Teacher Survey

The Teacher Survey was designed to gather anonymous teacher input concerning specific school leadership characteristics. The survey comprises 47 items that are aligned with the 13 Leader Standards. Each school district elects whether to ask teachers to complete a survey for all building administrators or for only a specific principal in settings where each principal works with a sub-group of teachers.

Research focused on how to evaluate principals in ways that will reveal connections between the principal's efforts and student achievement indicates that adding a teacher survey to the principal evaluation process can improve the link between the evaluation ratings and student achievement.

A recent study revealed that 70% of teachers would not feel comfortable going to their principals with a concern about something the administrator had done. Gathering honest feedback about a supervisor's effectiveness can only occur if individual anonymity is protected so there is no fear of repercussion. NEE's Teacher Survey provides complete anonymity and the large number of NEE teacher surveys conducted each year allows for a large pool of comparison data

Review the activity below.

1. Teacher Survey

Be sure to consult Help and Resources on the NEE Data Tool to access:

• NEE Data Tool - Create and End Teacher Surveys

• NEE Data Tool - Teacher Instructions for the Teacher Survey

• NEE Data Tool - Interpretation Guide for the Teacher Survey

• Teacher Survey Items by Leader Indicator