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Whitnall staff survey shows modest rise in satisfaction but pay and communication remain concerns
Summary
A consultant told the Whitnall School District board that employee satisfaction rose from 3.66 to 3.85 but pay and some communication items lag. The district had an unusually high participation rate, and the presenter urged targeted follow-up on compensation, recognition and professional development.
The Whitnall School District board on Monday received results of the district’s fifth annual employee satisfaction survey, which showed a modest increase in overall staff satisfaction but persistent concerns about compensation and communication.
Consultant Joe Weitzer, manager director and senior strategist for SITES Local Leadership, told the board that the survey completion rate and the upward trend make the results useful for district planning. “We did also see a pretty interesting increase in level of satisfaction from a 3.66 last year to a 3.85,” Weitzer said during the presentation, and he reported that “there were 345 participants that submitted surveys.” He also said the district’s participation was unusually high, citing a figure he gave as 92.24 percent of employees participating.
That level of engagement, Weitzer said,…
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