This month marks the start of our planning toward completing a new school plan. We have sent home our individual FSA results to families, with the next key data gathering piece being the Ministry Satisfaction Surveys.
Satisfaction Surveys allow us to gauge the perception that parents, students, and staff have of various facets of our school. Perceptions can be a tricky thing as we try to discern if it is a true issue with a particular program or simply how we communicate the information to families. As a result, we often have to spend time looking at the "stories behind the data" in order to make an accurate judgement of where to put our efforts. While these surveys pose an issue for our teaching staffs from a political perspective they still offer value to the school for parent and student feedback. This year, we have added a few school specific questions to get a clearer picture for our planning purposes. The results of the survey will be shared with our staff and School Planning Council to determine what areas emerge as possible areas for development in the next school year. Information regarding the Satisfaction Surveys has been sent to parents of students in grade 4 specifically, however, any parent may complete the survey, all you need to do is contact the school for a logon number and you are set to complete the survey on-line.
The information that we gain from this and other data sources provide us with a good starting point to investigate and discuss certain issues in greater detail.
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