Texas Teacher Survey Provides Feedback

TEA has posted the results of the TELL Texas teacher survey, which was issued earlier this year. TELL Texas is an anonymous statewide survey of all school-based teachers, administrators, counselors, and other professional employees to assess teaching conditions at the school and district level.

A total of 83,103 respondents completed the survey. In order to protect anonymity at the campus level, only campuses with at least 50% of educators (and at least 5 individuals) responding to the survey have web reports.

At the district level, only districts with at least 50% of educators (and at least 20 individuals) responding to the survey have web reports. View the web reports and response rates.

For Campus and District Leaders:

The New Teacher Center has developed a 90 minute activity designed for district leaders to begin looking at their TELL data and start the process of using the data for district improvement. Please download this document: An Activity Guide for School District Leaders

For Schools intersted in using the feedback for continual improvement, the Data Use Guide helps guide the process for effective use of the TELL Texas results.

The Facilitator's Guide provides a method designed to support facilitators at the school level prepare for leading professional development on working conditions without having to develop a training from scratch.

The Facilitator's Presentation walks through a method for narrowing the focus of the survey data. The presentation tools include carefully described steps for utilizing accompanying handouts and worksheets, as well as a scripted process for engaging in reflective analysis of specific survey questions.

The Facilitator's Addendum includes goals and objectives along with scripted discussion points around the drill down process to accompany the Facilitator's Presentation. Blank What's Working and What's Ideal worksheets can be downloaded separately.

The Facilitator's Agenda provides the outline agenda for the Facilitator's Presentation.

The Participant's Packet contains blank versions of the tools used in the Facilitator's Presenation and Handouts. These versions were designed to accelerate the drill down process and keep the focus on the survey results and reflective process. The handouts describe the activities and the worksheets provide a framework to engage in the activities efficiently.

Construct Indicator Worksheets are designed to help a participant move deeper into the survey data. Once a particular survey construct has been chosen, participants can utilize these tools to think through individual survey items that fit within each of the constructs. Working through these tools, participants can further refine their thinking down to an individual item for closer examination and discussion.

Individual Item Prompts assists with finding a common starting point In collaborative settings. A series of discussion prompts were created for each of the survey questions to provide participants with a starting point to begin productive conversations. The prompts are designed to target conversations around the specific item of focus and to encourage critical thinking about the factors influencing that condition across the school. These tools are to be used following the construct item worksheets once specific survey items have been identified. Individual Item Prompts have been created for items in each of the eight constructs.

House Bill 2012 (83rd Regular Session) directed the commissioner of education to develop and administer a teaching and learning conditions survey for superintendents. This was part of the same bill that required a similar survey for teachers and campuses administrators that was administered late spring of this past school year. This survey is now open for educators.  View more.