Dear TSD Families,
As part of monitoring our Ends Policy goal of fostering a safe and healthy community through “consistent student and staff culture across buildings which supports achieving our ends”, we are asking parents and guardians complete the School Climate Assessment Instrument (SCAI) developed and administered by the Alliance for the Study of School Climate (ASSC). Students in grades 3-12 and staff will be completing similar versions of the instrument.
The SCAI instruments (surveys), which are scientifically developed and third-party administered and analyzed, are rated as one of the most effective school climate tools. The intent of the data gathered is to provide a district-wide assessment that will translate to better schools in the future.
The set of instruments covers the topic sections listed below. While the Elementary Student, Secondary Student, Staff, and Parent Instruments vary in the number of questions in each topic sections and not all instruments cover every topic section, the instruments are designed to provide aligned data. The sections are:
1. Physical Appearance
2. Faculty Relations
3. Student Interactions
4. Leadership/Decisions
5. Discipline Environment
6. Learning/Assessment
7. Social-Emotional Culture
8. Community Relations
The survey should take less than 30 minutes. Please read the words in each item carefully. Try to think about the overall level of practice and/or situation as a whole, and not focus on one particular situation or individual; please consider everything you know about the school(s) in choosing a rating. If you do not fully understand an item, it is okay to make a best guess, but you should also feel free to leave an item blank if you feel you have no basis for making a judgement.
A link to the parent survey is below. We greatly value your participation:
ENGLISH VERSION OF PARENT SURVEY
SPANISH VERSION OF PARENT SURVEY
We will keep the survey open until February 28.
Thank you,
John Pandolfo
Superintendent
jpandolfo@telluride.k12.co.us
970-369-1213
