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Accreditation Report North Oconee High School Areas of Notable Achievement Which area(s) indicate the overall highest level of satisfaction or approval In the NOHS student survey, students ranked NOHS extremely well across the board. The highest levels of satisfaction can be found under the governance and leadership section when students were asked about high expectations. Over 90% of students agreed that the principal and teachers had high expectations of them. Students also scored the school well on the statement that the school provided a high quality education with over 92% of students agreeing with the statement. Students also noted the high expectations and challenging curriuclum of NOHS with the high marks under this statements within the teaching and assessing for learning section. Over 91% of NOHS students marked agree or strongly agree to the statement that the NOHS counselors provide counseling, career planning, and programs to help me in school. The NOHS parents also seemed extremely pleased with the school based on the results of the parent survey. Based on the responses from parents, it is clear that our parents believe that NOHS has high expectations across the board. The survey also shows that parents believe NOHS is a safe learning environment for their children. Overall, the NOHS faculty and staff rated the school as a place where students are expected to learn at a high level. The staff also noted that the professional learning within the school is designed to build capacity. The staff agreed that the school regularly uses data to address student needs. Under the using results for continuous improvement strand, the faculty and staff marked that the school leaders consistently monitor the school improvement planning process and look for ways to move the school to the next level. Which area(s) show a trend toward increasing stakeholder satisfaction or approval Our school district has only completed this set of Advanced Ed surveys during the spring of 2012. In the past, we completed similar surveys. One area of improvement over the past few years that can be noted is with regards to communication within the school as well as with the community. NOHS has made tremendous strides with providing different mediums to communicate with parents, students, and our community. Which of the above reported findings are consistent with findings from other stakeholder feedback sources At NOHS, we use a variety of different forms of feedback. Our students provide their teachers with individualized feedback each semester through a student survey. Students are expected to complete the survey on each one of their teachers, and our administrative team, along with each teacher, reviews the data. This school year, we have setup a student leadership team to provide feedback to the administration. For the parent side, we take input from the NOHS school council. We also send e-mails to our parents asking for feedback regarding different items including characteristics for a new hire, comments on the school calendar, the registration process, etc. Our goal is for the survey to be one piece of information, but we want to provide opportunities for parents and students to provide feedback at any time. All of the feedback that we have received from our school community is reflected in the surveys completed for Advanced Ed. SY 2012-2013 Page 47 © 2013 AdvancED www.advanc-ed.org
Accreditation Report North Oconee High School Areas in Need of Improvement Which area(s) indicate the overall lowest level of satisfaction or approval One area of concern with regards to the staff survey was the relationship between the school board and school leadership. The percentage of staff members that disagreed with this relationship was over 10%. The reasoning for the high percentage is probably associated with the changes in principalship over the past few years. Another low area was associated with timely and specfic feedback for students about their learning. For the parent survey, over 20% of parents did not feel like all of their child's teachers meet his/her learning needs by individualizing instruction. This was the lowest level of satisfaction among parents. The students echoed this in their marks with almost 10% of students marking that they disagreed that their teachers changed their teaching to meet the personal learning needs of students. Which area(s) show a trend toward decreasing stakeholder satisfaction or approval The lack of consistency with this individual survey makes this question impossible to answer. What are the implications for these stakeholder perceptions At NOHS, we must continue to improve. Our communication with parents and our school community must continue to improve. We need to consistently ask for feedback from our students, parents, and community. Our school leadership team needs to monitor the school's purpose and make sure that we review this with our stakeholders on a yearly basis. We must use our school improvement plan as a living document constantly looking for ways to improve our practice. Along with implementing, our school leadership must monitor the implementation process but also check to make sure that we are maintaining our effectiveness at a high level. Taking into account our performance on standardized tests as well as the other feedback that we have received, our biggest hurdle at NOHS is complacency. We must always look for ways to improve our school and provide the best quality public education to our students. Which of the above reported findings are consistent with findings from other stakeholder feedback sources All of the above reported findings are consistent with other data sources. SY 2012-2013 Page 48 © 2013 AdvancED www.advanc-ed.org
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