Analysis of TWC @ BMS

8/2/2019 Analysis of TWC @ BMS

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ASSIGNMENT 2.2

NC Teacher Working Conditions Survey Drill Down

GONZALO MIGUEL PITPIT, NELA

Part One: 2008 and 2010 Comparisons of Bertie Middle Schools Teacher Working

Conditions Survey Results

A. Comparisons of Results: 2008 vs. 2010 School Years Bertie Middle School

Bertie Middle School opens its doors to Bertie County Schools on school year

2007-2008. It came as two middle schools in the district closed on school year 2006-2007.

Because of this, Bertie Middle School has only done the NC Teacher Working Conditions

Survey in 2008 and 2010. This school year 2010-2011 is only BMS 5th year.

Time Facilities andResources

ManagingStudentConduct

TeacherLeadership

SchoolLeadership

ProfessionalDevelopment

Overall/ GoodPlace

Total/Average

2007-2008 58.38 70.11 48.33 58.93 61.99 65.18 56.9 59.98

2009-2010 70 90.36 83.73 84.98 86.5 81.66 83.7 82.99

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Bertie Middle School 2007-2008 & 2009-2010 Comparison of TeacherWorking Conditions

2007-2008 2009-2010

Based on the results above, all teachers rate Bertie Middle School 83.7% in 2010-

2011 as a good place to work and learn. This indicates a great improvement from 56.9% in

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2007-2008. They believe that teachers are given much importance and consulted

effectively especially about issues concerning instructional practices and solving problems.

Though 70% of the teachers believe that the management of time still needs some

improvement, they believe that BMS is a good place to work and learn. Overall, 82.99% of

the teachers in 2010-2011 school year are satisfied with all conditions indicated in the chart

above.

The chart below shows the differences between school year 2007-2008 and 2010-

2011 teacher working conditions.

The chart above indicates that the teachers at Bertie Middle School are very much

satisfied with the way the administration manages student conduct. This condition shows

the highest difference between the results on the first year of the school and last school

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year. They also believe that the administration makes sure that expectations are

implemented consistently throughout the school year.

11.62%, which is the lowest difference, shows that teachers believe that something

has to be done with utilization of time at the school particularly on efforts to minimize the

amount of time they spend on routine paperwork that they are required to do.

With a rating difference of 16.48%, teachers have seen a great effort by the

administration to improve on professional development (PD) of all staff. In my interview

with some members of the faculty, they said that the implementation of professional

development programs has also been very consistent, even if it means that they themselves

would facilitate PD sessions.

Overall, Bertie Middle School is one force to reckon with. With teamwork between

the administration and the staff, the school will become one of the best middle schools in

the region.

B. Comparisons of Results: 2008 vs. 2010 School Years District vs. State

The chart below shows the summary of the Teacher Working Conditions at Bertie

Middle School compared with the states results:

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The results above show that Bertie County exceeded the states average in all areas

of the Teacher Working Conditions Survey except Community Support and Involvement

with a marginal difference of 3.34%. This maybe attributed to lack of Parent Teacher

Association (PTA) or any other organized organization involving the communities.

Managing time at BMS and at the state level that includes time available to meet

with individual students, collaborate with colleagues, non-instructional time for teachers,

time to complete paperwork, time to meet the individual needs of every student, and

protected time for teachers had a difference of 12.82% in favor of the district.

Bertie County has a middle school that was built in 2007. With amazing custodial

staff, teachers and students, Bertie Middle School had maintained its cleanliness and

orderliness. Facilities and Resources rating by the district was 4.96% higher than the

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states average.

Managing student conduct, which included students understanding of the

expectations for their conduct, following school rules, policies and procedures about

student conduct were clearly understood by staff, and teachers enforcing rules for student

conduct, was rated 84.94% which was also higher than the state average of 81.11%.

Overall, the districts survey results on the Teacher Working Conditions showed

that it surpassed the states averages in all areas but one.

Part Two: Reflecting and Selecting Which Constructs do I Examine Further?

Read through the following prompts and reflect on the school data you just received.

Bertie Middle School Teacher WorkingConditions Survey Results

2007 -2008 2009 -2010 Difference

Time 58.38 70 11.62

Facilities andResources 70.11 90.36 20.25

Managing StudentConduct 48.33 83.73 35.4

Teacher Leadership 58.93 84.98 26.05

School Leadership 61.99 86.5 24.51

ProfessionalDevelopment 65.18 81.66 16.48

Overall/Good Place 56.9 83.7 26.8

Total/Average 59.98 82.99 23.01

1. In which constructs did your school have the most positive working conditions?

What are some possible reasons for this?

The construct with the most positive working condition is Managing Student

Conduct. Based on my conversations with the principal, interviews with teachers, and

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Question BertieMiddleSchool

BertieCounty

Difference

Efforts are made to minimize the amount of routine

paperwork teachers are required to do.

55.1 66.0 10.9 (+for the

district)

Teachers have sufficient access to a broad range ofprofessional support personnel.

76.5 66.9 9.6 (+for theschool)

This school maintains clear, two -way communicationwith the community.

89.8 76.5 13.3 (+for theschool)

The faculty has an effective process for making groupdecisions to solve problems.

83.3 71.7 11.6 (+for theschool)

The school leadership makes a sustained effort toaddress teacher concerns about: Leadership issues

87.0 71.3 15.7 (+for theschool)

Are any of the areas surprisingly negative? Are those areas of dissatisfaction

unique to your school or is this an area of concern for all schools within the district? Are

there multiple areas of dissatisfaction that may be related to each other? If so, can you

identify the root causes that may be driving dissatisfaction across multiple areas?

The district has a positive working condition on minimizing the amount of routine

paperwork for teachers. The districts outcome is 66% while the schools outcome is 55.1%

with a 10.9% difference. Through the Schools Leadership Team, the school has addressed

this issue and has identified the factors that affected this construct.

On the other hand, the school has earned a great leap and a positive impact when it

comes to sustaining to address teachers concerns about leadership issues. The

administration is an advocate of teacher empowerment. In fact the principals mission is for

teachers to come and work at Bertie Middle School to learn how to teach, and the end goal

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of this mission is to develop school leaders.

Other than the amount of routine paperwork that teachers rated the lowest, I could

not identify anything else that is considered an area of dissatisfaction unique to the school.

4. Do you have a personal interest in examining a particular area more carefully?

Community Support and Involvement is an area that I would like to examine more

carefully. The school rated this construct 60.4% while overall, the districts rating is only

56.1%. Parental and community involvement is a big concern not only in this school and

district but also throughout the state. It is essential to strengthen this area in every school as

research indicates that where there are great parents, there are great schools.

5. Is there an area your school has already targeted for reflection and reform?

The school has already targeted Community Support and Involvement. This year, a

new Community Liaison was employed, and part of her job is to encourage parents and the

community to be more involved with school events and in supporting their childs

education.

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