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Olympic View End of Year Survey 2011

Family Engagement. Olympic View End of Year Survey 2011. Presented at: OVPTA General Meeting October 5 , 2011 Olympic View Elementary. Purpose. ENGAGE FAMILIES Survey – an opportunity for families to actively voice opinions Topic – education of our children

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Olympic View End of Year Survey 2011

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  1. Family Engagement Olympic ViewEnd of Year Survey 2011 Presented at: OVPTA General Meeting October 5, 2011 Olympic View Elementary

  2. Purpose • ENGAGE FAMILIES • Survey – an opportunity for families to actively voice opinions • Topic – education of our children • Variety of aspects of education - academics, resources, social environment, communication, participation, suggestions • ENGAGE ALL FAMILIES • Not just families active in OV community

  3. Purpose • ENGAGE FAMILIES THROUGH FEEDBACK • Facilitate communication and discussion • How to meet needs of families and their students • What worked? What didn’t work as well? Suggestions for next year? • Successes? Opportunities for improvements? • Work together

  4. Background • OV had 482 students in 2010-2011 • 300+ families • Not the first survey: • 2009 Survey – 126 respondents • 2010 Survey – 170 respondents • Administered through website • High response in 2011 • Engage ALL families • Reduce selection bias in results

  5. Response Rate • Survey Monkey • 2009 – 126 out of 450 (?): 28%-ish • 2010 – 170 out of 450 (?): 38%-ish • Paper Survey • 2011 – 355 out of 482: 74%

  6. Percent of families whose children participated in afterschool enrichment last year: 50.5%

  7. *other: American sign language, Arabic, Japanese, Italian, English

  8. Conclusions • Response rate much higher in 2011 than previous years – 75% • High level of satisfaction • Highest level for PE, nurse, and feeling connected • Greatest dissatisfaction • Homework

  9. Conclusions • Most attended events: • Fall Carnival • Open House • Curriculum Night • Favorite Events: • Fall Carnival • Play • Plant Sale

  10. Conclusions • Multilingual families are underrepresented in most OV events • Events that are most highly selected in their attendance: • Curriculum Night • Play • Hootenanny

  11. Conclusions • High satisfaction about PTA • Most common challenges this past year • Homework • Lack of time • Most common suggestions from parents for what would have helped make past year better: • Homework support • Better communication

  12. Thanks for doing all that you do. Overall, We have a happy community.

  13. Methods • Paper survey • Reduce selection bias • Attempt to reach entire OV community • Developed questionnaire • Used many questions from previous surveys on academics, environment, PTA etc. • Added some open ended questions

  14. Methods • Confidential (vs. anonymous) • Unique identifiers on each survey • No names, no addresses, no identifying information on surveys • Keep unique identifiers separate from identifying information • Able to track number of responses • Able to follow-up with non-responders

  15. Methods • Kid-mail system • Reach ALL families • Eliminate selection factors • Internet availability • Ability to attend school-events • Reduce burden of cost (ex: stamps, effort) • For school/PTA • For parents

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