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District reports modest staff‑survey regression; leadership outlines Panorama switch and multi‑year PD plan
Summary
Dr. Tim Ritter presented end‑of‑year staff survey results showing a small regression from fall 2024 to spring 2025 on several measures; district leaders said they will switch from EAB to Panorama for more detailed benchmarking and outlined a multi‑year professional development plan to address workload, recognition and professional growth.
Dr. Tim Ritter told the Steamboat Springs School Board on Aug. 11 that the district saw a slight regression in staff survey scores from fall 2024 to spring 2025 and outlined steps administrators plan to take.
"Our overall district score was 3.93," Dr. Ritter said while summarizing multi‑year trends. He flagged professional growth as a recurring threat area and reported specific shifts in staff responses: a 5 percentage‑point drop in manageable workload between 2024 and 2025, a drop in disagreement on recognition/value from 14% to 8%, and an increase in the share saying benefits met their needs (from 23% to 34%).
The district plans to move from EAB to Panorama for future staff surveys. Celine (district administrator) said Panorama will allow broader comparisons across Colorado and nationally and will include more specific questions and qualitative follow‑up. "We are switching to Panorama because we're going to have a much broader scope and compare ourselves to almost everybody in Colorado," Celine said.
Ritter and district leaders described a three‑part professional development framework they plan to use in 2025–26: high‑impact instruction, professional learning communities and targeted curricular‑resource training tied to adoption cycles. They also listed required and elective PD offerings for the year, including restorative‑practices training, CPR/CPI logistics, science inquiry training through the University of Colorado partnership and a trainer for generative AI ethics and classroom use.
Board members pressed for detail. Laura asked whether survey items can be rephrased to capture more granular information about teacher workload and student behavior; Ritter said staff follow‑up visits and Panorama's more precise question sets will help. The board also discussed aligning administrative policy with state statute for any numeric calendar or hour requirements rather than embedding fixed numbers in the board policy.
Next steps: the district will obtain Panorama survey instruments, schedule school‑level follow‑ups and roll out the described PD schedule during the 2025–26 school year.
