Amplifying Student, Staff, & Family Voices �to Foster Culturally Relevant & Joyous Learning

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Amp Up APS! Districtwide �Equity Survey

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January 31, 2023

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Discussion Agenda

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• Overview
• Participation
• Students
• Teachers/School Staff
• Families
• High-Level Key Findings
• Family Engagement
• Cultural Awareness & Action
• Diversity & Inclusion
• Sense of Belonging
• Educating All Students
• Professional Learning About Equity
• Reflection Questions
• Engagement Priorities
• Next Steps

Our APS Equity Stance…

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About Panorama Education:

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Who? Amplify voices of APS students, teachers/� school staff, & families.

Why? Provide a districtwide survey opportunity to � share perspectives that will inform our efforts � to advance equity.

How will the data be used?

• Inform our culturally and linguistically responsive professional learning plans, goal development, and student supports plans,
• Provide meaningful school-level data tools to guide our budget development and decision-making on how we allocate resources to advance equity, and
• Measure progress on the district’s strategic priorities: ABOE goals/guardrails, Profile of a Graduate, and equity commitments.

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SY22/23 Survey

Administration

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Focus: �Amplifying Stakeholder Voices

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Dates:

• Fall 2022 Pilot�December 5-16
• Make-up Window

January 2-13

Students (Grades 6-12)

Teachers/School Staff (All Grades)

Families (All Grades)

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Summary Report Links:

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Target Response Rates

22K+

Students (Grades 6-12)

Teachers/School Staff (All Grades)

Families (All Grades)

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Actual Response Rates

15K+

8,626

3,301

3,840

15,767

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School Shout-Outs!

6 schools surveyed 70% or more of their students:

• Bunche MS
• Coretta Scott King Young Women’s �Leadership Academy (CSKYWLA)
• Howard MS* (94%)
• John Lewis Invictus Leadership Academy
• Long MS
• Sutton MS

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School Shout-Outs!

37 schools surveyed 70% + of teachers/staff, 8* reached 100%:

• Benteen ES
• Boyd ES
• Dobbs ES
• Fickett ES
• Finch ES
• F. L. Stanton ES
• Garden Hills ES
• Heritage Academy ES
• Humphries ES
• Jackson ES*
• Kimberly ES*
• M. Agnes Jones ES

• Parkside ES
• Perkerson ES*
• Peyton Forest ES
• Rivers ES
• Sarah Smith ES
• Scott ES
• Springdale Park ES
• TAG Academy*
• Toomer ES
• Usher ES
• West Manor ES

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• Bunche MS
• Howard MS
• John Lewis Invictus Academy
• King MS
• Long MS
• Sutton MS
• Sylvan Hills MS*
• H.J. Russell West End Academy

• ACCA*
• BEST Academy
• Carver Early College
• CSKYWLA*
• Midtown HS
• North Atlanta HS
• North Metro*

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School Shout-Outs!

19 schools surveyed 20% or more of their families:

• BAMO
• Bolton Academy
• Brandon ES
• Burgess-Peterson ES
• F.L. Stanton ES
• Garden Hills ES
• M. Agnes Jones ES
• Mary Lin ES
• Midtown HS
• Morningside ES

• Parkside ES
• Perkerson ES
• Rivers ES
• Sarah Smith ES
• Springdale Park ES
• Tuskegee Airmen Global (TAG) Academy* (49%)
• Toomer ES
• Usher ES
• West Manor ES

Key Findings: Families

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ES 48% (1,853)

HS 30% (1,154)

MS 17% (659)

2% Charter/Partner (71) �1% Non-Traditional (53)�1% Single Gender (36) �<1% Early Childcare (14)

3,840 Total Family Survey Responses

% Favorable Responses:

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APS Student

Representation

8,626 �Total Student Survey Responses

Key Findings: Students

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Sense of Belonging

Students

How much students feel that they are valued members of the school community.

