GALLUP STUDENT SURVEY

Fall 2012

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

• Student surveys were administered previously in the Fall of 2009 and 2011• Accreditation Recommendation from 2009• Administered October 16-November 2, 2012• Tuesday-Friday

• Gallup Student Survey was free to our district• Researched Based• For students in grades 5-12

ABOUT THE SURVEY• Designed to measure Hope, Engagement, and

Wellbeing• Predictors of students’ grades, achievement scores,

retention, and future employment• 20 Questions• Approximately 480,000 students participated

representing 1751 schools from 37 states• Approximately 39,000 students from KY

participated• 1566 students participated from Bowling Green

Schools

HOPE• Hope—Ideas and energy that students have for the future• Hopeful--students possess numerous ideas and abundant energy

for the future• Stuck—students generate little momentum toward the future• Discouraged—students lack ideas and energy for the future

Hopeful Stuck Discouraged

BG 57% 30% 13%

KY 54% 32% 14%

Nation 54% 32% 14%

ENGAGEMENT• Engagement—Involvement in and enthusiasm for the school• Engaged—students are highly involved with and enthusiastic

about school• Not Engaged—students are present but not involved with or

enthusiastic about school• Actively Disengaged—students undermine the educational

process for self and others

Engaged Not Engaged

Actively Disengaged

BG 60% 26% 14%

KY 59% 26% 15%

Nation 57% 27% 16%

WELLBEING• Wellbeing—How students think about and experience their lives• Thriving—students think about present and future life in positive

terms; they tend to be in good health and have strong social support• Struggling—students lack positive thoughts and experiences; they

tend to worry about meeting the daily demands of life• Suffering—students think about current and future life in negative

terms; they tend to have less access to basic needs (e.g., good food and healthcare)

Thriving Struggling Suffering

BG 66% 33% 1%

KY 66% 33% 1%

Nation 67% 32% 1%

HIGHLIGHTS• 95% of our students surveyed strongly agree or agree that there is an

adult in their life that cares about their future. (Hope)• 72% of our students surveyed strongly agree or agree that they can

find lots of ways around a problem. (Hope)• 80% of our students surveyed strongly agree or agree that their

schoolwork is important. (Engaged)• 58% of our students surveyed strongly agree or agree that they have

received recognition or praise for doing good schoolwork. (Engaged)• 79% of our students surveyed indicated that they learned or did

something interesting the previous day. (Wellbeing)• 94% of our students surveyed indicated that they have family and/or

friends they can count on if they were in trouble. (Wellbeing)

GALLUP’S SUGGESTIONS AND STRATEGIES TO HELP STUDENTS

Teachers, Counselors and Advisors:•Help students develop ways to overcome individual obstacles and improve grades.•Get to know students by identifying interests and resources of every student.•Give students time each week to do what they do best, emphasizing the link between school success and future success in school and work.•Help students discover and develop strengths, then help them use those strengths in good times and bad.

Parents & Guardians: •Talk to children about the future. Make goals a topic of conversation and help develop ideas and energy to make goals a reality. •Give children personalized feedback, recognition, and praise for effort and doing what he or she does best.•Spend quality social time with children and create a space where he or she can entertain friends.

Mentors, business people & neighbors:•Show and tell a young person how education and good decision-making are related to getting a good job.•Ask a young person to share opinions of the surrounding community, to learn their perspective.•Invite a young person to a fun, exciting experience at your home, neighborhood, alma mater, or office.•Ask a young person the highlight of their week, listen actively, mirror their enthusiasm, and ask meaningful questions about the highlight.

NEXT STEPS• School results have been shared with school principals.• Principals will share survey results.• School administration and staff will develop and implement

strategies to help students.

• The data collected will be used after administering future surveys to determine patterns and trends.