Review Agenda Item
Meeting Date: 5/5/2016 - 7:00 PM
Category: New Business and Reports to the Board
Type: Info
Subject: TELL Survey Findings
ACPS 2025 Strategic Plan Goal:
Objective 3.1 Staff Recruitment and Retention
ACPS will hire the best employees possible and create an environment that motivates, competitively compensates, and retains them.
Policy: GA - Personnel Policies Goals
Funding Source or Fiscal Impact (where applicable)
File Attachment:
160505_TELL_Survey_Board_Memo.pdf
160505_TELL_Survey_Findings_Overview.pdf
160505_TELL_Survey_Division_Results.pdf
Agenda Item Summary: ACPS in collaboration with NEA/EAA, engaged the New Teacher Center to conduct the second administration of the TELL (Teaching, Empowering, Leading and Learning) Survey. The attached documents provide information about the survey and summarize the survey results. Of the 85 survey questions, 82 showed improvement over the previous survey administration.
Background: This is the second administration of the TELL Survey and comparison results are provided with the survey conducted in 2014.

The purpose of the survey is to obtain teacher perceptions regarding the working conditions in each school to be used for discussion and improvement. Overall, 1052 ACPS educators completed the survey resulting in a response rate of 73.7%.
Recommendation: The Superintendent recommends review of the survey results information as provided.
Approvals:
Recommended By:
Signed By:
Kevin North - Chief Human Resources Officer
Signed By:
Alvin Crawley - Superintendent