After seeing the School Committee meeting on Feb. 9 I got curious about a survey that they were talking about called the TeLL Survey, which stands for Teaching, Learning, and Leading Survey. It was an anonymous survey offered from Feb. 11 to March 18, 2008. Our schools participated in it and the results were sent to our administration in September 2008, according to the School Committee meeting. The results were finally made public on Feb. 24 of this year. According to the results website, “Over 40,000 Massachusetts educators—teachers and administrators—responded to the Massachusetts Teaching, Learning, and Leading Survey in March 2008. Educators provided their views about teaching and learning conditions, including leadership, empowerment, facilities and resources, professional development, and time, in their schools. The insights from educators across the commonwealth provide critical information for making local and state-level decisions to improve Massachusetts schools.”
You can view the results at http://masstells.org/reports. It is pretty easy to read and understand and provides some very interesting insights into our schools. If you are interested in your child’s educational environment it is worth a look and probably some discussion.
Cindy Buhner
Stow Road
