they tend to be in good health and have strong social support • Struggling—students lack positive thoughts and experiences; they tend to worry about meeting the daily demands of life • Suffering—students think about current and future life in negative terms; they tend to have less access to basic needs (e.g., good food and healthcare)
HIGHLIGHTS • 95% of our students surveyed strongly agree or agree that there is an adult in their life that cares about their future. (Hope) • 72% of our students surveyed strongly agree or agree that they can find lots of ways around a problem. (Hope) • 80% of our students surveyed strongly agree or agree that their schoolwork is important. (Engaged) • 58% of our students surveyed strongly agree or agree that they have received recognition or praise for doing good schoolwork. (Engaged) • 79% of our students surveyed indicated that they learned or did something interesting the previous day. (Wellbeing) • 94% of our students surveyed indicated that they have family and/or friends they can count on if they were in trouble. (Wellbeing)
GALLUP’S SUGGESTIONS AND STRATEGIES TO HELP STUDENTS Teachers, Counselors and Advisors: • Help students develop ways to overcome individual obstacles and improve grades. • Get to know students by identifying interests and resources of every student. • Give students time each week to do what they do best, emphasizing the link between school success and future success in school and work. • Help students discover and develop strengths, then help them use those strengths in good times and bad. Parents & Guardians: • Talk to children about the future. Make goals a topic of conversation and help develop ideas and energy to make goals a reality. • Give children personalized feedback, recognition, and praise for effort and doing what he or she does best. • Spend quality social time with children and create a space where he or she can entertain friends. Mentors, business people & neighbors: • Show and tell a young person how education and good decision-making are related to getting a good job. • Ask a young person to share opinions of the surrounding community, to learn their perspective. • Invite a young person to a fun, exciting experience at your home, neighborhood, alma mater, or office. • Ask a young person the highlight of their week, listen actively, mirror their enthusiasm, and ask meaningful questions about the highlight.
NEXT STEPS • School results have been shared with school principals. • Principals will share survey results. • School administration and staff will develop and implement strategies to help students. • The data collected will be used after administering future surveys to determine patterns and trends.