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Manitowoc staff survey shows broad gains; biggest improvements on discipline and communication
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Summary
A SchoolPerceptions presentation to the Manitowoc Public School Board showed 500 staff responses (53% participation) and year-over-year improvements across survey indices, including a ~25% rise on a discipline item and a jump in overall recommendation (Net Promoter Score) to 6.45 from 5.86; board members requested access to raw comment data.
The Manitowoc Public School Board received a staff-survey briefing showing improvements across multiple measures of staff experience, with the largest percentage gains on items about student-discipline practices.
Derek Gottlieb, senior research director at SchoolPerceptions, told the board the districtsurvey had 500 respondents (a 53% participation rate) and that "there isn't a single item that actually went down from last year"; overall, "things are significantly better than they were at this time last year," he said. SchoolPerceptions reported that roughly 88% of respondents were classroom teachers and about 30% had worked in the district more than 10 years.
Gottlieb explained the survey scoring: most items use a five-point agreement scale with averages above 4.0 indicating agreement; he said statistically meaningful change for this sample is about a 12% shift, so observed changes in the 20%-plus range are large and likely real. He highlighted that the item "Our staff handle student discipline in a consistent manner" rose from an average of about 2.4 last year toward agreement this year (about a 25% change), and the item "student discipline practices and policies are effective" rose roughly 21%.
The presentation also showed gains in perceptions of board and administration performance (board up about 16.8%, administration up about 9%), workplace safety (about 90% agreement, up modestly), and other items such as access to technology and recognition for good work. The district's employment-recommendation item (Net Promoter Score) averaged 6.45 this year, up from 5.86 last year.
A district staff member who introduced the presentation said the results were shared with the executive team and will be used for goal-setting at the building level. She noted that staff comments included many references to paraprofessional wages, and that the district had already begun looking at that issue.
Board members asked whether results could be broken down by building and staff role; Gottlieb confirmed the SchoolPerceptions platform provides building-level and role-level breakdowns and that the one-page summary is supplemented by more detailed reports. One board member asked that the board continue to receive the spreadsheet of raw comments and a link so members can review them; a staff member said she would arrange access.
Gottlieb closed by reiterating that no survey items declined and that the districtwide pattern shows progress compared with the prior year. The board thanked the presenter and moved on to other business.