Profile of a Graduate

Custom APS questions linked to knowledge,

skills, and mindsets expected

of our graduates to be prepared for college, career, and life.

Percent of Students Responding Favorably: (Domain Average)

Percent of Students Responding Favorably: (Domain Average)

Percent of Students Responding Favorably to “How often do you share information about your interests or cultural background to inform what is being taught in you classes?”

Percent of Students Responding Favorably to “In school, how possible is it for you to change your level of intelligence?”

Grows & Glows:

Percent of Students Responding Favorably to “How connected do you feel to the adults at school? How well do the adults at your school know you as a person? ”

Percent of Students Responding Favorably to “How confident are �you that teachers at your school really want you to succeed?”

Grows & Glows:

Key Findings: Students

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Key Findings: Students

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Diversity & Inclusion

How diverse, integrated, and fair school is for students from different races, ethnicities, or cultures.

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Percent of Students Responding Favorably: (Domain Average)

Schools with Promising Practices:

• Howard MS, King MS, & Sutton MS
• Jackson HS & Midtown HS

Glows & Grows:

Key Findings: Students

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Cultural Awareness & Action

How often students learn about, discuss, and confront issues of race, ethnicity, and culture in school.

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Percent of Students Responding Favorably:

(Domain Average)

Grows & Glows:�

• Only 41% of student reported being comfortable sharing their thoughts about race-related topics with other students at their school.
• 20% of students reported that students at their school almost never have important conversations about race.
• Only 35% of students reported that adults frequently or almost always talk to students about major news events related to race.
• Many students reported that students and staff at their school hold implicit and explicit biases against students of other races and cultural experiences, especially races and ethnicities other than Black and White as well as religions other than Christianity.
• Many students reported that teachers and staff at their school do not address conflicts relating to race and culture between students.

Schools with Promising Practices:

• Sutton MS
• CSKYWLA & Midtown HS

Key Findings: Teachers

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Cultural Awareness and Action (Student Focus)

How well a school supports students in learning about, discussing, and confronting issues of race, ethnicity, and culture.

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Percent of Teachers Responding Favorably: (Domain Average)

Grows & Glows:�

• 79% of teachers report frequently thinking about what students of different races, ethnicities, or cultures experience.
• 73% of teachers report feeling comfortable discussing race-related topics with their students. However, only 29% of teachers report that adults at their school frequently talk about major news events related to race with students.
• Black, African American and Multiracial teachers were more likely to report feeling comfortable discussing race-related topics with their students than White teachers, but less likely to report that adults at their school actually do so.
• Black, African American, and Multiracial teachers also reported lower levels of support from school leaders around learning about, discussing, and confronting issues of race, ethnicity, and culture than White teachers.

Schools with Promising Practices:

• Cascade ES
• BEST Academy & CSKYWLA

Key Findings: Teachers/Staff

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Cultural Awareness and Action (Adult Focus)

How well a school supports staff and faculty in learning about, discussing, and confronting issues of race, ethnicity, and culture.

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Percent of Teachers/Staff Responding Favorably: (Domain Average)

Grows & Glows:�

• 88% of teachers and 79% of staff think about what colleagues of different races, ethnicities, or cultures experience sometimes, frequently or almost always.
• 21% of staff reported that they are almost never encouraged to think more deeply about race-related topics, and 27% reported almost never having important conversations about race at their school.
• Only ~40% of teachers and staff reported that their school helps them speak out against racism.

Schools with Promising Practices:

• Fickett ES, �Jackson ES, Springdale Park ES, & West Manor ES
• CSKYWLA

Key Findings: Teachers

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Educating All Students

How well a school supports students in learning about, discussing, and confronting issues of race, ethnicity, and culture.

