Are Schools discussing the Gallup Survey Data?

Have local schools been discussing the 64% of MCPS Teachers that are Not Engaged or are Actively Disengaged?  Here was the January 2013, Press Release from Gallup that explained what was to happen with the Survey data. 

Gallup Survey Data Release Begins
In the fall of 2012, 76% of MCPS employees – and 86% of school-based employees – took the Gallup Employee Engagement Survey. On January 22nd, Gallup began briefings on school based data with principals and central office managers. The survey, which Gallup has used with more than 20 million people since it was first developed in 1999. MCPS is also utilizing the data back from the recent Gallup Student Poll.
Gallup’s data shows a strong correlation between staff engagement and student achievement.
Gallup provides local school data on employee satisfaction and engagement. The Survey – with its’ unusual “Q12” questions (“Do you have a best friend at work?”) – has been used in more than 5,000 work groups in the last three years in education services organizations. The data from 2012 is meant to provide baseline data in MCPS. Several additional questions were asked in the survey to provide continuity with key aspects of the previous MCPS Employee Survey of the School Environment.
In the first stage briefings of principals and managers, the expectations for follow were spelled out: 1) share, 2) discuss, 3) select and 4) plan.
Gallup staff are scheduling conference calls to discuss follow-up with each school’s “Triad” – the principal, the Elected Faculty Rep (EFR) and the Elected Supporting Services Rep (ESR). These are expected to be completed by the end of February.
Every single employee should be able to see the results for their school/worksite and discuss them. Employees will have access to the results for their school, their cluster, countywide data for their school level (ES, MS, HS) along with the overall countywide results. Leadership teams and school staffs are expected to discuss the results, to select one of the engagement items to work on that is most important to the team, and to incorporate action planning into review and revision of local school improvement plans this coming summer.
Gallup is providing principals, EFRs and ESRs with a useful resource guide for school leadership teams to help guide team discussions and development of best practice action steps (“Engaged Schools: Employee Engagement Action Guide”).MCEA’s newly organized staff School Improvement Team is available for assistance, as is the staff from the MCPS Office of School Support and Improvement.
Gallup will conduct the survey again in 2013 and 2014 to assess progress made.  MCPS’s use of the Gallup survey is indicative of the increased focus – and value – the system is placing on both employee and student engagement as linchpins for improving student and learning.