School Climate Surveys
The Ministry of Education in its Policy and Program Memorandum No. 145 – Progressive Discipline and Promoting Positive Student Behaviour, updated, October 2009, requires schools to conduct anonymous school climate surveys with their students every two years and to share the results with the school’s Safe Schools Team. The board also believes that input from our parent community is equally important to access in order to improve school climate.
A parent/guardian letter was distributed from the school on February 23, 2011, outlining the details of the climate surveys. Students will be completing the survey at school. Parents/guardians will find the survey on the board and school websites. The password for parents to access the survey is “climate”. Access to the parent survey will be available until April 1, 2011. The board recognizes that some of our school communities are extremely small. If you feel that your anonymity cannot be safeguarded because of the size of your community, please be advised that you are under no requirement to complete the survey.
Survey data will be organized by district and schools, not by individual students or parents. The information collected on the survey is confidential and will be protected. The data from the survey will be extremely useful in developing future board and school improvement plans to support student achievement and well-being.
Thank you for your continued collaboration in helping to ensure that the members of our school community feel a sense of safety and belonging.
Student Survey – www.surveymonkey.com/s/ALCDSB_School_Climate_Students7-12
Parent Survey - www.surveymonkey.com/s/School_Climate_ParentsGuardians_Secondary
Staff Survey – www.surveymonkey.com/s/School_Climate_Staff
“Love one another as I have loved you”
John 15:12