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Percent of Teachers Responding Favorably: (Domain Average)

Grows & Glows:�

• 83% of teachers reported that it is easy for them to interact with students at their school who are from a different cultural background than their own.
• However, only 74% reported that it would be easy to teach students of different religions, and only 72% reported being comfortable having a student with limited English Language proficiency in their class.
• 58% of teachers reported being knowledgeable regarding where to find resources for working with students who have unique learning needs.
• 85% of teachers reported feeling comfortable incorporating new material about people from different backgrounds into their curriculum.
• Only 67% of teachers can easily think of strategies to address sensitive issues of diversity that arise in class.

Schools with Promising Practices:

• Humphries ES, Jackson ES, & Kimberly ES
• ACCA & CSKYWLA

Key Findings: Teachers/Staff

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Professional Learning About Equity

Perceptions of the quantity and quality of equity-focused professional learning opportunities available to faculty and staff.

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Percent of Teachers/Staff Responding Favorably: (Domain Average)

Grows & Glows:�

• 52% of teachers and 51% of staff reported that the equity-focused professional development opportunities at their school are valuable.
• Only 40% of teachers and staff reported that professional development opportunities often help them explore new ways to promote equity in their practices.
• We received nearly 2,300 responses from staff about ways school leaders can help them better learn about, discuss, and confront issues of race, ethnicity, and culture!

Schools with Promising Practices:

• Deerwood Academy, Scott ES, Toomer ES, and Usher-Collier ES
• CSKYWLA

Senior Cabinet Sound-Off

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We’ve shared a range of data highlights on participation, bright spots, and growth opportunities.

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• What stands out to you?
• What surprised you?
• What wonderings do you still have?

Top Reflection Questions

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• Participation Lessons Learned: Which best practices maximized participation in some schools and which barriers limited participation in others?

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• Professional Learning: How can equity-focused professional learning opportunities be shaped by perceptions captured from students, teachers, and school staff?

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• Connections: What can the district learn from our own school leaders and teams -- derived from the perception data -- to strengthen a sense of belonging and connection for students?

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• Student Subgroup Insights: Which student insights should be further explored at subgroup levels to examine unique opportunities for advancing equity?

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• Actionable Data: What is the best approach for sharing these findings with school leaders and teams to inspire action?

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• Gaps: What’s not in the data that would be valuable?

2023 Engagement Priorities

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Planning

Team

• Weekly planning huddles with Panorama Education partners and our cross-functional APS planning team to collaborate on designing professional learning opportunities to share actionable results. (Ongoing)

District

Leaders

• CESJO
• Senior Cabinet
• Associate Superintendents
• Schools & Academics Division Leaders
• Data + Information Group (DIG) Team
• Family Engagement
• Partnerships & Development
• Communications
• ABOE? (Tentative)

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FEB

School

Teams

• Principal Advisory Council
• Teacher Advisory Council
• Principals & Staff
• APS Connected Leaders (Expanded Cabinet)
• Target School Teams (Promising Practices + Growth Opportunities)
• Celebrate School Teams (Tentative)

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Community

• APS Family Engagement
• APS Community Equity Advisory Committee
• Together in Hope, Equity & Opportunity (THEO) Partners
• Talking Equity Atlanta (TEA) Community Outreach

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MAY

APS

Students

• Student Advisory Council (TBD)

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Next Steps

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• Perform Robust Amp Up APS! Data Analysis & Exploration�(Performance)
• Recognize & Reward School Teams Who Met/Exceeded �Target Participation Goals (Chief of Staff)
• Coordinate Panorama Education Data Sharing Sessions + Resources to Support School Teams (Schools & Academics)
• Examine Equity-focused Professional Learning Needs to Guide Decisions/Investments (Schools & Academics)
• Identify School Teams Demonstrating Promising Practices + Growth Opportunities to Share Insights (Principals/School Teams/Strategy)
• Invite School Teams + Planning Team to Share Implementation Lessons Learned to Inform Future Survey Administration Considerations (Cross-Functional)
• Integrate Amp Up APS! Districtwide Equity Survey Results into APS Graphs for One-Stop Shop Analysis (Performance/Strategy)

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