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Staff climate survey: Beloit scores high on coworker relationships and safety but shows declines in community support and social‑emotional supports
Summary
The district’s fall 2024 staff climate survey (School Perceptions) drew a 54% response (394 staff). Results show strong working relationships and perceived safety, but declines in perceptions that parents/community support the district (down ~12%) and that students’ social‑emotional needs are being met (down ~9%).
School Perceptions presented results of the Beloit School District’s fall 2024 staff climate survey to the board Feb. 4. About 394 employees completed the survey (roughly 54% participation), providing district‑level insight into staff experience and program effectiveness.
Rob Muse of School Perceptions summarized five index scores used to distill results: academics (effectiveness of teaching/support), engagement (staff views of being valued/heard), support (resources and training), student experience (student acceptance and support), and staff experience (staff acceptance and support). Nearly all indexes scored above the neutral midpoint of three except the academics index, which was slightly below three.
Highlights: staff reported healthy working relationships with coworkers, a sense of safety at work, and that staff ‘do a good job’ educating students. Areas of decline and concern: perceived parental and community support declined roughly 12% year over year (the largest single decline), and staff views that social‑emotional needs of students are being met fell about 9.3%. Other declines included perceptions that district administration is doing what it takes to make the district successful and that the district is heading in the right direction.
School Perceptions staff and district administrators discussed next steps: the vendor will work with district leaders to prioritize areas for action and compare the district to peer districts with better performance in specific areas. District leaders said the survey results will guide administrative discussions and professional development plans, and that they will share follow‑up steps with staff.
What this means: The district has foundational strengths (coworker relationships, safety) on which to build, but leadership and community engagement perceptions have weakened in some areas; the board and administration plan to use the survey to prioritize improvement strategies and to seek examples of successful practices in peer districts.
